[Openstack-operators] User Committee IRC Meeting - Monday Jan 30th - Host Needed

2017-01-29 Thread Edgar Magana 
Dear UC Community,

Our next UC IRC meeting is scheduled for this Monday Jan 30th at 1900 UTC in 
(freenode) #openstack-meeting.
Unfortunately, I have a last-minute conflict and I won’t be able to lead the 
session. I would like to know if we have any volunteers to drive the session.



I have also a proposal to move the meeting for a different day this week which 
I like it better.



Topics to cover:



-  UC Election

-  PTG activities from UC members

-  Boston planning

-  Open Agenda

User Committee OpenStack
Jon, Shilla and Edgar
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Re: [Openstack-operators] [openstack-dev] Supporting our global community

2017-01-29 Thread Anita Kuno 

On 2017-01-29 01:34 PM, Jonathan Bryce wrote:

OpenStack is a global open source community. The OpenStack Foundation serves 
members in 180 countries focused on advancing the capabilities and 
accessibility of open infrastructure everywhere. We fundamentally believe 
diversity and collaboration are a powerful force for innovation, and it has 
been amazing to see the product of tens of thousands of people around the world 
over the last 6+ years.

Lauren, Mark and I disagree with the executive order issued by President Trump 
that targets individuals from 7 countries. The order restricts the travel and 
movement of people in a discriminatory way that  results in a restriction on 
access to talent and ideas. It is still unclear how the policies will play out 
and be enforced, but we will be watching, advocating for and supporting our 
community members to the best of our ability.

This executive order will not impact the governance of the Foundation or the 
way the community operates globally. We will continue to support user groups 
and community members that are active in the seven countries named by the 
executive order, alongside our 120+ user groups around the world. However, we 
have two scheduled events in the United States within the next six months that 
will attract a global audience: the PTG (Project Teams Gathering) in Atlanta, 
Feb 20-24, a smaller event that will bring together hundreds of upstream 
contributors, and the OpenStack Summit in Boston, May 8-11, our larger event 
that happens every six months.

This executive order could impact some community members' ability to travel to 
Atlanta and Boston, but unfortunately it is too late at this point to change 
the location of these events. The following three OpenStack Summits, however, 
are now scheduled to occur outside of the United States. The next Summit will 
be in November 2017 in Sydney, Australia and we are working to finalize the 
details so we can announce the following two Summit locations soon.

We’ve already heard from one community member, Mohammed Naser, who is concerned 
that his plans to travel from Canada to Atlanta to attend the PTG may be 
restricted, simply because he a dual citizen of Canada and Iraq.  Mohammed has 
been contributing code to OpenStack since 2011 and is the CEO and Founder of 
Vexxhost. Blocking his travel would serve no purpose and rob the community of a 
valuable contributor during an important event. If you are concerned about the 
impact or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at 
jonat...@openstack.org.


An update: Canada's Immigration Minister held a press conference saying 
that Canadians with dual citizenship won't be affected: 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-hussen-reaction-to-trump-travel-restrictions-1.3957515 
Now that should make things easier for Mohammed Naser but it doesn't 
solve the larger problem affecting the whole community.


Also in the above linked article, the Canadian government will accept 
those travelers refused entry by the United States due to this order, if 
you find yourself in a situation where that information might be of help 
to you.


As I already shared with Jonathan in private, I'm Canadian and plan on 
avoiding as much travel to the US as I am able for the next four years, 
so people not from the 7 named countries are also making choices as a 
consequence of this action.


Confident we can collectively envision a productive future for all of us,
Anita.



Political actions like this highlight the importance of our collective values. 
The Four Opens, the founding principles of our community, exist to ensure the 
free flow of talent and ideas, across geographic, national, organizational or 
other lines that might divide us. We believe in humanity. We believe in 
opportunity. We believe in the power of collaboration across borders, and we 
will continue to carry forward our mission.

We also posted this online: 
https://www.openstack.org/blog/2017/01/supporting-our-global-community/

Jonathan Bryce
Mark Collier
Lauren Sell




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[Openstack-operators] Fwd: [openstack-dev] Supporting our global community

2017-01-29 Thread Melvin Hillsman 
In case you missed it.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Jonathan Bryce 
Date: Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:34 PM
Subject: [openstack-dev] Supporting our global community
To: foundat...@lists.openstack.org, "OpenStack Development Mailing List
(not for usage questions)" ,
commun...@openstack.org


OpenStack is a global open source community. The OpenStack Foundation
serves members in 180 countries focused on advancing the capabilities and
accessibility of open infrastructure everywhere. We fundamentally believe
diversity and collaboration are a powerful force for innovation, and it has
been amazing to see the product of tens of thousands of people around the
world over the last 6+ years.

Lauren, Mark and I disagree with the executive order issued by President
Trump that targets individuals from 7 countries. The order restricts the
travel and movement of people in a discriminatory way that  results in a
restriction on access to talent and ideas. It is still unclear how the
policies will play out and be enforced, but we will be watching, advocating
for and supporting our community members to the best of our ability.

This executive order will not impact the governance of the Foundation or
the way the community operates globally. We will continue to support user
groups and community members that are active in the seven countries named
by the executive order, alongside our 120+ user groups around the world.
However, we have two scheduled events in the United States within the next
six months that will attract a global audience: the PTG (Project Teams
Gathering) in Atlanta, Feb 20-24, a smaller event that will bring together
hundreds of upstream contributors, and the OpenStack Summit in Boston, May
8-11, our larger event that happens every six months.

This executive order could impact some community members' ability to travel
to Atlanta and Boston, but unfortunately it is too late at this point to
change the location of these events. The following three OpenStack Summits,
however, are now scheduled to occur outside of the United States. The next
Summit will be in November 2017 in Sydney, Australia and we are working to
finalize the details so we can announce the following two Summit locations
soon.

We’ve already heard from one community member, Mohammed Naser, who is
concerned that his plans to travel from Canada to Atlanta to attend the PTG
may be restricted, simply because he a dual citizen of Canada and Iraq.
Mohammed has been contributing code to OpenStack since 2011 and is the CEO
and Founder of Vexxhost. Blocking his travel would serve no purpose and rob
the community of a valuable contributor during an important event. If you
are concerned about the impact or have any questions, please don't hesitate
to reach out to me at jonat...@openstack.org.

Political actions like this highlight the importance of our collective
values. The Four Opens, the founding principles of our community, exist to
ensure the free flow of talent and ideas, across geographic, national,
organizational or other lines that might divide us. We believe in humanity.
We believe in opportunity. We believe in the power of collaboration across
borders, and we will continue to carry forward our mission.

We also posted this online: https://www.openstack.org/
blog/2017/01/supporting-our-global-community/

Jonathan Bryce
Mark Collier
Lauren Sell



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Melvin Hillsman
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