Hi Chris Good round up and a good start on the definition. Don't forget the public cloud operators though, it's not all about private cloud ;)
On 17 May 2016 at 16:51, Chris Morgan <mihali...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm new to this, but here goes: > > Meeting held on IRC today at 14:00 UTC to jumpstart a new process for > arranging OpenStack operators mid-cycle meetups. > > Nice minutes from Tom here > > http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/ops_meetups_team/2016/ops_meetups_team.2016-05-17-14.00.html > > etherpad here : https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ops-meetups-team > > In short there was consensus behind the mailing list locking in a > region and approximate time slot for each meetup and then making an > open call for meeting hosts/"underwriters". The region would be one of > : north america, europe or APAC in such a way as to oppose the region > of the following OpenStack summit. There is also desire to cap numbers > and somehow encourage operators/users and discourage vendors from > attending without getting to the level of having to vet > individuals. To that end I volunteered to propose a definition of > users, and so here goes: > > ------ > > The openstack operators meetings have a preference for 'users' > vs. 'vendors' since the vendors have every opportunity to get their > message across at the Summit in the vendor sessions, the marketplace > etc. Meanwhile, operators need a venue to share frank, unfettered, > possibly highly critical info about products and core openstack > components. > > For the purposes of getting the meet ups organised then, the following > definition is proposed: > > Definition: > > All attendees at an OpenStack operators mid-cycle meetup ('the > meetup') should be willing and able to discuss issues arising from > operating OpenStack for private cloud at some kind of scale, including > ideally having direct experience of OpenStack private cloud operation > or expectation of that in future. Representatives from organisations > having both a vendor and a user role in the OpenStack community should > wear their user hat for the purposes of the meetup. Attendance by > those fitting these guidelines is highly encouraged. > > > -- > Chris Morgan <mihali...@gmail.com> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-operators mailing list > OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators > > -- DataCentred Limited registered in England and Wales no. 05611763
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