Greetings. I am hereby [1] announcing my candidacy for Nova PTL for Train. I am passionate about OpenStack, to the point where I (like many of you) changed companies so I wouldn't have to change jobs. My employer backs me as a 100% upstream developer and core in Nova and Placement, and fully supports my commitment to the role of Nova PTL if you'll have me. Nova is huge, in code as well as in history. I don't pretend to understand all (or even most) of it. It takes the cumulative skill of the whole team to make the project tick. I see the PTL as a facilitator and coordinator of that "group brain", making the whole greater than the sum of the parts. That takes organization, diplomacy, and patience: qualities I have demonstrated by running the nova-scheduler meetings, helping with the politics of extracting Placement, and engaging in tough and contentious design discussions in specs, PTGs, IRC, etc. As PTL, one of my main goals will be to keep those conversations moving and focused, avoiding unproductive tangents. We continue to face challenges in contributor (which includes reviewer!) participation. Partly this is due to the overall change in the character of the community; but I hope to break down barriers for new or part-time contributors who are willing and able to participate. In day-to-day operations this means being responsive and encouraging on IRC and gerrit. In forum and PTG sessions it means working to avoid the "echo chamber effect" and ceding the floor to these less-involved participants so they can be heard. I would also like to continue blueprint tracking including runways, which has been an effective way to ensure attention for efforts outside of our deemed main themes and priorities. Nova is on the cusp of being able to take advantage of advanced Placement features such as nested and sharing providers to solve some of the problems for which Placement was originally conceived. Nova will need to continue to work closely with Placement in its new position as an independent project. I intend to continue being an active Placement core regardless of the outcome of these elections to assist in that transition. We need to continue to foster our relationships with other teams, ensuring proper care and feeding of cross-project initiatives. This applies to the old guard (Cinder, Glance, Ironic, Keystone, Neutron, and Placement as noted) but also to nascent efforts such as Cyborg. This starts with forum and PTG logistics for Denver, and continues with constant communication during the cycle. I am aware that I am standing on the shoulders of giants. I'm not trying to do anything brilliantly new here. I want to follow the lead of my predecessors and continue to tap them for their expertise and experience to help Nova succeed in Train. Thank you for your consideration. Eric Fried (efried) (rhymes with 'deed', not with 'side') [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/641177/