From 250e52c9227f59a36ace79cc661b53eeed88c020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amrith Kumar Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 10:20:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Adding Amrith Kumar candidacy for TC Change-Id: If3ce4a2ec0fa57fb2d41657defc4f4547fef9dcf --- candidates/queens/TC/amrith.txt | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/queens/TC/amrith.txt diff --git a/candidates/queens/TC/amrith.txt b/candidates/queens/TC/amrith.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a34ef6c --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/queens/TC/amrith.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +[election] [tc] TC Candidacy + +I wish to submit my candidacy for election to the OpenStack Technical +Committee. I have never been elected to the Technical Committee before +but, I have never believed that being elected is a requirement to +participate in the deliberations. I have therefore been a frequent +participant and a consistent follower of the activities of the TC. + +My focus on the TC would be (consistent with prior candidacies for the +TC) to make it easier for people to deploy and use OpenStack, and make +it easier for people to get involved in, participate, and contribute +to OpenStack. + +I have been an active technical contributor to OpenStack for about +four years[1], involved in Trove for that entire period of time. I have +been the PTL for Trove for three cycles (Newton, Ocata and Pike). I +was reelected for Queen but at the PTG that position was transitioned +over to another member of the team[2] as I move my focus to a new DBaaS +implementation for OpenStack (tenantively named Hoard). + +During these four years, I have been involved in a number of the +initiatives of the TC including most significantly the Stewardship +Working Group which began the process of writing the TC Vision +document. I attended the first of the Stewardship training sessions in +Michigan where the idea of the cross-project goals was conceived of +(by Doug Hellmann and others), an initiative that I am strongly +supportive of. + +I have also been active in activities to improve the overall +participation in OpenStack, through mentorship, outreach to +educational institions. This is a key aspect of my current role, +employed at Verizon Wireless in the team that has built, and operates +one of the largest OpenStack deployments around. The team now includes +Brian Rosmaita, and Graham Hayes, and we are actively hiring more +contributors to the team. + +I thank you for reading, and appreciate your vote. + +[1] http://stackalytics.com/?release=all&metric=commits&user_id=amrith +[2] http://openstack.markmail.org/thread/txurdd5bhbzsebtq