Thank you for everything you have done over the years Alex. When I went to my first summit (Tokyo), you and Lana were two of the first people I met and your warm welcome helped put me on a course to become a part of the community. Thank you for being a person always looking out for the user and the newbie and making all of OpenStack better for it. Nate On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 04:45:55PM +0000, Alexandra Settle wrote:

Hi all,

This should come as no shock as I have been relatively quite for some time now, but I will not standing for the Technical Committee for a second term.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my tenure, learning so much about open source governance than I ever thought I needed 😉

My work takes me elsewhere, as it did several years ago, and I simply do not have the time to manage both.

I encourage anyone who is interested in governance, or is passionate about OpenStack and wants to learn more, to stand for the TC elections. As was proven by my own nomination and subsequent successful election, you do not have to be "purely technical" to stand and be a part of something great. Diversity of skill is so important to our survival.

Thanks to all those that have supported me to get to the point, I appreciate you all and will miss working intimately with the community.

Please do not hesitate to reach out and ask any questions if you are interested in the positions available, happy to help encourage and answer any questions you may have.

All the best,

Alex

________________________________ Alexandra Settle Senior Technical Writer London, United Kingdom (GMT)

On 05/03/2020 16:45, Alexandra Settle wrote:

Hi all,

This should come as no shock as I have been relatively quite for some time now, but I will not standing for the Technical Committee for a second term.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my tenure, learning so much about open source governance than I ever thought I needed 😉

My work takes me elsewhere, as it did several years ago, and I simply do not have the time to manage both.

I encourage anyone who is interested in governance, or is passionate about OpenStack and wants to learn more, to stand for the TC elections. As was proven by my own nomination and subsequent successful election, you do not have to be "purely technical" to stand and be a part of something great. Diversity of skill is so important to our survival.

Thanks to all those that have supported me to get to the point, I appreciate you all and will miss working intimately with the community.

Please do not hesitate to reach out and ask any questions if you are interested in the positions available, happy to help encourage and answer any questions you may have.

All the best,

Alex

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alexandra Settle Senior Technical Writer London, United Kingdom (GMT)

Sad to see you go! Thanks for all the work, and much needed perspective you brought to the TC and the community.