That's great news! Congrats to Colette for the organization and to the people who dare to join the training!
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Amrith Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > A huge "THANK YOU" to Colette for all the time and effort that went into > making this a reality. What she doesn't mention is that this training (which > lasted just a couple of days) was a year in the making! > > In addition to the great sandwiches and BBQ (and beer), I think it was great > to have so many of us in a room at once. There is something about meeting in > person, breaking bread (and jokes) that is totally lost in a virtual > environment. > > I think the training and the discussions were well worth it and I encourage > anyone who is serious about leadership in OpenStack to consider attending the > next session. And while you are there, make it a point to go to Maker Works > and meet Tom Root. It is truly inspiring to see what he's doing there. > > -amrith > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Colette Alexander [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:05 PM >> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training recap & steps forward >> >> Hello Stackers! >> >> I wanted to send an update about what happened last week at the >> leadership training session in Ann Arbor, Michigan and some of the >> things moving out of the training that we're hoping help improve the >> community as a whole. >> >> 17 people from the community (including 8 from the TC) and 2 trainers >> from ZingTrain spent 2 days covering a range of materials and >> subjects: servant leadership! Visioning! Stages of learning! Good >> practices for leading organizational change! Also there were delicious >> sandwiches and BBQ. >> >> Reviews and reflections from the training have been overwhelmingly >> positive, and some blog posts about it are starting to pop up.[0] >> >> On the day after training, a slightly smaller group than the full 17 >> met to discuss how some of the ideas presented might help the >> OpenStack community, and identified some areas of work that are now >> being initiated by the TC. Some of the work identified involves the TC >> examining and where necessary, altering the ways it works, and some of >> it involves a general support for and development of leadership in all >> areas of the OpenStack community. To more clearly define and >> accomplish that work, a Stewardship Working Group has been >> proposed.[1] >> >> Because of the success of the training, and the fact that 5 TC members >> weren't able to attend this past instance, I'm working to arrange a >> repeated offering. It's still very much in the planning stages, but >> I'm hoping it will be in September, and follow the same 2-day >> training/1 day reflection/planning structure as before. The training >> will be enrolled similarly to the last one - with TC and Board members >> having first crack at the sign up list, and then opening remaining >> seats to the rest of the community. I will post to the -dev list as >> dates and details are finalized for that. >> >> Ideally there will be some discussion and work on this (including a >> potential panel discussion) at the Ocata Summit in Barcelona as well - >> stay tuned for information on that as it becomes available! >> >> A huge thanks to all who attended, and to the Foundation who sponsored >> the training for everyone - I'm incredibly excited to work on all of >> this in such a great environment, with such great people. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> -colette/gothicmindfood >> >> [0] http://www.tesora.com/openstack-tc-will-not-opening-deli/ >> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/337895/ >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Alexis Alexis Monville [email protected] +33 6 75 73 54 82 irc: alexismonville Linkedin: fr.linkedin.com/in/alexismonville Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexismonville Bringing Red Hat Openstack teams to continuously deliver more impactful innovation in a sustainable way __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
