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On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Armando M. <armamig at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to announce my candidacy for the OpenStack Technical Committee.
>
> I will try to be brief and to the point: I have been involved in OpenStack
> since the early days of the Austin release; I have worked on (perhaps) the
> two most prolific projects in OpenStack (Nova, and Neutron) and a few others
> aimed at ensuring their quality (Tempest, DevStack, and the infra ones). I
> have been mainly a developer, but also a deployer, distributor, user, tech
> writer, you name it.
>
> Under these points of views I have seen friction in dealing with OpenStack
> increase over time, and I want to do something about it. I have never run
> for the TC before, or any other position of 'influence'.  I came to the
> realization that doing something about it by being on the fringes could only
> get me so far.
>
> My main goal is to empower the developer, allowing him/her to go at the pace
> he/she is comfortable with, whilst preserving the quality of software being
> produced: I believe we have many bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the way
> we develop and consume OpenStack technologies. In Neutron I, with the help
> of others, have tried to identify these and proactively did something about
> it: decomposing the codebase in core vs plugins and moving away from the
> project reliance on Tempest to ensure stability are examples to name a few.
>
> At the same time decentralizing and increasing speed of development can
> impair coherence and cohesion of the overall solution and that is why I
> think a seat in the TC would give me enough exposure to help preserve, and
> strive to achieve these qualities in the software we build. The OpenStack
> ecosystem is incredibly diverse and yet we need each technology developed
> under its umbrella to share a lot more than the four Opens. The definition
> of shared methodologies, practices and guidelines can help us achieve that,
> but most importantly a shared roadmap that can let us peek into the future
> of OpenStack as a whole rather than a fragmented collection of services that
> work poorly together.
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> Regards,
> Armando
>
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