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Since we're moving to use this mailing list and other OpenStack
infrastructure soon, I thought I should forward the results of our
recent MidoNet PTL elections to the openstack-dev list.

-- Sandro

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sandro Mathys <sandro at midokura.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MidoNet-dev] Electing a MidoNet PTL
To: Ryu Ishimoto <ryu at midokura.com>
Cc: midonet-dev <midonet-dev at lists.midonet.org>


Alright, the nomination period has ended and there has only been a
single proposal for candidacy. Ryu clearly fulfills all the
requirements, therefore his candidacy is approved.

However, as stated before, there's no point in having an election with
only just one candidate. So please join me in congratulating Ryu to
becoming the first-ever MidoNet PTL, effective immediately!

Thanks for stepping up Ryu! Looking forward on collaborating with you
to reach your high-level goals for our team!

-- Sandro

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Ryu Ishimoto <ryu at midokura.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to propose my candidacy for the MidoNet PTL.
>
> I have been a MidoNet and Neutron contributor for 5 years, basically from
> the start of both projects.  Because of my lengthy and close involvement in
> both projects, including the integration work, I believe I have the
> appropriate knowledge to steer the MidoNet project in the right direction.
>
> If I were to be chosen for PTL, my high level goals for the next 6 months
> will be:
>
> * Improve stability:  While we have made strides in improving quality of the
> software with the release of v5.0, it is clear that we still have a lot of
> room for improvement.  We must continuously keep fixing bugs until it gets
> to a manageable number.
> * Improve feature development:  This includes better specs, better test
> coverage, better documentation, and other factors that must be considered to
> really 'complete' the feature (ready to be used in production).
> * Improve developer collaboration: MidoNet is made up of different
> components that handle separate concerns; API, Cluster, and Agent, with
> developers with specific expertise scattered among these components.  For
> MidoNet to succeed, developers with different expertise must work together
> effectively.
> * Increase the community size: MidoNet is new to open source and still not
> getting enough contributors.  I will put a lot of effort to change this.
>
> Thanks!
> Ryu Ishimoto (GitHub ID: ryu25ish)
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Sandro Mathys <sandro at midokura.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Midos,
>>
>> It's about time we get a proper PTL, and it's also in line with our
>> planned / ongoing adoption of the OpenStack ways [1].
>>
>> "PTL means Project Team Lead. Each OpenStack official project team
>> elects a leader who has final say over all things in that specific
>> project team (and all the code repositories within it)." For more
>> information, see [2].
>>
>> PTLs usually get to serve for ~6 months, but we're a tad late to the
>> PTL election party so the first PTL term will be shorter. We'll try to
>> do the next PTL election at the same time as OpenStack next spring, so
>> the first PTL term will rather be 4-5 months long.
>>
>> Everyone who contributed to any of the repos in the MidoNet
>> organization [3] on GitHub will:
>> 1) be eligible for candidacy
>> 2) get a single vote in the election
>>
>> To propose your candidacy, simply send your self-nomination to this
>> thread. Your proposal must include your full name, your GitHub ID and
>> optionally your candidacy statement. I will then verify your
>> eligibility and add you to the list of candidates.
>>
>> If there's only a single candidate at the end of the nomination
>> period, that person will automatically become PTL. Otherwise, we'll
>> organize an election, using the CIVS [4] and a Condorcet algorithm
>> (Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant). In case of a tie, we'll use
>> OpenStack's way of breaking the tie [5].
>>
>> The nomination period starts right now, and ends on Friday, 2015-11-20
>> at 23:59 UTC. The election period will start shortly after (no later
>> than Sunday, 2015-11-22 at 23:59 UTC) and end on Sunday, 2015-11-29 at
>> 23:59 UTC (or a bit later, since ending the election is a manual
>> process).
>>
>> Let me know if there's any questions or concerns. Otherwise, looking
>> forward to your candidacy proposals!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sandro
>>
>> [1] https://lists.midonet.org/pipermail/midonet/2015-November/000315.html
>> [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PTL_Guide
>> [3] https://github.com/midonet
>> [4] http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/
>> [5] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/TieBreaking
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