Hi, I'd like to announce my candidacy for re-election to the TC.
About Me ======== I am the PTL for the OpenStack Infrastructure Program, which I have been helping to build for nearly three years. I also served on the TC during the Icehouse cycle. 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 bazaar 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 =========== An important shift has taken place since the convening of the first all-elected TC. I am proud of what we have done to address important issues of consistency and quality that affect all of the projects. As we continue to add new projects and programs (at a measured pace), the role of the TC will need to continue to evolve to provide coordination and leadership in cross-project issues. We have made a lot of progress on raising our expectations around testing, and there is more to do there. The TC also has a role in improving user and operator experience by facilitating cross-project standards. Recently, the TC has begun to work with the Board of Directors on issues that concern us both. The trademark issue is particularly important -- it is no less than our identity as a project. To me, the question is, "what is the OpenStack community working to produce?" I believe that software derived from OpenStack with limited and reasonable modifications should be able to use the OpenStack trademark. However, I do not believe our intent is to produce a crippled, open-core product. We are building one of the most significant open source systems and it is important that our name continue to stand for that. I think the careful progress that the TC and Board have been making in this area will ultimately reflect that. I believe that the TC has been doing good work and is heading in the right direction for the project. I would love to continue to help it do so 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