[openstack-dev] [tc][swg] The future of the Stewardship Working Group

2017-06-28 Thread Colette Alexander
Hello Stackers, As many of you know, I recently took a job with Spotify in New York City. I spoke with many folks about the transition plans when I was at the Boston Forum, and we all decided that it would make sense for me to get settled into the new position before deciding what amounts of time

[openstack-dev] [tc][swg] Updates on the TC Vision for 2019

2017-05-17 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone! Just wanted to send the community some updates on the vision front and also get a discussion with the members of the technical committee going here for next steps on what we're up to with the TC Vision for 2019 [0]. A couple things: 1. We finished our feedback phase by closing the

[openstack-dev] [tc] Initial TC Vision for 2019 Draft survey responses

2017-04-21 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone, Good news! As of this morning, we've had 146 responses to our survey asking for community feedback on the initial draft of the TC Vision for 2019. The results are collected here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YzHPP2EQh2DZWGTj_VbhwhtsDQebAgqldyi1MHm6QpE/edit?usp=sharing

[openstack-dev] [tc][swg]The 2019 TC Vision Draft - anonymous feedback now open

2017-04-18 Thread Colette Alexander
Hello Stackers, By now, you all should have received an invitation to comment anonymously[0] on the current draft of a TC Vision for 2019 that is up for review in the governance repository[1]. We're going to leave the survey open for comment until the Boston Forum, but I'd like to start

[openstack-dev] [all] Last call for Leadership Training April 11-13

2017-03-24 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone, Just wanted to poke a bit, since there are still two slots available for leadership training in Ann Arbor for April 11/12/13. You can sign up here: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Leadershiptraining I promise delicious food and a busy daily schedule with lots of learning with some

[openstack-dev] [all]One last slot open for Leadership Training - April 11/12/13

2017-03-16 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone, Just a quick note that one slot has opened up for leadership training. If you'd like to attend, and can confirm that you will be there, please sign up on the etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Leadershiptraining Thanks! -colette

[openstack-dev] [swg] Today's meeting (March 16, 1400 UTC) cancelled

2017-03-16 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone, The Stewardship Working Group is in the midst of discussing alternatives to regularly scheduled meetings to keep our workflow going. Partly because of time zone issues and partly because of overscheduled people who are in the SWG. To allow for some breathing room for these

Re: [openstack-dev] [swg][tc] Moving Stewardship Working Group meeting

2017-03-16 Thread Colette Alexander
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:19 AM, Jim Rollenhagen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 5:17 AM, Thierry Carrez > wrote: > >> Jim Rollenhagen wrote: >> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:15 AM, John Garbutt > >

[openstack-dev] [swg][tc] Moving Stewardship Working Group meeting

2017-03-14 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi there! Currently the Stewardship Working Group meetings every other Thursday at 1400 UTC. We've had a couple of pings from folks who are interested in joining us for meetings that live in US Pacific Time, and that Thursday time isn't terribly conducive to them being able to make meetings. So

[openstack-dev] [tc][swg][all] Leadership training sign-up is open!

2017-03-02 Thread Colette Alexander
Hello Stackers! We're opening up the sign-up sheet for leadership training beyond the TC, Board and Foundation staff to the whole community. What: Leadership Training, customized for members of the OpenStack Community When: April 11/12/13 Where: ZingTrain, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. If you can

[openstack-dev] [tc][swg] Summary - Atlanta PTG Stewardship Working Group Session

2017-02-27 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone! I thought I'd send a summary of the Stewardship Working Group activities from our time at the PTG this past week to the list to add voices to our discussions, and start the work of organizing our work for the next cycle. The SWG had a room to ourselves for all of Monday, which was

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc][swg] Sessions for Atlanta PTG - writing a TC Vision/Other options

2017-01-24 Thread Colette Alexander
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Alexis Monville < alexis.monvi...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > I spent quite a bit of our cross project session at the Ocata Summit > doing a > > quick recap of the concept of Servant Leadership and it seemed like > plenty > > of attendees appreciated that. Would

