<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div class="">I announce my candidacy [1] for, and respectfully respect your support to continue as your Magnum PTL.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Here are are my achievements and OpenStack experience and that make me the best choice for this role:</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">* Founder of the OpenStack Containers Team</div>
<div class="">* Established vision and specification for Magnum</div>
<div class="">* Served as PTL for Magnum since the first line of code was contributed in November 2014</div>
<div class="">* Successful addition of Magnum to the official OpenStack projects list on 2015-03-24</div>
<div class="">* Led numerous mid cycle meetups as PTL</div>
<div class="">* 3 terms of experience as elected PTL for Solum</div>
<div class="">* Involved with OpenStack since Austin Design Summit in 2010</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">What background and skills help me to continue this role well:</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">* Over 20 years of experience in technical leadership positions</div>
<div class="">* Unmatched experience leading multi-organization collaborations</div>
<div class="">* Diplomacy skills for inclusion of numerous viewpoints, and ability to drive consensus and shared vision</div>
<div class="">* Considerable experience in public speaking, including two keynotes at OpenStack Summits, and numerous appearances at other events.</div>
<div class="">* Leadership of collaborative OpenStack design summit sessions</div>
<div class="">* Deep belief in Open Source, Open Development, Open Design, and Open Community</div>
<div class="">* I love OpenStack and I love containers, probably more than anyone else in the world in this combination.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I come from a unique perspective of working with a team that released the first OpenStack based container solution in any public cloud: Carina by Rackspace. The operational lessons learned from operating our cloud at scale are profoundly informative
for the direction we should head in Magnum as a compelling solution for cloud operators who want something that will work not just in a lab, but at scale with real production workloads. I am proud of this team and our accomplishments, and hope to share our
experience and insight by leading open source contributions in OpenStack.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Those of you who have seem me in action know that I excel in a collaborative environment. I encourage discussion, raise minority viewpoints for consideration, and steer respectfully from my depth of experience. I strive to be inclusive, and to
grow our community because I believe that our diversity makes us strong.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">What to expect in the Newton release cycle:</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">We will continue to focus on developing a compelling combination OpenStack infrastructure and Container Orchestration software. We aim to combine the very best of both of these complimentary worlds. This requires a valuable vertical integration
of container management tools with OpenStack. Here are key focus areas that I believe are important for us to work on during our next release:</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">* Furthering Magnum's production readiness. More documentation, more security hardening, more operational focus.</div>
<div class="">* Making Magnum more modular and extensible to allow for more choice for cloud operators.</div>
<div class="">* Storage integration. Leverage Cinder volumes for use by containers, and explore shared filesystem capability.</div>
<div class="">* Networking integration. Further leverage Neutron through Kuryr, and demonstrate ways to integrate alternative options.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">I look forward to your vote, and to continued success together.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Thanks,</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Adrian Otto</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">[1] <a href="https://review.openstack.org/293729" class="">https://review.openstack.org/293729</a></div>
</body>
</html>