Greetings Stackers! I would like to submit my candidacy for the Technical Committee. I have been involved with the OpenStack community since the Juno cycle and interested in OpenStack while I worked as an engineer supporting data center hosting operations. My experience having bridged these worlds means that I understand the life of an operator and the thought process of a developer. I care deeply about the success of OpenStack and believe that it is vital for the the marketplace and open innovation. I believe we have been excellent at building social and process complexity to our own detriment. I feel that we need to evaluate and reconsider why we do the things we do. I feel that we need better stand-alone usage cases and usage. A shorter feedback loop with those different use cases would also help us iterate faster as our software could then be consumed more easily. It is true containers have taken over the limelight with many companies, as they have shifted their resources away from OpenStack. I feel that we must not forget that infrastructure and the underlying building blocks have a place as well. It is also upon us to advocate for that as community building is our strongest avenue to spread the word of OpenStack. Many may know me as TheJulia on IRC. I've largely worked on Ironic and to a lesser extent TripleO far off in the past. I'm one of those people that keeps odd hours and tries to help others, as I feel strongly about supporting our community and its users. I feel that this in turn supports ourselves and helps us in the long term. I believe strongly in developing contributors and also plainly admitting when I just don't know the answer to a question. At the same time, I'm happy to help investigate and try to understand. While we have navigated to this point with the hype curve, we need to set our future course with a variety of thoughts and experiences. Combined with my strong feelings about our community and overall mission, I feel that I would be a good addition to the TC. Thank you for your consideration, Julia freenode: TheJulia Twitter: @ashinclouds https://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/19088/julia-kreger http://stackalytics.com/?release=all&user_id=juliaashleykreger