From 965164279b87dd11284f89ebc67251d6a10042d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amrith Kumar Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 10:26:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add candidacy for OpenStack TC Adding my candidacy for OpenStack TC. Change-Id: I135e911ccfc4610c088ec950931f92c6ad0a57d2 --- candidates/ocata/TC/amrith.txt | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/ocata/TC/amrith.txt diff --git a/candidates/ocata/TC/amrith.txt b/candidates/ocata/TC/amrith.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ec440a8b --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/ocata/TC/amrith.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +I would like to announce my candidacy for election to the OpenStack +Technical Committee. + +By way of introduction, I am[1] a relatively recent arrival to +OpenStack; I've been working on Trove since just before Icehouse. I +was the PTL of the project for the Newton cycle, and was recently +elected to a second term as the PTL for the Ocata cycle. I am also +active in the Stewardship Working Group (SWG)[2]. + +I believe that a place on the TC is an opportunity to serve the +OpenStack community. An important aspect of leadership is something +called 'servant leadership', the notion that leaders are there to +serve the rest of their constituents. This is also a concept central +to the SWG which I am a part of. If elected to the TC, it would be my +privilege to serve all of you. + +What does that mean? + +The charter of the OpenStack Technical Committee[3] charges the TC +with providing 'technical leadership'. + +There are however a number of questions that must be answered such as +"What is OpenStack", and I submit to you that these are not +necessarily just 'technical'. The TC has been spending a lot of time +trying to answer some of these. + +Some of this makes total sense, but then there are are questions about +what 'maturity' is, and who an 'active reviewer' is. The TC has been +spending an inordinate of time trying to decide what metrics or +attributes of a contributor it can measure, and then proceeding to +define activity and maturity in terms of those things. + +I submit to you that these latter things are a huge distraction. + +In the process, I believe that there are significant 'technical' +issues that have paid the penalty, for example the notion of cross +project goals (series goals [4]), one that I strongly believe are +meaningful and within the scope of the TC. + +If elected to the TC, I would like to use my position to urge the TC +to spend more time on the important things like "How do we make +OpenStack better for users", and "How can we make a cross-project goal +for python3 work", and less of its time on the distractions that have +been numerous of late. + +In a nutshell, I'd like to put more of the "technical" back into the +"Technical Committee", and re-focus it on serving the OpenStack +community, the very essence of Stewardship. + +Thank you for your reading, and I appreciate your support, and giving +me the opportunity to SERVE YOU on the Technical Committee. + +-amrith + +[1] http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/15733 +[2] https://governance.openstack.org/resolutions/20160705-stewardship.html +[3] https://governance.openstack.org/reference/charter.html +[4] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/349068/