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On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 2:19 AM, Kendall Nelson <kennelson11 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Candidates!
>
> You all have proven yourselves to be crucial parts of the community and I
> just wanted to say good luck to each one of you in the upcoming election!
>
> Also though, I thought it might be good to ask a few more questions. It's
> easy to talk about what you all want to champion on the TC and about the
> ideal breakdown of how you want to spend your time, but it's much harder to
> answer questions that might highlight some of the daily struggles. So!
> Interview time:
>
> -What is one trait you have that makes it difficult to work in groups like
> the TC and how do you counteract it?
>

I think the obvious one is going to be the remoteness and timezones. These
have effects that are being discussed at length in some of the other
threads. However there have been some good suggestions in those threads on
how to mitigate it through utilising other media more effectively.

Another challenge is balancing the needs of the many. I think the community
does a great job at being accommodating to as many individuals, companies
and technologies as they can. However this can often come at the cost of
actually getting things done (perfection is the enemy of progress etc). I
think the TC will need to be pragmatic about its decisions and begin to be
more opinionated in order to be able to be focused and not over burdened.


>
> - What do you see as the biggest roadblock in the upcoming releases for
> the TC?
>

In terms of the releases I think we need to be careful not to bite off more
than we can chew. Recently we've been focusing on making the base layers
more stable, upgrades more seamless etc. and I think these are great. It's
easy to be ambitious with what we want to achieve in a cycle but we also
need to be realistic about our resources as the product matures.



>
> And one lighthearted question:
>
> -What is your favorite thing about OpenStack?
>


The community - it's such a pleasure to work with everybody. Everyone is so
incredibly helpful and always go out of their way as we try to work towards
a common goal.


>
> Thank you for your answers!
>

Thank you for the questions :-)

Cheers,
Josh


>
> -Kendall Nelson
>
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