confirmed On 04/14/2014 03:15 PM, James E. Blair wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to announce my candidacy for re-election to the TC. > > About Me > ======== > > I am the PTL for the OpenStack Infrastructure Program, which I have been > helping to build for nearly three years. I also served on the TC during > the Icehouse cycle. > > I am responsible for a significant portion of our project infrastructure > and developer workflow. I set up gerrit, helped write git-review, and > moved all of the OpenStack projects from bazaar to git. All of that is > to say that I've given a lot of thought and action to helping scale > OpenStack to the number of projects and developers it has today. > > I also wrote zuul, nodepool, and devstack-gate to make sure that we are > able to test all components of the project on every commit. There are a > lot of moving parts in OpenStack and I strongly believe that at the end > of the day they need to work together as a cohesive whole. A good deal > of my technical work is focused on achieving that. > > Throughout my time working on OpenStack I have always put the needs of > the whole project first, above those of any individual contributor, > organization, or program. I also believe in the values we have > established as a project: open source, design, development, and > community. To that end, I have worked hard to ensure that the project > infrastructure is run just like an OpenStack project, using the same > tools and processes, and I think we've succeeding in creating one of the > most open operational project infrastructures ever. > > My Platform > =========== > > An important shift has taken place since the convening of the first > all-elected TC. I am proud of what we have done to address important > issues of consistency and quality that affect all of the projects. > > As we continue to add new projects and programs (at a measured pace), > the role of the TC will need to continue to evolve to provide > coordination and leadership in cross-project issues. We have made a lot > of progress on raising our expectations around testing, and there is > more to do there. The TC also has a role in improving user and operator > experience by facilitating cross-project standards. > > Recently, the TC has begun to work with the Board of Directors on issues > that concern us both. The trademark issue is particularly important -- > it is no less than our identity as a project. To me, the question is, > "what is the OpenStack community working to produce?" I believe that > software derived from OpenStack with limited and reasonable > modifications should be able to use the OpenStack trademark. However, I > do not believe our intent is to produce a crippled, open-core product. > We are building one of the most significant open source systems and it > is important that our name continue to stand for that. I think the > careful progress that the TC and Board have been making in this area > will ultimately reflect that. > > I believe that the TC has been doing good work and is heading in the > right direction for the project. I would love to continue to help it do > so and would appreciate your vote. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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