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On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 5:10 AM Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org> wrote:
>
> Divya K Konoor wrote:
> > Missing the deadline for a PTL nomination cannot be the reason for
> > removing governance.
>
> I agree with that, but missing the deadline twice in a row is certainly
> a sign of some disconnect with the rest of the OpenStack community.
> Project teams require a minimal amount of reactivity and presence, so it
> is fair to question whether PowerVMStackers should continue as a project
> team in the future.
>
> > PowerVMStackers continue to be an active project
> > and would want to be continued to be governed under OpenStack. For PTL,
> > an eligible candidate can still be appointed .
>
> There is another option, to stay under OpenStack governance but without
> the constraints of a full project team: PowerVMStackers could be made an
> OpenStack SIG.
>
> I already proposed that 6 months ago (last time there was no PTL nominee
> for the team), on the grounds that interest in PowerVM was clearly a
> special interest, and a SIG might be a better way to regroup people
> interested in supporting PowerVM in OpenStack.
>
> The objection back then was that PowerVMStackers maintained a number of
> PowerVM-related code, plugins and drivers that should ideally be adopted
> by their consuming project teams (nova, neutron, ceilometer), and that
> making it a SIG would endanger that adoption process.
>
> I still think it makes sense to consider PowerVMStackers as a Special
> Interest Group. As long as the PowerVM-related code is not adopted by
> the consuming projects, it is arguably a special interest, and not a
> completely-integrated part of OpenStack components.
>
> The only difference in being a SIG (compared to being a project team)
> would be to reduce the amount of mandatory tasks (like designating a PTL
> every 6 months). You would still be able to own repositories, get room
> at OpenStack events, vote on TC election...
>
> It would seem to be the best solution in your case.

I echo all of this and I think at this point, it's better for the
deliverables to be
within a SIG.

> --
> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
>


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