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:colettealexan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:05 PM > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > <openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org> > 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: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
