It's the Campaigning slot of the TC election process, where members of the community (including the candidates) are encouraged to ask the candidates questions and witness some debate. I have some questions.
First off, I'd like to thank all the candidates for running and being willing to commit some of their time. I'd also like to that group as a whole for being large enough to force an election. A representative body that is not the result of an election would not be very representing nor have much of a mandate.
The questions follow. Don't feel obliged to answer all of these. The point here is to inspire some conversation that flows to many places. I hope other people will ask in the areas I've chosen to skip. If you have a lot to say, it might make sense to create a different message for each response. Beware, you might be judged on your email etiquette and attention to good email technique!
* How do you account for the low number of candidates? Do you consider this a problem? Why or why not?
* Compare and contrast the role of the TC now to 4 years ago. If you weren't around 4 years ago, comment on the changes you've seen over the time you have been around. In either case: What do you think the TC role should be now?
* What, to you, is the single most important thing the OpenStack community needs to do to ensure that packagers, deployers, and hobbyist users of OpenStack are willing to consistently upstream their fixes and have a positive experience when they do? What is the TC's role in helping make that "important thing" happen?
* If you had a magic wand and could inspire and make a single sweeping architectural or software change across the services, what would it be? For now, ignore legacy or upgrade concerns. What role should the TC have in inspiring and driving such changes?
* What can the TC do to make sure that the community (in its many dimensions) is informed of and engaged in the discussions and decisions of the TC?
* How do you counter people who assert the TC is not relevant? (Presumably you think it is, otherwise you would not have run. If you don't, why did you run?)
That's probably more than enough. Thanks for your attention.