[openstack-dev] [tc][swg] Sessions for Atlanta PTG - writing a TC Vision/Other options

2017-01-23 Thread Colette Alexander
Hello Stackers, As we move into the last four weeks of work before the PTG in Atlanta, I wanted to check in to talk about what the Stewardship Working Group has planned and what we're looking to accomplish during our one day (Monday) at the gathering. Currently, discussing among SWG members has

[openstack-dev] [swg][tc] meeting today (12/22) cancelled

2016-12-22 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi there everyone! On account of it being a vacation week for many of us who have holidays coming up, I'm going to cancel today's meeting. We'll be continuing discussion of work items towards our next meeting (Jan 5) in the #openstack-swg channel. Please join us there! Thanks!

[openstack-dev] [swg] SWG meeting Thursday, 11/24 cancelled

2016-11-21 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi SWGers, Due to the fact that most of the group will be away for the US Thanksgiving holiday, I'm cancelling our SWG meeting in #openstack-meeting-3. See you all on December 8th, at 1400 UTC, and have a great holiday! -colette/gothicmindfood

[openstack-dev] [swg][tc] An attempt to clarify/discuss: what exactly is the Stewardship Working Group, anyhow?

2016-11-21 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi OpenStackers! At the last Stewardship Working Group (SWG) meeting[0], we discussed a lot of the feedback that we received in our cross project session and our panel discussion in Barcelona from people who were wondering what, exactly, the Stewardship Working Group is and what they do. I

[openstack-dev] [swg] Meeting next week cancelled & Barcelona Summit info

2016-10-18 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi there SWG-ers & OpenStackers, This is official notice that our Tues, Oct 25th, 15:00 UTC meeting is canceled due to the Ocata Summit in Barcelona. The Stewardship Working Group has two sessions worth attending live if you'll be in Barcelona. 1) A cross project session Wednesday at 12:15 PM

Re: [openstack-dev] [band] OpenStack Summit - Barcelona - musicians please raise your hands

2016-09-17 Thread Colette Alexander
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Amrith Kumar wrote: > So, would y'all musicians who plan to bring your gear to Barcelona please > start a little thread here on the ML and let's get a band going? I would totally bring my gear if my cello didn't need its own plane seat! If

[openstack-dev] [tc][swg] Summary of today's SWG meeting/work items

2016-09-13 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone, I thought it might be a good idea to send a summary of the Stewardship Working Group (SWG) meeting[0] to the -dev list today - both to increase engagement around what we're up to, and to reach the (quite a few) folks who couldn't make today's meeting because of conflicts: 1. We're

Re: [openstack-dev] [all][tc] establishing project-wide goals

2016-08-07 Thread Colette Alexander
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: > > Doug Hellmann wrote: > > [...] > >> Likewise, what if the Manila project team decides they aren't interested > >> in supporting Python 3.5 or a particular greenlet library du jour that > >> has been mandated upon

[openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training recap & steps forward

2016-07-06 Thread Colette Alexander
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

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training - ideas to include those not in the room?

2016-05-26 Thread Colette Alexander
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info> wrote: > On 05/26/2016 05:01 PM, Colette Alexander wrote: >> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info> wrote: > > Well I think you have just set the intent for the event that I

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training - ideas to include those not in the room?

2016-05-26 Thread Colette Alexander
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Anita Kuno wrote: > I personally think that for any environment to be able to foster > personal growth the environment has to first and foremost protect the > privacy of the individual and the sanctity of the space. Personally I > feel that

[openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training - ideas to include those not in the room?

