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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is the kind of thing that would fit into the governance section on Friday afternoon at 16h50.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are benefits in having a clear PTL but many of the operator candidates have ‘day jobs’ which do not necessarily allow the sort
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> John Dewey [mailto:john@dewey.ws]
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<b>Sent:</b> 29 March 2014 17:44<br>
<b>To:</b> Tom Fifield<br>
<b>Cc:</b> openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack-operators] Atlanta Summit - More Ops? ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As all the current projects are having PTL elections, I thought I would throw this out there.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would it make sense to have an ops PTL? I could see this being useful in some ways,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and not in others. Maybe something to discuss at the un-conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#A0A0A8">On Friday, March 28, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Tom Fifield wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had a bit of a play around, combining some similar things from the
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<p class="MsoNormal">suggestions, and was able to come up with something that I think covers
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<p class="MsoNormal">everything that was suggested. If it's way off - no problems, we can go
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<p class="MsoNormal">to a vote or similar.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also had a go at selecting moderators for sessions based on our
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<p class="MsoNormal">volunteers - feel free to strike yourself out or move around.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All of this is up for discussion and change, so read below and head on
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<p class="MsoNormal">over to the etherpad, or post a reply email :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ATL-ops-unconference-RFC">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ATL-ops-unconference-RFC</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1205 - 1245 Reasonable Defaults<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Schedule: Friday<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 27/03/14 11:20, Tom Fifield wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The idea for this "Operators Summit" has received excellent support, and<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">we have more than twenty session ideas proposed in the etherpad:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ATL-ops-unconference-RFC">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ATL-ops-unconference-RFC</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We've blocked out a room on Monday to host it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What we need now is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2) Select which sessions are going to happen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3) For the architecture show-and-tell, we probably need to select who<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">will present in this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you can help with any of this, please do get in touch, or get your<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">name down on the etherpad. I'll be in contact soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would you like more time at the summit to talk OpenStack ops? Read on!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, we will have a dedicated Operations track in the conference -<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and it's going to be better than ever this year, with an all-new<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, we've never really had many design-summit style<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">feedback/sharing sessons for ops. Let's change that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would you find it useful to have a space to share architectures, best<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">practices, and give feedback on the bits of OpenStack that are giving<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">you pain? Or perhaps find out how to get more involved in the Open<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Design process? Help us justify locking away a few rooms :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just to start the discussion, I have written up a straw man proposal/RFC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">of one potential use of the time. It's specifically designed to be<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ripped to shreds - so please do!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The idea is to have something that's more like a design summit feel -<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">people sitting in a room discussing things, as opposed to more<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ATL-ops-unconference-RFC">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ATL-ops-unconference-RFC</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, what would you like to see?<o:p></o:p></p>
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