From 59cecfd858a10a49b94546e2d9ccd221add14b4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Dake Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:20:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] sdake self-nomination to serve on the tc Change-Id: I8167b15c1a7b5802ec6ba7ebc4071a4116af59f9 --- candidates/ocata/TC/sdake.txt | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/ocata/TC/sdake.txt diff --git a/candidates/ocata/TC/sdake.txt b/candidates/ocata/TC/sdake.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e604e902 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/ocata/TC/sdake.txt @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +My Peers, + +I am self-nominating for serving you as your technical committee +representative. + +I won't bore you with my professional accomplishments. If you want to +see such information to judge if I'm qualified for serving you on the +technical committee team, that information is available in my +foundation profile linked at the bottom of this self-nomination or +on LinkedIn. + +I'll get straight to the point instead. + +I believe in OpenStack's mission. I believe in the OpenStack way. +I believe in the Four Opens. I believe in the OpenStack principles. +I believe in OpenStack itself. I believe Open Source has changed the +world of computing in a fundamentally more effective way. Most +importantly, I believe the diversity of opinions and teams in our +community are what make OpenStack special. I'm a believer. + +I think the TC has done a reasonable job of managing OpenStack's +tremendous technical growth. If you want a history lesson from my +point of view on why OpenStack is the way it is today, please +reference my Newton technical committee self-nomination [1]. + +The Big Tent needs some fine tuning, and the technical committee is +working to make that occur. Fine tuning to me doesn't mean we need to +overthrow years of progress because some folks perceive OpenStack as +having an identity crisis. I also don't believe defending the status +quo represents fine tuning. Fine tuning to me means making incremental +improvements to the state of the art. + +This is how we develop software in OpenStack after a community around +the software has been bootstrapped. + +Let's face reality for a moment. OpenStack does have some problems. +They all stem from various choices made along the OpenStack journey. + +There are five types of consumers of OpenStack's software: + +application developers of the operator's clouds +consumers of the operator's clouds +infrastructure developers of the OpenStack software +operators operating clouds produced by the developers of the OpenStack software +OpenStack distributors + +This problem so far has gone unacknowledged. The problem to be +solved with OpenStack is ensuring the above five types of consumers +of OpenStack's software are served fairly, equally, with respect, +and most importantly effectively. These are the individuals our +community represents. This is an extremely difficult problem to solve. + +Can it be solved alone by any individual? NO. +Can in be solved by the technical committee? NO. +Can it be solved by the technical committee and various other working +groups involved in making OpenStack tick? NO. +Can it be solved by our community of developers, core reviewers, +project team leads, technical committee team, operators, +working groups, OpenStack distributors working in concert? I am hopeful. + +I am a tenacious problem solver. If you make a choice to select me as +your technical committee representative, I will dedicate myself to +working with the technical committee to facilitate a solution to this +problem just as I have done in other leadership service roles inside +the OpenStack community. + +While working to solve this problem, I will keep driving OpenStack +forward to the horizon with the help of your vote and the technical +committee. + +Freenode: sdake +Review history: https://review.openstack.org/#/q/reviewer:2834,n,z +Commit history: https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:2834,n,z +Stackalytics: http://stackalytics.com/?user_id=sdake&release=all +Foundation Profile: https://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/360 +Website: https://sdake.io +[1] http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/election/tree/candidates/mitaka/TC/Steven_Dake.txt