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On 23/09/14 12:58 AM, Mike Perez wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My name is Mike Perez, and I would like to be your next PTL for the OpenStack
> block storage project Cinder.
> 
> I've been involved with the OpenStack community since October 2010. I'm
> a senior developer for Datera, which contributes to Linux Bcache and the
> Linux-IO SCSI Target (LIO) in the Linux kernel (which some Cinder setups use
> underneath for target management). Before that I was for seven years a senior
> developer for DreamHost, working on their core products and storage in their
> OpenStack public cloud.
> 
> Since November 2012 I've been a core developer for Cinder. Besides code
> reviews, my main contributions include creating the v2 API, writing the v2 API
> reference and spec docs and rewriting the v1 api docs. These are contributions
> that I feel were well thought out and complete. This is exactly how I
> would like to see the future of Cinder's additional contributions and would
> like to lead the team in that direction.
> 
> Over the years I've advocated for OpenStack [1][2][3][4] and its community to
> bring in more contributors by teaching the basics of Cinder's design, which
> then can be applied to a project a potential contributor is interested in.
> I also contribute to programs such as the Women Who Code event [5][6] to help
> get future OpenStack interns in the Gnome Outreach Program excited to help the
> project. I feel, as a leader, helping to build a healthy diverse community is
> key.
> 
> I would like to continue to help the Cinder team with focusing on what the
> bigger picture is. Not letting us get lost in long discussion, but come to
> a consensus sooner and start making better progress now. Some of this includes
> better organizing of the blueprints and better triaging of bugs so contributors
> can use tools more effectively [7]. I would also like to guide folks with their
> ideas early on as something that fits with the project or not.
> 
> For the Kilo release, a lot of features have a dependency on a state machine.
> I agree with the rest of Cinder contributors, this needs to happen now so
> that we can can progress forward. I have a summit session with an approach as
> discussed in the previous Cinder Mid-cycle meet up [8] to drive this important
> change forward. Lastly, rolling upgrades is being picked back up, and I will be
> showing interest in reviews and discussion with helping the contributors focus
> to bring this wonderful feature forward. These are the only changes I'm
> mentioning as I'm sure we'll need bandwidth for other necessary features that
> contributors will be bringing in.
> 
> I'm looking forward to continuing to grow, and the opportunity to contribute to
> this project in new ways.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Perez
> 
> [1] - http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Northwest/events/151114422
> [2] - http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/150630962
> [3] - http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/events/159943872
> [4] - http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932582/
> [5] - http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/195850392/
> [6] - http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/195850922/
> [7] - http://status.openstack.org/reviews/
> [8] - https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/cinder-meetup-summer-2014
> 
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