Hello Stackers, We're officially in the second half of the OpenStack 2025.2 "Flamingo" release cycle [1]. Starting on 2025-08-06, election officials will begin merging nominations for Project Team Leads for the 2026.1 release cycle and to fill four seats on the OpenStack Technical Committee. If you're interested in leading a project or joining the OpenStack TC, I'd encourage you to submit a nomination through the openstack/election repository [2]. The Call for Proposals soliciting project team updates and Forum sessions at the OpenInfra Summit (17–19 October 2025) in Paris-Saclay will be closing on 2025-07-08 at 23:45 PST [3]. The schedule for the event is live and contains some exciting material [4]. In the past week, the OpenStack Technical Committee didn't merge any significant governance changes. However, some proposals are open for the community's review. === Weekly Meeting === The last weekly meeting of the OpenStack TC was held simultaneously on Video (Meetpad) and IRC (OFTC's #openstack-tc channel) on 2025-07-01. The recording of the meeting was posted to the TC's YouTube channel [5], and meeting notes were logged on IRC [6]. The meeting was brief yet efficient, covering updates on various ongoing initiatives. TC members were glad to see the smooth implementation of the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) enforcement, with minimal issues reported and proactive steps taken to manage tooling changes. Key action items from the previous week, such as addressing inactive projects and the Eventlet deprecation, were discussed. We noted progress on Cyborg's potential revitalization through new and returning maintainers. We discussed the critical and impending bug in PBR [7] due to upstream changes in Setuptools. The OpenStack user survey remains open until August [8], and the TC would like broader community participation. Lastly, we made plans for a "meet-and-greet" forum session with the OpenStack TC at the upcoming summit. This would be a valuable opportunity for community engagement and discussion of TC responsibilities. We do hope to have at least half of the current TC at the summit. The next meeting of the OpenStack TC is on 2025-07-07, and will be hosted on the #openstack-tc channel on OFTC at 1700 UTC. Please find the agenda and other details on the meeting's wiki page [9]. I hope you'll be able to join us there! === Governance Proposals === ==== Merged ==== - Remove mentions of CLA in licensing guide | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/953843 ==== Open for review ==== - os-test-images never releases | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/954249 - Add service-types-authority to SDK deliverables | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/953548 - Deprecate shade, os-client-config | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/953549 - Remove Monasca from active project | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/953671 - Make Eventlet removal deadlines more acceptable for operators | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/952903 - Require declaration of affiliation from TC Candidates | https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/949432 === Upcoming Events === - 2025-07-08: OpenInfra Board meeting: https://board.openinfra.org/ - 2025-07-19: OpenInfra Days, Indonesia: https://2025.openinfra.id/ - 2025-07-26: OpenInfra Days, Vietnam: https://www.vietopeninfra.org/void2025 - 2025-08-06: Nominations open for OpenStack elections: https://governance.openstack.org/election/ Thank you very much for reading! On behalf of the OpenStack TC, Goutham Pacha Ravi (gouthamr) OpenStack TC Chair [1] 2025.2 "Flamingo" Release Schedule: https://releases.openstack.org/flamingo/schedule.html [2] Submit a PTL/TC candidacy: https://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-a-candidacy [3] CFP for Forums/Project Updates: https://cfp.openstack.org/app/2025summit [4] OpenInfra Summit Schedule: https://summit2025.openinfra.org/a/schedule [5] TC Meeting Video Recording, 2025-07-01: https://youtu.be/eJ03g0w8Ers [6] TC Meeting IRC Log 2025-07-01: https://meetings.opendev.org/meetings/tc/2025/tc.2025-07-01-17.00.html [7] pbr setuptools incompatibility: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pbr/+bug/2107732 [8] Take the OpenStack user survey: https://www.openstack.org/user-survey [9] TC Meeting Agenda, 2025-07-08: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/TechnicalCommittee#Next_Meeting