Re: [openstack-dev] [all] New code contributors no longer forced to join the foundation

2017-08-08 Thread ChangBo Guo 
thanks for all of the effort, great work

2017-08-08 13:30 GMT+08:00 Swapnil Kulkarni :

> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 4:58 AM, Jeremy Stanley  wrote:
> > Due to improvements in the OpenStack Foundation member directory and
> > our technical election tooling, it is no longer necessary to join
> > the foundation as an individual member just to be able to submit
> > changes through Gerrit for official repositories. You do, however,
> > still eventually need to join if you want to be able to participate
> > in technical elections (as a candidate or a voter).
> >
> > The Account Setup section[1] of the Developer's Guide has been
> > updated to reflect the new simpler process, and a separate
> > (optional) Eligibility to Vote in Elections section[2] has been
> > added. This process change significantly simplifies the onboarding
> > process for new code contributors by removing a very error-prone
> > and, for many, eyebrow-raising hurdle.
> >
> > A little background: the Bylaws of the OpenStack Foundation Appendix
> > 4 Technical Committee Member Policy[3] (section 3b) limits voter
> > rolls for technical elections to Foundation Individual Members. It
> > was never strictly required by policy to join the foundation if you
> > only wanted to contribute code and had no interest in voting, which
> > is not an entirely uncommon case for new contributors. Due to
> > previous technical limitations in our systems we still forced new
> > contributors to join, because that was the easiest way at the time
> > to be relatively certain who was qualified to participate in
> > technical elections. Now that we have a mechanism for verifying
> > membership on demand when validating nominations and generating
> > voter rolls, we have made the step of joining the foundation
> > optional (though still very much recommended once you reach the
> > point as a contributor where you want to participate in community
> > governance processes).
> >
> > [1] https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#
> account-setup
> > [2] https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#
> eligibility-to-vote-in-elections
> > [3] https://www.openstack.org/legal/technical-committee-member-policy/
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> > Jeremy Stanley
> >
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> Great, excellent step to reduce barrier to entry. Kudos!
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Re: [openstack-dev] [all] New code contributors no longer forced to join the foundation

2017-08-07 Thread Swapnil Kulkarni 
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 4:58 AM, Jeremy Stanley  wrote:
> Due to improvements in the OpenStack Foundation member directory and
> our technical election tooling, it is no longer necessary to join
> the foundation as an individual member just to be able to submit
> changes through Gerrit for official repositories. You do, however,
> still eventually need to join if you want to be able to participate
> in technical elections (as a candidate or a voter).
>
> The Account Setup section[1] of the Developer's Guide has been
> updated to reflect the new simpler process, and a separate
> (optional) Eligibility to Vote in Elections section[2] has been
> added. This process change significantly simplifies the onboarding
> process for new code contributors by removing a very error-prone
> and, for many, eyebrow-raising hurdle.
>
> A little background: the Bylaws of the OpenStack Foundation Appendix
> 4 Technical Committee Member Policy[3] (section 3b) limits voter
> rolls for technical elections to Foundation Individual Members. It
> was never strictly required by policy to join the foundation if you
> only wanted to contribute code and had no interest in voting, which
> is not an entirely uncommon case for new contributors. Due to
> previous technical limitations in our systems we still forced new
> contributors to join, because that was the easiest way at the time
> to be relatively certain who was qualified to participate in
> technical elections. Now that we have a mechanism for verifying
> membership on demand when validating nominations and generating
> voter rolls, we have made the step of joining the foundation
> optional (though still very much recommended once you reach the
> point as a contributor where you want to participate in community
> governance processes).
>
> [1] https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#account-setup
> [2] 
> https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#eligibility-to-vote-in-elections
> [3] https://www.openstack.org/legal/technical-committee-member-policy/
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Great, excellent step to reduce barrier to entry. Kudos!

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Re: [openstack-dev] [all] New code contributors no longer forced to join the foundation

2017-08-07 Thread Flavio Percoco 

On 07/08/17 23:28 +, Jeremy Stanley wrote:

Due to improvements in the OpenStack Foundation member directory and
our technical election tooling, it is no longer necessary to join
the foundation as an individual member just to be able to submit
changes through Gerrit for official repositories. You do, however,
still eventually need to join if you want to be able to participate
in technical elections (as a candidate or a voter).


This is already a great step towards simplifying the new contributor experience.
Thank you and to everyone involved in this effort.

Great work,
Flavio


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Re: [openstack-dev] [all] New code contributors no longer forced to join the foundation

2017-08-07 Thread Davanum Srinivas 
Thanks Jeremy! i know it took a lot of background work/effort by the
team to get here.

-- Dims

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 7:28 PM, Jeremy Stanley  wrote:
> Due to improvements in the OpenStack Foundation member directory and
> our technical election tooling, it is no longer necessary to join
> the foundation as an individual member just to be able to submit
> changes through Gerrit for official repositories. You do, however,
> still eventually need to join if you want to be able to participate
> in technical elections (as a candidate or a voter).
>
> The Account Setup section[1] of the Developer's Guide has been
> updated to reflect the new simpler process, and a separate
> (optional) Eligibility to Vote in Elections section[2] has been
> added. This process change significantly simplifies the onboarding
> process for new code contributors by removing a very error-prone
> and, for many, eyebrow-raising hurdle.
>
> A little background: the Bylaws of the OpenStack Foundation Appendix
> 4 Technical Committee Member Policy[3] (section 3b) limits voter
> rolls for technical elections to Foundation Individual Members. It
> was never strictly required by policy to join the foundation if you
> only wanted to contribute code and had no interest in voting, which
> is not an entirely uncommon case for new contributors. Due to
> previous technical limitations in our systems we still forced new
> contributors to join, because that was the easiest way at the time
> to be relatively certain who was qualified to participate in
> technical elections. Now that we have a mechanism for verifying
> membership on demand when validating nominations and generating
> voter rolls, we have made the step of joining the foundation
> optional (though still very much recommended once you reach the
> point as a contributor where you want to participate in community
> governance processes).
>
> [1] https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#account-setup
> [2] 
> https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#eligibility-to-vote-in-elections
> [3] https://www.openstack.org/legal/technical-committee-member-policy/
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