OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Survey - Timing, cadence and more
Hi All, I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to the new OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Survey! As a reminder, the OpenStack Ops Radio Hour gathering is a meeting series in a casual setting for operators, engineers, and contributors to come together, share knowledge, and collaborate on the complexities of managing and deploying OpenStack environments. The group organizers put together a survey to better understand what channels people use to learn about upcoming meetings, what topics they would be interested in discussing, and what timing and cadence would be most suitable for folks onwards. You can find the survey here: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstack_ops_radio_hour_sur... Your input is very important to make the gatherings as widely available and inclusive as possible! Please fill out the survey __by February 25, 2026.__ In the meantime, the next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC. You can find more information, agenda items and notes and recordings from previous meetings here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any challenges with the survey. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó
Hi All, This is a friendly reminder that the OpenStack Ops Radio Hour survey is still open! The survey results will guide the group organizers to better understand what channels people use to learn about upcoming meetings, what topics they would be interested in discussing, and what timing and cadence would be most suitable for folks onwards. If you haven’t filled out the survey yet, you can find it here: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstack_ops_radio_hour_sur... Your input is very important to make the gatherings as widely available and inclusive as possible! If you’re interested in participating, please fill out the survey __by February 25, 2026.__ In the meantime, the next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC. You can find more information, agenda items and notes and recordings from previous meetings here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any challenges with the survey. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó
On Jan 27, 2026, at 09:39, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to the new OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Survey!
As a reminder, the OpenStack Ops Radio Hour gathering is a meeting series in a casual setting for operators, engineers, and contributors to come together, share knowledge, and collaborate on the complexities of managing and deploying OpenStack environments.
The group organizers put together a survey to better understand what channels people use to learn about upcoming meetings, what topics they would be interested in discussing, and what timing and cadence would be most suitable for folks onwards.
You can find the survey here: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstack_ops_radio_hour_sur...
Your input is very important to make the gatherings as widely available and inclusive as possible! Please fill out the survey __by February 25, 2026.__
In the meantime, the next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC.
You can find more information, agenda items and notes and recordings from previous meetings here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour
Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any challenges with the survey.
Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó
Hi All, I'm reaching out to let you know that the OpenStack Ops Radio Hour survey is now closed. I did a brief analysis and sharing aggregated and anonymized results below. Overall the survey shows that people value and find gatherings useful, and shared many topic areas they are interested in diving into onwards. The results will be further discussed on the next OpenStack Ops Radio Hour gathering, which is scheduled for February 27, 2026 at 1300 UTC. You can find more information about the meeting here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Survey Aggregated Results * How did you learn about the 'OpenStack Ops Radio Hour' meeting series? - openstack-discuss mailing list - 47.82% - OpenStack Scientific SIG Slack - 13.04% - Direct email outreach - 13.04% - OpenStack Ops Matrix channel - 8.69% - Reddit - 1 - 4.34% - OpenInfra Summit 2025 - 4.34% - YouTube OpenInfra channel - 4.34% * The current call series happens monthly on Fridays at 1300 UTC. Does this time and cadence work for you? - Yes - 86.96% - No - 13.04% * What cadence would work best for you onwards? - Bi-weekly - 43.47% - Monthly - 43.47% - Weekly - 2- 8.69% - Every two months - 1 - 4.34% * What time slot would work for you onwards? Pick all when you are available on a regular basis! - 0000 UTC - 8.69% - 0100 UTC - 8.69% - 0200 UTC - 8.69% - 0300 UTC - 4.34% - 0400 UTC - 4.34% - 0500 UTC - 4.34% - 0600 UTC - 4.34% - 0700 UTC - 4.34% - 0800 UTC - 17.39% - 0900 UTC - 21.73% - 1000 UTC - 30.43% - 1100 UTC - 26.08% - 1200 UTC - 39.13% - 1300 UTC - 52.17% - 1400 UTC - 65.21% - 1500 UTC - 56.52% - 1600 UTC - 30.43% - 1700 UTC - 26.08% - 1800 UTC - 21.73% - 1900 UTC - 13.04% - 2000 UTC - 8.69% - 2100 UTC - 8.69% - 2200 UTC - 4.34% - 2300 UTC - 4.34% * Would you support running the meeting series in alternating time slots? - Yes - 86.96% - No - 13.04% * Please add any topics or topic areas that you would be interested in discussing on this call series. - Deployment methodologies, configurations and challenges - Upgrade and patching practices and issues, kernel-level updates - Real-life experiences, practices, tips and tricks for operators - Common pain points, failures and resolutions or workarounds, ops war-stories - Automation to increase efficiency executing repetitive tasks, upgrades, etc - Backups and Disaster Recovery, Freezer - Documentation - HA practices and deployment models - Monitoring and alerts down to the instance level, including using tools like Prometheus - New and under development features in OpenStack - Scaling the control plane - Securing OpenStack nodes, and security in OpenStack projects, including scans and CVEs - Operator training and skills development - Getting involved and contributing to OpenStack as an operator - Integrations like Infoblox and Kubernetes on OpenStack - Using and configuring OpenStack projects in small or large deployment scenarios, including multi-region (Octavia, Neutron and Keystone was called out) Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó
On Feb 11, 2026, at 05:24, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
This is a friendly reminder that the OpenStack Ops Radio Hour survey is still open!
The survey results will guide the group organizers to better understand what channels people use to learn about upcoming meetings, what topics they would be interested in discussing, and what timing and cadence would be most suitable for folks onwards.
If you haven’t filled out the survey yet, you can find it here: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstack_ops_radio_hour_sur...
Your input is very important to make the gatherings as widely available and inclusive as possible! If you’re interested in participating, please fill out the survey __by February 25, 2026.__
In the meantime, the next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC.
You can find more information, agenda items and notes and recordings from previous meetings here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour
Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any challenges with the survey.
Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó
On Jan 27, 2026, at 09:39, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to the new OpenStack Ops Radio Hour Survey!
As a reminder, the OpenStack Ops Radio Hour gathering is a meeting series in a casual setting for operators, engineers, and contributors to come together, share knowledge, and collaborate on the complexities of managing and deploying OpenStack environments.
The group organizers put together a survey to better understand what channels people use to learn about upcoming meetings, what topics they would be interested in discussing, and what timing and cadence would be most suitable for folks onwards.
You can find the survey here: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstack_ops_radio_hour_sur...
Your input is very important to make the gatherings as widely available and inclusive as possible! Please fill out the survey __by February 25, 2026.__
In the meantime, the next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC.
You can find more information, agenda items and notes and recordings from previous meetings here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour
Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any challenges with the survey.
Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó
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