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Hello everyone,
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I would like to put my name in for the TC election.
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For those of you that don't know me, my name is Sean McGinnis and I have been
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the Cinder PTL since the Mitaka release. I have been an operator, consumer,
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and developer of infrastructure related services since the late 90's.
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I think the role of the TC is more important now than ever. OpenStack is
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evolving changing, and the decisions we make now will have a big impact on
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where we are a year or more down the road. I would love to be a part of that
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and provide my perspective to help shape these decisions.
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I've been asked by several people over the last few months for my perspective
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on some large companies pulling away from OpenStack or reallocating their
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resources elsewhere. While this certainly has an impact on some of the things
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we can accomplish, my opinion is that this is actually a good thing. For quite
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a while we had some big names dropping a lot of money into the community, with
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little return on that investment.
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While the loss of some really amazing folks has certainly been felt across the
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board, I think this is actually a good thing and something that needed to come
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sooner or later. The hype has certainly moved on to other things, but I feel
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OpenStack is probably more relevant and useful than ever. With our community
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shrinking, this is forcing us to look at what we really need to focus on and
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make sure we have a good solid core. I do believe that in the long run,
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OpenStack will end up better after going through our current growing pains.
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Related to that, I think we do need to start getting a little more opinionated
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about some things in the interest of keeping things simple and focused. We
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should make it clear what is a core part of OpenStack, and what is a part of
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the broader ecosystem.
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At the same time, we need to balance encouraging that ecosystem to grow and
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thrive. It doesn't matter how well Cinder can create volumes and Nova can spin
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up instances if it is too difficult to use build broader solutions on top of.
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I'm also a big proponent of closing the loop between those using OpenStack and
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those of us building it and setting its direction. I've made it a point to
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attend the Operator Midcycles in order to increase this communication. Our
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communication between users, operators, and devs is key in making sure we are
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focusing those limited resources on addressing the features and issues with
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the greatest impact.
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Finally, I think education and documentation is a very important component to
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all we do. Things like the Upstream University to help new developers get on
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board and contributing will be a focus for me going forward. And it doesn't
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matter how good of features we implement, if there is no documentation or other
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means of educating users about them and how to use them.
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So my main thoughts could probably be distilled to:
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* Keep things simple as much as possible
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* Encourage expansion and interoperability to a wider ecosystem
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* Increase communication across all aspects of the community
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* Spread knowledge wherever possible
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I think mostly we are on the right track for all of these, and I would love to
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be part of the TC to be another voice to encourage and direct where we go.
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Thank you for considering me for this role!
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Sean McGinnis (smcginnis)
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