Hi Everyone,
Well it is official now, for the next year I'll be the Chairman/VP of the Apache CloudStack Project. To dive straight into the clichés; for me it is an honour and a privilege to hold this position. There are so many awesome people doing awesome things in this CloudStack community. And there are also many people that I meet that, although can’t say so due to their company policies, genuinely appreciate what everyone does. I have no big technical agenda that I wish to push during my tenure. I would just like to try to bottle the sense of camaraderie and family that I feel whenever I'm at a CloudStack Collaboration Conference and bring that to the community as a whole; throughout the year. I would like to try to bring closer together the 'users' and the 'developers' in the community. I think that the 'developers' can benefit from users' insights but also experience the positivity and excitement that new helpful features generate, and 'users' can benefit from seeing how tricky trying to develop features in a constantly shifting landscape is. I will also try to encourage organisations which use CloudStack but don't talk about it to get out and do so, I see it as an easy way for them to protect their investment in CloudStack as its a virtual circle that will lead to more organisations following suit, which in turn will bring even more interest and participation in the project. And finally... if nothing else, please excuse the use of English spelling. Many thanks Paul Angus Chairman/VP of the Apache CloudStack Project