[all][elections][ptl][tc] Combined PTL/TC Nominations Kickoff
Hello Everyone! Nominations for OpenStack PTLs (Project Team Leads) and TC (Technical Committee) positions (5 positions) are now open and will remain open until Mar 31, 2020 23:45 UTC. All nominations must be submitted as a text file to the openstack/election repository as explained at https://governance.openstack.org/election/#how-to-submit-a-candidacy Please make sure to follow the candidacy file naming convention: candidates/victoria/<Project_Name or "TC">/<email_address> (for example, "candidates/victoria/TC/stacker@example.org"). The name of the file should match an email address for your current OpenStack Foundation Individual Membership. Take this opportunity to ensure that your OSF member profile contains current information: https://www.openstack.org/profile/ Any OpenStack Foundation Individual Member can propose their candidacy for an available, directly-elected seat on the Technical Committee. In order to be an eligible candidate for PTL you must be an OpenStack Foundation Individual Member. PTL candidates must also have contributed to the corresponding team during the Train to Ussuri timeframe, Mar 22, 2019 00:00 UTC - Apr 07, 2020 00:00 UTC. Your Gerrit account must also have a verified email address matching the one used in your candidacy filename. Both PTL and TC elections will be held from Apr 07, 2020 23:45 UTC through to Apr 14, 2020 23:45 UTC. The electorate for the TC election are the OpenStack Foundation Individual Members who have a code contribution to one of the official teams over the Train to Ussuri timeframe, Mar 22, 2019 00:00 UTC - Apr 07, 2020 00:00 UTC, as well as any Extra ATCs who are acknowledged by the TC. The electorate for a PTL election are the OpenStack Foundation Individual Members who have a code contribution over the Train to Ussuri timeframe, Mar 22, 2019 00:00 UTC - Apr 07, 2020 00:00 UTC, in a deliverable repository maintained by the team which the PTL would lead, as well as the Extra ATCs who are acknowledged by the TC for that specific team. The list of project teams can be found at https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/ and their individual team pages include lists of corresponding Extra ATCs. Please find below the timeline: nomination starts @ Mar 24, 2020 23:45 UTC nomination ends @ Mar 31, 2020 23:45 UTC campaigning starts @ Mar 31, 2020 23:45 UTC campaigning ends @ Apr 07, 2020 23:45 UTC elections start @ Apr 07, 2020 23:45 UTC elections end @ Apr 14, 2020 23:45 UTC Shortly after election officials approve candidates, they will be listed on the https://governance.openstack.org/election/ page. The electorate is requested to confirm their email addresses in Gerrit prior to 2020-03-31 00:00:00+00:00, so that the emailed ballots are sent to the correct email address. This email address should match one which was provided in your foundation member profile as well. Gerrit account information and OSF member profiles can be updated at https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/contact and https://www.openstack.org/profile/ accordingly. If you have any questions please be sure to either ask them on the mailing list or to the elections officials: https://governance.openstack.org/election/#election-officials -Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo) & the Election Officials
Re: TC seats, I'd like to encourage people with operational experience of OpenStack to run for election. We have lots of OpenStack users. Our focus today is more on continuously improving the experience of running OpenStack. Filling the gaps rather than developing radically-new breaking features. Integrating with other open infrastructure software that you run alongside it. So, in governance and key policy decisions, we rely on the feedback of people that have practical experience operating the software. Having more of those directly involved in the TC will facilitate that feedback loop, and make sure we take into account a wide variety of situations. Being on the TC is not as time consuming as you might think. The time-consuming part is trying to stay on top of what's happening with OpenStack: I would say that being on the TC just adds a max of two hours per week (reviewing proposed changes, chiming in on governance discussions on the mailing-list, attending some weekly office hours or the monthly meeting). But it is a great way to make sure the direction of the software is aligned to your needs as an OpenStack user, and the needs of other users in a similar situation. Thanks for considering it! -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)
On 3/26/2020 5:52 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
Re: TC seats, I'd like to encourage people with operational experience of OpenStack to run for election.
We have lots of OpenStack users. Our focus today is more on continuously improving the experience of running OpenStack. Filling the gaps rather than developing radically-new breaking features. Integrating with other open infrastructure software that you run alongside it.
So, in governance and key policy decisions, we rely on the feedback of people that have practical experience operating the software. Having more of those directly involved in the TC will facilitate that feedback loop, and make sure we take into account a wide variety of situations.
Being on the TC is not as time consuming as you might think. The time-consuming part is trying to stay on top of what's happening with OpenStack: I would say that being on the TC just adds a max of two hours per week (reviewing proposed changes, chiming in on governance discussions on the mailing-list, attending some weekly office hours or the monthly meeting). But it is a great way to make sure the direction of the software is aligned to your needs as an OpenStack user, and the needs of other users in a similar situation.
Thanks for considering it!
Just wanted to echo Thierry's words here as a new TC Member this year. Would love to see more users/operators joining us and bringing new perspectives. The additional time commitment has not been significant and being a part of the TC has given me a new perspective of the OpenStack community that I feel has been beneficial. So, if you are able, please take the time to consider this opportunity! Jay (IRC: jungleboyj)
participants (3)
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Jay Bryant
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Kendall Nelson
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Thierry Carrez