confirmed On 23/09/14 12:58 AM, Mike Perez wrote: > Hello all, > > My name is Mike Perez, and I would like to be your next PTL for the OpenStack > block storage project Cinder. > > I've been involved with the OpenStack community since October 2010. I'm > a senior developer for Datera, which contributes to Linux Bcache and the > Linux-IO SCSI Target (LIO) in the Linux kernel (which some Cinder setups use > underneath for target management). Before that I was for seven years a senior > developer for DreamHost, working on their core products and storage in their > OpenStack public cloud. > > Since November 2012 I've been a core developer for Cinder. Besides code > reviews, my main contributions include creating the v2 API, writing the v2 API > reference and spec docs and rewriting the v1 api docs. These are contributions > that I feel were well thought out and complete. This is exactly how I > would like to see the future of Cinder's additional contributions and would > like to lead the team in that direction. > > Over the years I've advocated for OpenStack [1][2][3][4] and its community to > bring in more contributors by teaching the basics of Cinder's design, which > then can be applied to a project a potential contributor is interested in. > I also contribute to programs such as the Women Who Code event [5][6] to help > get future OpenStack interns in the Gnome Outreach Program excited to help the > project. I feel, as a leader, helping to build a healthy diverse community is > key. > > I would like to continue to help the Cinder team with focusing on what the > bigger picture is. Not letting us get lost in long discussion, but come to > a consensus sooner and start making better progress now. Some of this includes > better organizing of the blueprints and better triaging of bugs so > contributors > can use tools more effectively [7]. I would also like to guide folks with > their > ideas early on as something that fits with the project or not. > > For the Kilo release, a lot of features have a dependency on a state machine. > I agree with the rest of Cinder contributors, this needs to happen now so > that we can can progress forward. I have a summit session with an approach as > discussed in the previous Cinder Mid-cycle meet up [8] to drive this important > change forward. Lastly, rolling upgrades is being picked back up, and I will > be > showing interest in reviews and discussion with helping the contributors focus > to bring this wonderful feature forward. These are the only changes I'm > mentioning as I'm sure we'll need bandwidth for other necessary features that > contributors will be bringing in. > > I'm looking forward to continuing to grow, and the opportunity to contribute > to > this project in new ways. > > Thanks, > Mike Perez > > [1] - http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Northwest/events/151114422 > [2] - http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/150630962 > [3] - http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/events/159943872 > [4] - http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932582/ > [5] - http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/195850392/ > [6] - http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/195850922/ > [7] - http://status.openstack.org/reviews/ > [8] - https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/cinder-meetup-summer-2014 > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >
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