Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC candidacy

2016-10-03 Thread Sean McGinnis
On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 10:53:30AM -0700, John Dickinson wrote: > > > On 27 Sep 2016, at 9:21, Sean McGinnis wrote: > > > I would like to announce my candidacy for a position on the Technical > > Committee. > > > > > Sean, > > Are there some specific areas of complexity that you would like to

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC candidacy

2016-10-03 Thread John Dickinson
On 27 Sep 2016, at 9:21, Sean McGinnis wrote: > I would like to announce my candidacy for a position on the Technical > Committee. > > I work for Dell EMC with over a decade (quite a bit over, but I don't want to > think about that) in storage and software development. I have been involved in >

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-28 Thread Nikhil Komawar
I noticed a good statement, marked it inline. On 9/28/16 7:24 AM, John Davidge wrote: > Hi Zane, > > Thanks for pointing this out! My interpretation of the StackForge > Retirement page[1] was wrong on that point. I've updated the blog post to > reflect that (without removing the original

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-28 Thread John Davidge
Hi Zane, Thanks for pointing this out! My interpretation of the StackForge Retirement page[1] was wrong on that point. I've updated the blog post to reflect that (without removing the original interpretation). The discussion about renaming git repos is a bit of a red herring, because what we're

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-27 Thread Sean Dague
On 09/27/2016 06:19 AM, John Davidge wrote: >> Hmm, I disagree about that. I think that experience actually *has* shown >> us that there is a single set of rules that can/should be applied to all >> projects that wish to be called an OpenStack project. > > We may have to agree to disagree here.

[openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC candidacy

2016-09-27 Thread Sean McGinnis
I would like to announce my candidacy for a position on the Technical Committee. I work for Dell EMC with over a decade (quite a bit over, but I don't want to think about that) in storage and software development. I have been involved in OpenStack since the Icehouse cycle and have served as the

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-27 Thread Zane Bitter
On 27/09/16 06:19, John Davidge wrote: Having Stackforge as a separate Github organization and set of >repositories was a maintenance nightmare due to the awkwardness of >renaming projects when they "moved into OpenStack". There's no reason that this would need a separate github structure, just

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-27 Thread John Davidge
Thanks for the questions Jay, answers inline. On 9/26/16, 8:39 PM, Jay Pipes wrote: >Who decides what is integral to OpenStack and what merely "enhances" it, >though? The TC? The DefCore group? The Board of Directors? One might say >all three groups have a say in defining what "is OpenStack", no?

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-26 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2016-09-26 15:39:23 -0400 (-0400), Jay Pipes wrote: [...] > >* Reinstate Stackforge as the primary incubator for new projects > > Having Stackforge as a separate Github organization and set of repositories > was a maintenance nightmare due to the awkwardness of renaming projects when > they

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-26 Thread Jay Pipes
John, appreciate your candor and candidacy. Some questions inline for you... On 09/26/2016 06:57 AM, John Davidge wrote: Last year, the TC moved OpenStack away from the Integrated Release, and into The Big Tent. This removed the separation between those projects considered integral to

[openstack-dev] [all][elections][TC] TC Candidacy

2016-09-26 Thread John Davidge
Hi everyone, I'd like to submit my candidacy for the OpenStack Technical Committee. You may know me as john-davidge on IRC. I've been an active member of the OpenStack community since 2012 (Folsom). I met many of you for the first time while presenting the Curvature Network Visualization