[Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

David Mortman launchpad at mortman.com
Tue Oct 1 17:53:17 UTC 2013


Thanks Anne!


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org> wrote:

> Hi David and list and everybody,
>
> The Board meets Oct 3, and Josh has an agenda item for the Transparency
> WorkGroup.
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/3Oct2013BoardMeeting
>
>
> Anne
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM, David Mortman <launchpad at mortman.com>wrote:
>
>> So given that it's been nearly two weeks since anyone has responded is it
>> time to rebrand it the Opacity Committee?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:23 PM, David Mortman <launchpad at mortman.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Joshua,
>>>
>>> I found this answer hilariously short and opaque especially given the
>>> context of it being part of the Transparency Committee. Can you go into
>>> more details about what has been discussed in the past as well as what
>>> might be proposed at the next board meeting. Speaking of which, when is the
>>> next board meeting anyways?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Joshua McKenty <joshua at pistoncloud.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> David - yes, the ombudsperson office is one of the goals of the
>>>> Transparency Committee, and we've got an agenda item to dig into again at
>>>> the next board meeting.
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>>
>>>> Joshua McKenty
>>>> Chief Technology Officer
>>>> Piston Cloud Computing, Inc.
>>>> +1 (650) 242-5683
>>>> +1 (650) 283-6846
>>>> http://www.pistoncloud.com
>>>>
>>>>  "Oh, Westley, we'll never survive!"
>>>> "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:18 PM, David Mortman <launchpad at mortman.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Joshua,
>>>>
>>>> I'll leave it up to the event staff to determine how they want to
>>>> handle it in this on-site case. Certainly someone needs to be empowered or
>>>> the exercise is pointless. For the community as a whole, does the Board of
>>>> Directors have the authority to create an ombuds office?
>>>>
>>>> -DM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Joshua McKenty <
>>>> joshua at pistoncloud.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> David, while I think having an onsite group able to field complaints
>>>>> and address incidents is critical, we need to make sure that such a group
>>>>> has the ability to address any complaints. So I'd suggest we pass this
>>>>> directly to the foundation staff, and make sure that the event coordination
>>>>> team is coached appropriately. Having community members act as ombudsperson
>>>>> is both complicated from a legal standpoint, and potentially inappropriate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lauren, can you make sure the on-site events team is briefed on the
>>>>> proposed code-of-conduct, and is ready to respond to any complaints that
>>>>> might arise?
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
>>>>>
>>>>> Joshua McKenty
>>>>> Chief Technology Officer
>>>>> Piston Cloud Computing, Inc.
>>>>> +1 (650) 242-5683
>>>>> +1 (650) 283-6846
>>>>> http://www.pistoncloud.com
>>>>>
>>>>>  "Oh, Westley, we'll never survive!"
>>>>> "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:59 AM, David Mortman <launchpad at mortman.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:26 PM, David Mortman <launchpad at mortman.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Agreed. There should be at least a small group, especially for
>>>>>> events, so that one person doesn't get hammered but also so there's a
>>>>>> committee to make judgement calls etc. Love the idea of some training too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Given the closeness of the summit (only 2 months away), it's seems
>>>>> like a good idea to put together the initial group of folks who can be the
>>>>> onsite committee to help address any issues that hopefully won't arise.
>>>>> While I'll continue to participate in this effort, unfortunately, I won't
>>>>> be attending the summit myself so I can't help onsite. I will however like
>>>>> nominate both Anne Gentle and George Reese be initial members of the
>>>>> committee. Anyone else interested? A group of three is probably plenty.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> -David
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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