Open Stack

Hello everyone,

The OpenDev project has been running semi formally for about a year now. During this time we have tried to accomodate the
needs of our various constituent projects, but we've still (for the most part) formally operated under OpenStack's governance.
In order to better serve the projects we host that are not OpenStack we think it is important for OpenDev to become an
independent entity with its own governance structure.

In James Blair's winterscale email [0] he suggested that we create a governing council made up of the OpenDev PTL and
a representative from each of the OpenStack Foundation's official projects that currently consume OpenDev resources
(currently OpenStack itself, Airship, and Zuul). This suggestion creates two levels of governance for the OpenDev team.

The first is the position of PTL for the OpenDev project. If we want to continue to manage this position as we've managed it
for the OpenStack Infra team, then we can have elections for the position every 6 months. The nominee pool and electorate
would be individuals that have contributed changes to OpenDev in the last 12 months.

For the council, membership would be small, but I think demands on this group would also be minimal. Ideally the OpenDev team
would be left to figure out technical details for services and this council would be used as a check on service changes or
other behavioral updates that affect how OpenDev's users interact with the system. Since this group would be starting with
an even number of individuals we may need to determine tie breaker requirements upfront. Also, we may want to consider
if the "else" group of OpenDev users need a voice. Individuals representing constituent projects should be nominated by
their project leadership.

As for next steps, I think we want to sort out these governance details to where we are generally happy with them, then we
can make the formal request to the OpenStack TC to pull anchor and sail a bit more independently.

Feedback is more than welcome,
Clark

[0] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2018-May/130896.html