From 2d8f9f5606e8b0753ee258ac5cae3447015a49fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anne Gentle Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:44:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Adding Anne Gentle candidacy for TC Change-Id: I39e5a80e02d077b49b984175bfdb265187a50bbd --- candidates/mitaka/TC/Anne_Gentle.txt | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/mitaka/TC/Anne_Gentle.txt diff --git a/candidates/mitaka/TC/Anne_Gentle.txt b/candidates/mitaka/TC/Anne_Gentle.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a94a426 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/mitaka/TC/Anne_Gentle.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +I have worked at Rackspace on the OpenStack collection of projects for five +years now, working primarily on documentation. Rackspace is one of the founding +organizations and currently running and supporting both public and private +clouds. I work on the developer experience team at Rackspace where we advocate +for the cloud developer through support, tools, outreach in the community, and +documentation. + +In that time I've learned a lot about the people and projects that make up +OpenStack, and I've served the project in capacities that are often lacking in +open source -- documentation, communication, API standards, and on-boarding +newcomers, especially under-represented groups such as women in technology. + +The growth of OpenStack as a whole has been phenomenal. That growth and +attention has afforded us some experimentation with community, collaborative +documentation. In 2012 we assembled a team of operators to write the OpenStack +Operations Guide that now is available as an O'Reilly book. We copied that +model successfully twice now with the Security Guide and the Architecture and +Design Guide. Now project teams are completing focused documentation efforts. +In 2014 the docs team implemented a new RST-based web design that makes the +docs.openstack.org site more usable and also easier to contribute to. In the +Kilo release we saw the highest number of docs contributors were for the REST +API documentation. In the past six months I've been writing blog entries with +fellow TC members in order to offer a line of communication beyond the mailing +lists. This year my focus has been on API documentation and cross-project work, +all the while supporting Docs PTL Lana Brindley in continuing the many +documentation efforts. + +Why should I earn your vote? Vote for me if you care about cross-project +collaboration and communication especially. In the next year I want to find +innovative solutions to hard problems as OpenStack matures and continues to +strive for interoperability. + +My expertise and experience in end-user support including useful and consistent +REST APIs lends itself well to working on the Technical Committee. I have an +extensive network of relationships with both public and private cloud experts +at Rackspace and beyond. + +I am interested in the long-term viability of OpenStack as a whole. I intend to +continue working hard for the community. I believe the Technical Committee is +the best place for me to work with others to keep OpenStack on the right track +to offering an open source cloud for the world. + +Get to know me and my work: +OpenStack profile: https://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/87 +OpenStack blog: https://www.openstack.org/blog/author/annegentle/ +Stackalytics: http://stackalytics.com/?user_id=annegentle +Reviews: https://review.openstack.org/#/q/reviewer:%22Anne+Gentle%22,n,z +Commits: https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Anne+Gentle%22,n,z +IRC: annegentle +Blog: http://justwriteclick.com/