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I hereby declare my candidacy for the Horizon PTL position.

My current qualifications:

  * PTL for the Grizzly and Havana cycles.
  * Core developer on Horizon since Essex, and Keystone core since Folsom.
  * Primary architect of the existing Horizon framework.
  * Core developer for the Django web framework upon which Horizon is built.
  * Author of the "Core Values" of Horizon: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/horizon/intro.html
  * Extensive depth and breadth of knowledge of all of the OpenStack service APIs.
  * Helped shape the Keystone V3 API and Nova v3 API.
  * Provided the initial push to internationalize OpenStack as a whole in the Grizzly cycle which has now extended to all projects and dozens of translators.
  * Ongoing advocate for OpenStack to provide a unified and sensible experience for end users.
  * Highly engaged in discussions around the future of OpenStack.

Things I can't directly take credit for but which happened under my watch (and I'd like to think with my guidance):

  * Overall contributor base has grown steadily with each release.
  * Core team expanded significantly in size and diversity.
  * New OpenStack projects have continued to be represented in each release.
  * Translation team actively engaged.
  * UX team formed and steadily becoming an active part of the design and development process.
  * Essex, Folsom, Grizzly and Havana releases have all been stable, high-quality, on-time, and both forwards and backwards compatible.

What I see for Icehouse and beyond:

  * We have known goals for making Horizon truly event-driven. This is a large job and now is the time.
  * Downstream distros and large OpenStack providers have given feedback on their pain points; they center around packaging, configuration, and how to alter or "remix" the OpenStack Dashboard. We can and must improve in these areas.
  * More projects are entering and graduating from incubation each cycle. We will continue to fulfill our commitment to those projects, and the PTL must engage those projects leaders and their developers to drive their own integrations.
  * The UX community is giving great insight into how the usability of the dashboard can be improved as it grows. Navigation, user-oriented workflows, and responsive design are low-hanging fruit.
  * Providing raw data and tools are a base layer, but there are vast green fields for how we can anticipate user questions and needs and provide solutions that cover the 90% cases.
  * Visualizations and interactivity not only provide better experiences, they also help capture OpenStack mindshare. First impressions matter.
  * Better integration of "help" by collaborating with the Docs team connects the end users to the information they need when they need it most.
  * Multi-region, federation, hybrid public-private, etc. clouds are on the horizon (no pun intended) and we need to start thinking about these issues.

All of these lists could go on, but these are the high level items.

I want to close by saying that I'm thrilled that someone else in the Horizon community is interested in being PTL, and that the outcome is not a foregone conclusion. It is the highest order of success for a project that there are enough people with passion and vision that there's actually competition for the position.

I don't intend to be PTL forever but I believe l have the right experience and vision to guide Horizon through Icehouse.

Best of luck to all!

     - Gabriel