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Greetings Stackers!
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I hereby announce my candidacy for a position on the OpenStack Technical
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Committee.
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In many respects I consider myself a maverick, except reality is sometimes
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entirely different than my own self perception, upon reflection.
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I find self reflection and introspection to be powerful tools, along with
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passion and desire for the common good. That desire for the common good
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is the driving force behind my involvement in OpenStack, which I hope to
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see as a vibrant and thriving community for years to come.
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Have things changed? Yes, I think they are ever evolving. I think we can only
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take the logical paths that we see before us at the time. Does this mean
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we will make mistakes? Absolutely, but mistakes are also opportunities
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to learn and evolve as time goes on; which perhaps is an unspoken backbone
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of our community. The key is that we must not fear change but embrace it.
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Changing our community for the better is a process we can only take
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one step at a time, and we must recognize our strength
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is in our diversity. As we move forward, as we evolve, we need to keep in
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mind our goals and overall vision. In a sense, these things vary across all
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projects, but our central community vision and goal helps provide direction.
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As we continue our journey, I believe we need to lift up new contributors,
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incorporate new thoughts, and new ideas. Embracing change while keeping our
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basic course so new contributors can better find and integrate with our
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community as we continue forward. We need to listen and take that as
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feedback to better understand other perspectives, for it is not only
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our singular personal perspective which helps give us direction,
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but the community as a whole.
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For those who do not know me well my name is Julia Ashley Kreger. Often
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I can be found on IRC as TheJulia, in numerous OpenStack related channels.
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I have had the pleasure of serving the community this past year on the
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Technical Committee. I have also served the ironic community quite a bit
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during my time in the OpenStack community, which began during the Juno
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cycle.
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I am the current Project Team Lead for the Ironic team. I began
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serving in that capacity starting with the Rocky cycle. Prior,
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I served as the team's release liaison. You might have seen me as one
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of those crazy people advocating for standalone usage. Prior lives
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included deploying and operating complex systems, but that is enough
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about me.
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Ultimately I believe I bring a different perspective to the TC and it is for
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this, and my many strong beliefs and experiences, I feel I am well suited
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to serve the community for another year on the Technical Committee.
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Thank you for your consideration,
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Julia
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freenode: TheJulia
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Twitter: @ashinclouds
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https://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/19088/julia-kreger
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http://stackalytics.com/?release=all&user_id=juliaashleykreger
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