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<div>Go, Carol!!!</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><Barrett>, Carol L <<a href="mailto:carol.l.barrett@intel.com">carol.l.barrett@intel.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 12:56 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Women-of-openstack] FW: [openstack-dev] [election] TC] TC Candidacy<br>
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<div><font color="#1F497D">Team – I want to let you know that I have decided to run for the TC. I think I can help the community be stronger and our software development more impactful.
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<div><font color="#1F497D">If you’re an ATC (ie. someone who can vote), I would appreciate your consideration.</font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D">Thanks</font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D">Carol</font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">_____________________________________________<br>
<b>From:</b> Barrett, Carol L <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 29, 2015 10:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [openstack-dev] [election] TC] TC Candidacy</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">I am writing to announce my candidacy a position on the TC.
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">I am not your typical candidate, which is one reason that I am asking for your vote. I have a technical background, with over a decade of software development experience. I have a marketing
background, with over a decade of Technology, Product and Brand marketing experience. I have a business development background and have been an entrepreneur. I have been a product manager and a software planner. It’s this combination of experiences that I
have accumulated during my almost 35 years in the technology industry that I believe will enable me to provide unique value as a member of the TC.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">I have been an active member in the community since 2013, working with Community teams to understand market-segment needs and/or barriers to their deployment of OpenStack and bringing
that information to the Community in the form of specs, blueprints, prototypes and user stories (Win The Enterprise WG, Enterprise WG, Product WG). These teams have brought resources to develop these capabilities (one example is improving upgrade capabilities
through versioned objects implementation) and have been able to close gaps resulting in expanding Enterprise deployments of OpenStack.
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">I believe that a diverse Community will enable us to develop more innovative software that will meet the needs of global markets. I work with both the Diversity Working Group and the Women
of OpenStack to help strengthen the diversity of our Community. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">As a TC member, I will work to support our success by utilizing my project/program management experience. Specifically, I will:</span></font></div>
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<li>Tap the collective market knowledge within our Community to identify innovative capabilities that will define the defacto cloud computing platform of the future.</li><li>Work to bring projects together to define and implement cross-project capabilities and initiatives.</span></font></li><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Support the development of a multi-release roadmap definition and communication process.</font></li></ol>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">As cross-project coordination needs expand and concepts like big tent stretch our capabilities, I believe that my skill-sets, experiences, and values align well with the emerging needs
within our community. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">I would appreciate the opportunity to further my contributions to our Community and thank you for your consideration.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Carol Barrett</span></font></div>
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