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A huge "THANK YOU" to Colette for all the time and effort that went into making this a reality. What she doesn't mention is that this training (which lasted just a couple of days) was a year in the making!

In addition to the great sandwiches and BBQ (and beer), I think it was great to have so many of us in a room at once. There is something about meeting in person, breaking bread (and jokes) that is totally lost in a virtual environment.

I think the training and the discussions were well worth it and I encourage anyone who is serious about leadership in OpenStack to consider attending the next session. And while you are there, make it a point to go to Maker Works and meet Tom Root. It is truly inspiring to see what he's doing there.

-amrith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colette Alexander [mailto:colettealexander at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:05 PM
> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
> <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
> Subject: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training recap & steps forward
> 
> Hello Stackers!
> 
> I wanted to send an update about what happened last week at the
> leadership training session in Ann Arbor, Michigan and some of the
> things moving out of the training that we're hoping help improve the
> community as a whole.
> 
> 17 people from the community (including 8 from the TC) and 2 trainers
> from ZingTrain spent 2 days covering a range of materials and
> subjects: servant leadership! Visioning! Stages of learning! Good
> practices for leading organizational change! Also there were delicious
> sandwiches and BBQ.
> 
> Reviews and reflections from the training have been overwhelmingly
> positive, and some blog posts about it are starting to pop up.[0]
> 
> On the day after training, a slightly smaller group than the full 17
> met to discuss how some of the ideas presented might help the
> OpenStack community, and identified some areas of work that are now
> being initiated by the TC. Some of the work identified involves the TC
> examining and where necessary, altering the ways it works, and some of
> it involves a general support for and development of leadership in all
> areas of the OpenStack community. To more clearly define and
> accomplish that work, a Stewardship Working Group has been
> proposed.[1]
> 
> Because of the success of the training, and the fact that 5 TC members
> weren't able to attend this past instance, I'm working to arrange a
> repeated offering. It's still very much in the planning stages, but
> I'm hoping it will be in September, and follow the same 2-day
> training/1 day reflection/planning structure as before. The training
> will be enrolled similarly to the last one - with TC and Board members
> having first crack at the sign up list, and then opening remaining
> seats to the rest of the community. I will post to the -dev list as
> dates and details are finalized for that.
> 
> Ideally there will be some discussion and work on this (including a
> potential panel discussion) at the Ocata Summit in Barcelona as well -
> stay tuned for information on that as it becomes available!
> 
> A huge thanks to all who attended, and to the Foundation who sponsored
> the training for everyone - I'm incredibly excited to work on all of
> this in such a great environment, with such great people.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> -colette/gothicmindfood
> 
> [0] http://www.tesora.com/openstack-tc-will-not-opening-deli/
> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/337895/
> 
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