Mark Goddard wrote:
[...] Thanks for the feedback. I don't particularly mind what we call it - if a SIG is not appropriate then that's fine. What I want is to be able to include those on the periphery of the community who for a variety of reasons are not particularly active upstream. I want to provide some way for these people to feel more of a part of the community, and if possible help them to become more active. They might not have time to sit in #openstack-kolla or attend summits, but an hour or two a month is probably something they could commit to.
A big part of the drive behind this is simply gathering a list of members. So often we put things on openstack-discuss asking about who uses particular features, knowing it mostly goes to the void. Many operators simply don't have time to follow it.
I think you can do that from the Kolla project team. You can call it the Kolla users club and create a number of events around it (virtual or face-to-face). My point is that you do not need a specific governance structure to do this.
When you suggest Ops feedback sessions, do you mean at the summit? My view is that we are at the point where that is a fairly exclusive club. I'd much rather something virtual with a low barrier to entry.
No, I was just suggesting finding a catchy name for those outreach activities, one that encourages users to reach out, and make it less intimidating than joining the IRC meeting for a project team. -- Thierry