From 1f8a63eb81d12b1fe15bfab1ecdfa625d7a8e315 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thierry Carrez Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:28:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add TC candidacy for Thierry Carrez Change-Id: I06d2fdefee2f5f400a676862809fed090c8d8a7c --- candidates/train/TC/thierry@openstack.org | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/train/TC/thierry@openstack.org diff --git a/candidates/train/TC/thierry@openstack.org b/candidates/train/TC/thierry@openstack.org new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dd0be740 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/train/TC/thierry@openstack.org @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Hi everyone, + +I've been on the OpenStack Technical Committee forever, and my +original plan was to not run for re-election this cycle. Thanks to +name recognition, incumbents have traditionally easily been reelected. +Stepping down is the only way to make room for new leaders to emerge, +a process that is necessary to keep alignment between the Technical +Committee members and the active contributors that are their constituency. + +So, having room for new members to be elected is necessary. At the same +time, there is value in historical perspective, and experienced members +are useful to help newcomers into their role. We also need to be careful +about the message that too many people stepping down would send. So, it's +a mixed bag -- we need enough, but not too many people stepping down. + +Over the past cycles, we introduced about 3 new people at every election. +I think renewing 3 or 4 people every 6 months in a committee of 13 members +is the right balance. We already have three experienced members who +announced they would not be running again this cycle, so I feel like it +might not be the best moment for me to step down. + +With the OSF shifting from being solely about OpenStack to more generally +tackling the open infrastructure space, my focus has certainly expanded +lately. But I don't want to feed the trolls arguing that we are leaving +OpenStack behind. I'm not done with the OpenStack TC yet, and would like to +advance two more things before stepping down. + +OpenStack is in the middle of a transition -- from hyped project driven by +startups and big service providers to a more stable project led by people +running it or having a business depending on it. A lot of the systems and +processes that I helped put in place to cope with explosive growth are now +holding us back. We need to adapt them to a new era, and I feel like I can +help bringing the original perspective of why those systems were put in +place, so hopefully we do not end up throwing the baby with the bath water. + +I feel like there is also a lot of work to do to better present what we +produce. The work on the OpenStack map and the "software" pages on the +openstack.org website is far from complete. OpenStack is still much harder +to navigate and understand for a newcomer than it should be. I want to +continue that work for one more year. + +So I am announcing my candidacy for a position on the OpenStack Technical +Committee in the upcoming election. Thank you for your consideration ! + +-- +Thierry Carrez (ttx)