Open Stack

On 27/08/19 6:13 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The size of the TC is a trade-off between getting enough community 
> representation and keeping enough members engaged and active. The 
> current size (13 members) was defined by in 2013, as we moved from 5 
> directly-elected seats + all PTLs (which would have been 14 people) to a 
> model that could better cope with our explosive growth. Since then, 13 
> has worked well, to ensure that new blood could come in at every cycle.
> 
> I would argue that today, there are far less need to get wide 
> representation in the TC (we are pretty aligned), and less difficulty to 
> enter the TC (there is more turnover). In 2019 OpenStack, 13 members is 
> a rather large group. It is becoming difficult to find 13 people able to 
> commit to a significant amount of time over the coming year. And it is 
> difficult to keep all those 13 members active and engaged.
> 
> IMHO it is time to reduce the TC to 11 members, which sounds like a more 
> reasonable and manageable size. We should encourage people to stop for a 
> while and come back, rather than burn too many people at the same time. 
> We should encourage more people to watch from the sidelines, rather than 
> have a group so large that everyone that can be in it is in it.
> 
> This would not be a big-bang change, just something we would gradually 
> put in place over the next year. My strawman plan would be as follows:
> 
> - Sept. 2019 election: no change, elect 6 seats as planned
> - Feb. 2020 election: elect 6 seats instead of 7
> - Sept. 2020 election: elect 5 seats instead of 6
> - Then elect 6 seats at every start-of-year and 5 at every end-of-year
> 
> That would result in TC membership sizes:
> 
> - U cycle (Q4 2019/Q1 2020): 13 members
> - V cycle (Q2/Q3 2020): 12 members
> - W cycle (Q4 2020/Q1 2021): 11 members
> - after that: 11 members

TBH, I'd suggest we:

* Aim for 9
* Reduce by 2 each time so we don't end up with an even number
* Start now when 4 people have announced they're stepping down (though 
in a perfect world this would have been the cycle when 7 seats are up 
for election)

> FWIW, I intend to not run for reelection in the Feb 2020 election, so 
> nobody else has to sacrifice their seat to that reform for that election :)

That is still my intention also, so nobody would have to sacrifice their 
seat even if we reduced to 9.

cheers,
Zane.