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OpenStack Governance
The OpenStack community has a few different groups and roles for governance, leadership, and community participation. Each operates in a different sector of the community but being aware of each of them is useful.
Committees
Foundation Board of Directors
The OpenStack Foundation is a non-profit "whose purpose is to develop, support, protect, and promote" OpenStack. It has a set of bylaws and a board of directors. The Foundation has three types of members, defined by the bylaws. Each of the types—Platinum, Gold and Individual—are represented on a Board of Directors. Currently there are 24 directors, eight of each type.
Individual members of the foundation vote once a year (usually near
the start of the calendar year) for the individual directors.
Individuals who wish to join the Foundation can learn more at foundation account.
Technical Committee
The OpenStack Technical Committee (TC) provides governance and technical oversight of the open development of OpenStack. They validate projects applying to be part of the official OpenStack project and provide an ultimate appeals board for technical decisions. The Technical Committee Charter describes the TC in more detail.
The 13 Members of the TC are elected for one year terms, six at one
election, seven at another election six months later. They are elected
by Active Technical Contributors <atc>.
User Committee
The OpenStack User Committee (UC) serves the users of OpenStack, representing them to the rest of the OpenStack community. The User Committee Charter describes the UC in more detail.
The 5 members of the UC are elected to one year terms, three at one
election, two at another election six months later. They are elected by
Active User Contributors <auc>.
Groups
Special Interest Groups
OpenStack Special Interest Groups are working groups that operate within the entire OpenStack community to address interests and concerns of all participants with a shared interest.
Roles
Active Technical Contributor (ATC)
Individual Members of the Foundation who have contributed to any of the official OpenStack project repositories over the last two 6-month release cycles are automatically considered as ATCs.
In specific cases you can apply for an exception to become an ATC, for further information please see the relevant section of the Technical Committee Charter.
Active Project Contributor (APC)
If you have the ATC status, in the official OpenStack project where you contributed over the last two 6-month release cycles you are considered being an Active Project Contributor.
Only APCs can participate in the election process to vote for the next PTL of the team.
Project Team Lead (PTL)
Official project teams within OpenStack have a Project Team Lead. These individuals coordinate the day to day operation of the project, resolve technical disputes within the project, and operate as the spokesperson and ambassador for the project.
Project Team Leads are elected for each release cycle by Active Project Contributors: individuals who have contributed to the project in the last two release cycles.
Core Reviewer
Official OpenStack projects have a project team consisting of core reviewers and contributors.
Core reviewers are responsible for:
- Define and maintain the project mission
- Review bug reprots and decide about their priority
- Review changes and approve them when it meets the design and coding or documentation standards of the project
Core reviewers have '+/-2' and 'W+1' rights in Gerrit that is required for blocking or approving a patch.
New core reviewers are nominated by someone from the existing team on the Developer Mailing List and/or in Gerrit and elected by voting from the members of the core team of the project.
Active User Contributor (AUC)
The user community is crucial for OpenStack and their participation is highly encouraged.
Community members who have engaged in community functions listed in the related section of the User Committee Charter are considered to be Active User Contributors.
The User Committee chairs are elected from and by the group of AUCs.