On 2016-03-04 10:02:36 +0100 (+0100), Thierry Carrez wrote: [...] > Upstream contributors are represented by the Technical Committee > and vote for it. Downstream contributors are represented by the > User Committee and (imho) should vote for it. [...]
Right, this brings up the other important point I meant to make. The purpose of the "ATC" designation is to figure out who gets to vote for the Technical Committee, as a form of self-governance. That's all, but it's very important (in my opinion, far, far, far more important than some look-at-me status on a conference badge or a hand-out on free admission to an event). Granting votes for the upstream technical governing body to people who aren't involved directly in upstream technology decisions makes little sense, or at least causes it to cease being self-governance (as much as letting all of OpenStack's software developers decide who should run the User Committee would make it no longer well represent downstream users). I worry that "ATC means I get into events for free" is conflating two completely incidental factors and causes focus on the wrong issues. Let's figure out how to get the community better involved in these events, but making everyone an "ATC" isn't really the solution to that problem. -- Jeremy Stanley _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators
