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I would like to announce my candidacy for a position on the Technical
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Committee.
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I work for Dell EMC with over a decade in storage and software development. I
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have been involved in OpenStack since the Icehouse cycle and have served as the
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Cinder PTL since the Mitaka release.
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I think it's important to have active PTLs on the TC. TC decisions need to be
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grounded in the reality of day to day project development. I think it will also
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be good for me as a PTL to be forced to take a wider view of things across the
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whole ecosystem.
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I think outreach and education is important to spread interest in OpenStack and
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provide awareness to reach new people. I've spoken at several Summits, as well
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as OpenStack Days events and (more pertinent to Cinder) at Storage Network
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Industry Association (SNIA) events.
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I think it's important to get feedback from actual operators and end users. I
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have tried to reach out to these users as well as attend the Ops Midcycle in
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order to close that feedback loop.
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I would continue to work towards these things and bring that feedback to the
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TC - making sure the decisions we make have the end user in mind.
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Another goal for me is simplicity. With the Big Tent, more interacting,
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projects, and lot's of competing interests, things have gotten much more
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complicated over the last several releases.
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I say this while acknowledging within Cinder - while I have been PTL - a lot of
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complexity has been added. In most cases there are very valid reasons for these
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changes. So even with a desire to make things as simple as possible, I consider
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myself a pragmatist and recognize that complexity is sometimes unavoidable in
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order to move forward. But one thing I would try to focus on as a TC member
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would be to reduce complexity anywhere it's possible and where it makes sense.
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It would be an honor to serve as a member of the TC and help do whatever I can
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to help the community continue to succeed and grow.
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Thank you for your consideration.
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Sean McGinnis (smcginnis)
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