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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">+1 Good catch!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Amy Marrich [mailto:Amy.Marrich@rackspace.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Megan Rossetti <rossetti.megan18@gmail.com>; women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Women-of-openstack] [Women-of-OpenStack]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I +1 the idea as well and with the changes we’ve discussed for the meetings it might help us grow as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Megan Rossetti <<a href="mailto:rossetti.megan18@gmail.com">rossetti.megan18@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 9:00 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<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>
<b>Subject: </b>[Women-of-openstack] [Women-of-OpenStack]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Hi team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">In Austin, a sub-group was formed to help define a process for AUC (Active User Contributor) recognition. </span><span style="color:#333333">This working group was created to assist
the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/UserCommittee" title="Governance/Foundation/UserCommittee"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">User Committee</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333"> (UC)
define its constituency in a manner similar to how the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/TechnicalCommittee" title="Governance/Foundation/TechnicalCommittee"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Technical
Committee</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333"> (TC) has defined the designation of </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://governance.openstack.org/reference/charter.html#voters-for-tc-seats-atc"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Active
Technical Contributors</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333"> (ATC)/</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://governance.openstack.org/reference/charter.html#voters-for-ptl-seats-apc"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Active Project
Contributors</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333"> (APC) and participants eligible to participate in the electoral process for </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://governance.openstack.org/reference/charter.html#project-team-leads"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Project
Team Leads</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333"> (PTL) and Technical Committee members. The User Committee formally started conversations to recognize contributions inside the OpenStack community that are out of scope for the ATC designation. The scope
for this new designation is currently being refined but the intent is to recognize OpenStack community contributors (such as operators) that are not committing code to an </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://governance.openstack.org/reference/projects/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">OpenStack
TC sanctioned project</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">. OpenStack community contributions such as code contributions to repositories under User Committee governance (e.g. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://github.com/osops"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">OSOps</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://github.com/openstack/ops-tags-team"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">ops-tags</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">,
etc.), active participation in any User Committee working group (e.g. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/API_Working_Group" title="API Working Group"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">API-WG</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Enterprise_Working_Group" title="Enterprise Working Group"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Enterprise-WG</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ProductTeam" title="ProductTeam"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Product-WG</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">,
etc.), moderating sessions at OpenStack </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Operations/Meetups" title="Operations/Meetups"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Ops-meetups</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333">,
organizing OpenStack </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://groups.openstack.org/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">user group meet-ups</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333"> across the world, and many other forms of contributions
are currently being considered for inclusion in the formal definition of the User Committee constituency </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">During the Mid-Cycle Operators meeting in NYC, we discussed adding the Women of OpenStack to the list of recognized groups. To recognize individuals for AUC status, we would need
to track active participation after each meeting, we are currently developing a form for that purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">I would like to know what the team thinks about this endeavor, and if they are interested in AUC recognition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> - Megan Rossetti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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