Hi, I'd like to announce my candidacy for the TC.
About Me ======== I am the PTL for the OpenStack Infrastructure Program, which I have been helping to build for the past two years. I am responsible for a significant portion of our project infrastructure and developer workflow. I set up gerrit, helped write git-review, and moved all of the OpenStack projects from bzr to git. All of that is to say that I've given a lot of thought and action to helping scale OpenStack to the number of projects and developers it has today. I also wrote zuul, nodepool, and devstack-gate to make sure that we are able to test all components of the project on every commit. There are a lot of moving parts in OpenStack and I strongly believe that at the end of the day they need to work together as a cohesive whole. A good deal of my technical work is focused on achieving that. Throughout my time working on OpenStack I have always put the needs of the whole project first, above those of any individual contributor, organization, or program. I also believe in the values we have established as a project: open source, design, development, and community. To that end, I have worked hard to ensure that the project infrastructure is run just like an OpenStack project, using the same tools and processes, and I think we've succeeding in creating one of the most open operational project infrastructures ever. My Platform =========== As a significant OpenStack user, I'm excited about the direction that OpenStack is heading. I'm glad that we're accepting new programs that expand the scope of our project to make it more useful for everyone. I believe a major function of the Technical Committee is to curate and shepherd new programs through the incubation process. However, I believe that it should be more involved than it has been. We have been very quick to promote out of integration some exciting new projects that may not have been fully integrated. As a member of the TC, I support our continued growth, and I want to make sure that the ties that hold our collection of projects together are strong, and more than just a marketing umbrella. I have also seen a shift since the formation of the OpenStack Foundation. Our project is a technical meritocracy, but when the Foundation's board of directors was established, some issues of project-wide scope have been taken up by the board of directors while the Technical Committee has been content to limit their involvement. The Foundation board is extremely valuable, and I want the Technical Committee to work closely with them on issues that concern them both. Adding new projects is not the only purpose of the TC, which is charged in the bylaws as being responsible for all technical matters relating to the project. The reformation of the Technical Committee with an all-elected membership provides an opportunity to strengthen the technical meritocracy of the OpenStack project by electing people who will execute the full mission of the TC. I would be happy to serve in that capacity and would appreciate your vote. Thanks, Jim _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
