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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello People!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am tossing one of my hats into the ring to run for TC. Yes, I believe you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">could call me a "diversity candidate" as I'm not much of a developer any more,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but I think my skills would be a great addition to the excellent people who are<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">on the TC (past and present).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My background: I am currently an architect with Huawei Technologies. My role<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">is "OpenStack" and as such, I am liaison to many areas an groups in the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OpenStack community and I am liaison to Huawei engineers and management for the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OpenStack community. I focus energy on all parts of Software products that<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">aren't directly writing code. I am an advocate for quality, for effective and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">efficient process, and for the downstream stakeholders (Ops, Apps developers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Users, Support Engineers, Docs, Training, etc). I am currently active in:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• DefCore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• RefStack<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Product Working Group<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Logging Working Group (cofounder)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Ops community<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Peripherally, Tailgaters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Women of OpenStack<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Diversity Working Group<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What I would like to help the TC and the community with:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Interoperability across deployed clouds begins with cross project<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">communications and the realization that each engineer and each project is<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">connected and influential in how the OpenStack ecosystem works, responds, and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">grows. When OpenStack was young, there were two projects and everyone knew<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">each other, even if they didn't live in the same place. Just as processes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">become more formal when startups grow to be mid-sized companies, OpenStack<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">has formalized much as it has exploded in number of participants. We need to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">continue to transform Developer, Ops and other community lore into useful<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">documentation. We are at the point where we really need to focus our energies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and our intelligence on how to effectively span projects and communities via<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">better communications. I'm already doing this to some extent. I'd like to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">help the TC do that to a greater extent.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• In the past two years, I've seen the number of "horizontal" projects grow<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">almost as significantly as the "vertical" projects. These cross functional<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">projects, with libraries, release, configuration management, docs, QA, etc.,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">have also grown in importance in maintaining the quality and velocity of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">development. Again, cross-functional needs are being address, and I want to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">help the TC be more proactive in identifying needs and seeding the teams with<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">senior OpenStack developers (and user community advisors where useful).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• The TC is the conduit between, translator of and champion for the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">developers to the OpenStack Board. They have a huge responsibility and not<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">enough time, energy or resources to address all the challenges. I am ready to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">work on the challenges and help develop the strategic vision needed to keep on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">top of the current and new opportunities always arising and always needing some<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">thoughtful analysis and action.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That said, I have my own challenges to address. I know my company will support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">me in my role as a TC member, but they will also demand more of my time,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">opinions, presence and participation specifically because of the TC position.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I also am still struggling to make inroads on the logging issues I've been<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">attempting to wrangle into better shape. I've gotten lots of support from the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">community on this (thanks, folks, you know who you are;-), but it still gives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">me pause for thought that I, myself need to keep working on my effectiveness.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whether on the TC or not, I will continue to contribute as much as I can to the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">community in the ways that I do best. and you will continue to see me at the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">summits, the midcycles, the meetups, the mailing lists and IRC (hopefully more<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">there as I'm trying to educate my company how they can provide us the access we<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">need without compromising their corporate rules).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for reading this far and considering me for service on the TC.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--Rocky<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ps. I broke Gerrit on my laptop, so infra is helping me, but I've stumped them and wanted to get this out. TLDR: this ain't in the elections repository yet<o:p></o:p></p>
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