[Openstack-operators] [publicClouds-wg] Public Cloud Working Group

Mohammed Naser mnaser at vexxhost.com
Tue Nov 15 15:29:57 UTC 2016


This sounds very interesting, put us down! :)

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 5:43 AM, matt Jarvis <matt at mattjarvis.org.uk> wrote:
> So after input from a variety of sources over the last few weeks, I'd very
> much like to try and put together a public cloud working group, with the
> very high level goal of representing the interests of the public cloud
> provider community around the globe.
>
> I'd like to propose that, in line with the new process for creation of
> working groups, we set up some initial IRC meetings for all interested
> parties. The goals for these initial meetings would be :
>
> 1. Define the overall scope and mission statement for the working group
> 2. Set out the constituency for the group - communication methods,
> definitions of public clouds, meeting schedules, chairs etc.
> 3. Identify areas of interest - eg. technical issues, collaboration
> opportunities
>
> Before I go ahead and schedule first meetings, I'd very much like to gather
> input from the community on interested parties, and if this seems like a
> reasonable first step forward. My thought initially was to schedule a first
> meeting on #openstack-operators and then decide on best timings, locations
> and communication methods from there, but again I'd welcome input.
>
> At this point it would seem to me that one of the key metrics for this
> working group to be successful is participation as widely as possible within
> the public cloud provider community, currently approximately 21 companies
> globally according to https://www.openstack.org/marketplace/public-clouds/.
> If we could get representation from all of those companies in any potential
> working group, then that would clearly be the best outcome, although that
> may be optimistic ! As has become clear at recent Ops events, it may be that
> not all of those companies are represented on these lists, so I'd welcome
> any input on the best way to reach out to those folks.
>
> Matt
>
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