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<p class="MsoNormal">Will be happy to participate in this discussion at the summit.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My team is running OpenStack meetups in Boston and Austin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As hype of OpenStack subsided the meetup participation dwindled.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2018 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Matt Van Winkle<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [User-committee] FW: OpenStack NA User Group Scorecard<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All good topics to raise, and I believe are represented on the agenda Ashlee has been working on with Ambassadors and User Group leaders for the meeting in Vancouver:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those on the list who are interested in attending, it’s scheduled for Thursday at 2:40 pm in room 207.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think a big discussion topic will be whether the current “groups" site (<a href="http://groups.openstack.org">groups.openstack.org</a>) is useful and worth investing in updating, or if we should go a different route. We’ve been in touch
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<p class="MsoNormal">FWIW I agree we should revisit the “official” user group criteria.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Matt Van Winkle <</span><a href="mailto:mvanwink@rackspace.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:purple">mvanwink@rackspace.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">>, MelvinHillsman <</span><a href="mailto:melvin.hillsman@huawei.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:purple">melvin.hillsman@huawei.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">>,
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<b>Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Fwd: OpenStack NA User Group Scorecard</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I put this report card together last December showing the current state of affairs across the US OpenStack meetup groups (basically that the majority of groups are defunct
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In general, the user groups/meetup groups need help in the following to address these issues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Lack of a central working User Group Website - The OpenStack "Groups" website doesn't have a critical mass of users, is not a draw of new users and has a number of technical
issues with a lack of technical support available (the website developer has since moved on). Organizers instead pay for Meetup groups out their pocket fragmenting the user base. And once an organizer leaves, the group disappears. The CNCF provides organizers
with paid meetup accounts that are under the greater CNCF meetup umbrella account. We'd like to see a similar model. This would solve the problem of groups disappearing when the organizer changes careers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Speaker Bureau Searching - We'd like to see the Speaker Bureau have some sort of search by city/state/zip code area so that meetups can find speakers. Right now, the smallest
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">* Funding - We'd like to see funding for the groups that is commensurate with the number of group events and members. Currently, each group receives $500 for a yearly birthday
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Here are some statics on the US OpenStack user groups. This information was gathered from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://groups.openstack.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:purple">groups.openstack.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://meetup.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:purple">meetup.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Having good measurements of our current situation is crucial in determining how to proceed. The statistics tell us a lot.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Chicago being abandoned is the tip of the iceberg. After gathering the statistics, it is apparent that NY, Seattle, and North Carolina will be next.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Since it is unclear if the Foundation is willing to step in and support the groups, we need to figure out an alternate funding strategy.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This may include marketing out to other interested parties to see if they would be willing to step in and fund these groups.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Without some mechanism to cover these meetup costs, these groups will disappear. It is unreasonable to ask organizers to cover fees for multiple groups.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I've started contacting these inactive groups and 100% of the responses have been receptive to receiving support.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Majority of Groups are Inactive</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There are quite a few user groups (62%) that aren't active (>= 3 meetups in 2017). 43% didn't meet at all in 2017. Sample size is 37 groups in total.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There are a few (3) that no longer exist at all but<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://openstack.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:purple">OpenStack.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">lists
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The minority of the groups (14 or 38%) are active having at least 3 meetups in 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">It is easy to see these inactive groups being abandoned in the next 12 months as organizers pass on pay the meetup fees.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Large Groups are in Peril</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There are a number (4) of very large groups (> 900 members) that had zero or one meetup in 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This extends to ten user groups with > 300 members that had zero or one meetup in 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">These groups are in peril of being abandoned unless action is taken to step in and rescue these groups.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">These groups are in major geographies (NY, Seattle, DC, NoVA, Research Triangle/North Carolina).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NY and Seattle, the top two groups in peril of being abandoned, are the 2nd and 3rd largest OpenStack groups (second only to SF/Bay Area).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">2229<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right">307<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Actively step in for the largest of the "in peril" groups and take over the membership fees and leadership before the group defaults</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Start recruiting new leadership for these inactive groups</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Reach out and provide content to the remaining smaller and delist them if they go insolvent</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Raise awareness at the Foundation on the need to support meetup groups (paying fees/Meetup Pro); OR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Push the Foundation to provider a speaker list by US zipcode/state to better provide regional content; OR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Start building a North America speaker bureau broken out by zipcode/state</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Rework the Foundation's cloud trial program for longer durations than 30 days to better support the user groups; OR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Contact North American public OpenStack providers (Rackspace, OVH, Packet) to see about direct support for the user groups</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Purge the dead groups from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://openstack.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:purple">OpenStack.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Remove ex-Ambassadors from the listing. Most have moved on from OpenStack.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Get the Foundation to fix the functionality in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://groups.openstack.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:purple">groups.openstack.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
Seems that various workflows are broken (web errors) including the ability to request/approve new groups.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Get the Foundation to provide access to the email/contact info of the listed organizers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> * Revisit the definition of "Official" user-group and the process of how and why a group should become Official. What's the value? Stickers?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I'm sure everyone is busy through the end of the year but the numbers are interesting. We can pickup in the new year and discuss how to proceed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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