[Openstack-operators] Meeting summary, minutes, definition of 'users'

Chris Morgan mihalis68 at gmail.com
Tue May 17 16:31:52 UTC 2016


Sorry for spamming the list. It appeared that I wasn't getting through so I
tried again! Oops...

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Matt Jarvis <matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk
> wrote:

> We've noticed that as well, is everyone getting strange bounces from
> openstack-private ? Any list admins lurking here ?
>
> On 17 May 2016 at 17:20, Chris Morgan <mihalis68 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> very good point. Currently a bit flustered by apparent bounces however.
>> Will fix this though
>>
>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Matt Jarvis <
>> matt.jarvis at datacentred.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris
>>>
>>> Good round up and a good start on the definition. Don't forget the
>>> public cloud operators though, it's not all about private cloud ;)
>>>
>>> On 17 May 2016 at 16:51, Chris Morgan <mihalis68 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm new to this, but here goes:
>>>>
>>>> Meeting held on IRC today at 14:00 UTC to jumpstart a new process for
>>>> arranging OpenStack operators mid-cycle meetups.
>>>>
>>>> Nice minutes from Tom here
>>>>
>>>> http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/ops_meetups_team/2016/ops_meetups_team.2016-05-17-14.00.html
>>>>
>>>> etherpad here : https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ops-meetups-team
>>>>
>>>> In short there was consensus behind the mailing list locking in a
>>>> region and approximate time slot for each meetup and then making an
>>>> open call for meeting hosts/"underwriters". The region would be one of
>>>> : north america, europe or APAC in such a way as to oppose the region
>>>> of the following OpenStack summit. There is also desire to cap numbers
>>>> and somehow encourage operators/users and discourage vendors from
>>>> attending without getting to the level of having to vet
>>>> individuals. To that end I volunteered to propose a definition of
>>>> users, and so here goes:
>>>>
>>>> ------
>>>>
>>>> The openstack operators meetings have a preference for 'users'
>>>> vs. 'vendors' since the vendors have every opportunity to get their
>>>> message across at the Summit in the vendor sessions, the marketplace
>>>> etc. Meanwhile, operators need a venue to share frank, unfettered,
>>>> possibly highly critical info about products and core openstack
>>>> components.
>>>>
>>>> For the purposes of getting the meet ups organised then, the following
>>>> definition is proposed:
>>>>
>>>> Definition:
>>>>
>>>> All attendees at an OpenStack operators mid-cycle meetup ('the
>>>> meetup') should be willing and able to discuss issues arising from
>>>> operating OpenStack for private cloud at some kind of scale, including
>>>> ideally having direct experience of OpenStack private cloud operation
>>>> or expectation of that in future. Representatives from organisations
>>>> having both a vendor and a user role in the OpenStack community should
>>>> wear their user hat for the purposes of the meetup. Attendance by
>>>> those fitting these guidelines is highly encouraged.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Morgan <mihalis68 at gmail.com>
>>>>
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