2016-05-26 Thread Colette Alexander
Hello Stackers! I just wanted to check in as we approach the leadership training session that some of the TC and community will be attending in Ann Arbor, Michigan together [0]. First thing: fostering as much inclusion as possible. Because of the limited amount of space, I was wondering if

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc]Leadership training sign-up available for entire community

2016-05-18 Thread Colette Alexander
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Colette Alexander <colettealexan...@gmail.com> wrote: > [0] > http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/tc/2016/tc.2016-05-10-20.02.log.html > [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Leadershiptraining Hey all, Just a quick update and housekeepin

[openstack-dev] [tc]Leadership training sign-up available for entire community

2016-05-11 Thread Colette Alexander
Good morning, OpenStackers - At yesterday's TC meeting, we discussed opening up a planned leadership training at ZingTrain to the entire group, and I'd like to make that official on the -dev list this morning.[0] Specifics for the training along with a sign-up are on an etherpad [1] but the

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training dates - please confirm attendance

2016-05-03 Thread Colette Alexander
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Colette Alexander <colettealexan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Doug Hellmann <d...@doughellmann.com> wrote: >> >> Excerpts from Colette Alexander's message of 2016-04-21 08:07:52 -0700: >> >> >

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training dates - please confirm attendance

2016-04-22 Thread Colette Alexander
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > > Excerpts from Colette Alexander's message of 2016-04-21 08:07:52 -0700: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Just checking in on this - if you're a current or past member of the TC and > > haven't yet signed up on the

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training dates - please confirm attendance

2016-04-21 Thread Colette Alexander
> > > >> Colette Alexander wrote: > >>> Hi everyone! > >>> > >>> Quick summary of where we're at with leadership training: dates are > >>> confirmed as available with ZingTrain, and we're finalizing trainers > >>> wi

[openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training dates - please confirm attendance

2016-04-13 Thread Colette Alexander
Hi everyone! Quick summary of where we're at with leadership training: dates are confirmed as available with ZingTrain, and we're finalizing trainers with them right now. *June 28/29th in Ann Arbor, Michigan.* https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Leadershiptraining Has updated info, a sample

Re: [openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-09 Thread Colette Alexander
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > > > The etherpad [1] doesn't discuss any other alternatives that were > evaluated and rejected. Were any other options considered? In > particular, how does this course compare to an event such as the > Community

Re: [openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-09 Thread Colette Alexander
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > Excerpts from Sean Dague's message of 2016-03-09 12:22:08 -0500: > > On 03/09/2016 11:36 AM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > > > Excerpts from Colette Alexander's message of 2016-03-08 14:34:19 -0800: > > >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016

Re: [openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-08 Thread Colette Alexander
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Colette Alexander < colettealexan...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I laid out some of the questions I think the community could benefit > from alignment on in the etherpad I started already[0], but one of the > things that really struck me when talking to

Re: [openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-08 Thread Colette Alexander
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > > > As I understood it when this course was originally proposed, the > idea was to have a few folks already in leadership positions go > take the training and evaluate it. Then, assuming the evaluation > was good, we

Re: [openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-08 Thread Colette Alexander
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Matt Riedemann wrote: > >> > So is this for only current TC members? What about people that aren't on > the TC? > > I asked in this in today's TC meeting but figured I'd ask here where it's > more global. Because of limited space in

Re: [openstack-dev] [tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-07 Thread Colette Alexander
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Colette Alexander < colettealexan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Current status, btw is 5 TC members as a 'yes' for going on April 21/22 - > the Thurs/Fri before the summit. 4 additional people have mentioned they're > interested, but unable to make t

Re: [openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-04 Thread Colette Alexander
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Sean Dague <s...@dague.net> wrote: > On 03/04/2016 02:00 PM, Anne Gentle wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Colette Alexander > > <colettealexan...@gmail.com <mailto:colettealexan...@gmail.com>> wrote: &

[openstack-dev] {openstack-dev][tc] Leadership training proposal/info

2016-03-01 Thread Colette Alexander
Hello Stackers, This is the continuation of an ongoing conversation within the TC about encouraging the growth of leadership skills within the community that began just after the Mitaka summit last year[1]. After being asked by lifeless to do a bit of research and discussing needs/wants re: