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[OpenStack Foundation] Invitation to training session: OpenStack Board Meeting November 2, 2012
by messenger＠webex.com 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Greetings, The OpenStack Board invites you to participate as an attendee in the following online board meeting. We will be using the WebEx Training Session tool to facilitate the meeting and audio conferencing. Please join the WebEx session then follow the instructions to either join a telephone conference service or to join via VOIP. Topic: OpenStack Board Meeting November 2, 2012 Host: Alan Clark Date: Friday, November 2, 2012 Time: 9:00 pm, Mountain Daylight Time (Denver, GMT-06:00) Session number: 928 761 237 Session password: This session does not require a password. ------------------------------------------------------- To join the board meeting ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=208346702&UID=1461324282&… 2. Enter your name and email address. 3. Enter the session password: This session does not require a password. 4. Click "Join Now". 5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=208346702&UID=1461324282&… ------------------------------------------------------- To join the session by phone only ------------------------------------------------------- To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the training session, or call the number below and enter the access code. Call-in toll number (US/Canada):1-650-479-3207 Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada):1-855-244-8681 Having trouble dialing in? Try these backup numbers: Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada):1-855-244-8681 Call-in toll number (US/Canada):1-650-479-3207 Global call-in numbers: https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/globalcallin.php?serviceType=TC&ED=20… Show toll-free dialing restrictions: http://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf Access code: 928 761 237 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- You can contact Alan Clark at: aclark(a)suse.com To add this session to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?AT=down&ED=208346702&EF=MA&U… http://www.webex.com IMPORTANT NOTICE: This WebEx service includes a feature that allows audio and any documents and other materials exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, discuss your concerns with the meeting host prior to the start of the recording or do not join the session. Please note that any such recordings may be subject to discovery in the event of litigation.

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[OpenStack Foundation] Proposals for individual board election
by Hui Cheng 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Hi all: ** ** Until now we already have tons of discussions regarding the individual board member election, and we have some meaningful proposals from the following discussions:**** http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/openstack/foundation/19569**** http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/openstack/foundation/19675**** ** ** >From my understanding, most proposals are focusing on how to increase the barrier for becoming individual members and limit one single company's undue board control.**** ** ** In the initial board election, everyone can be nominated by everyone, it is really easy for someone to get at least 10 nominators, thus to be a candidate, and then voting began. Thus any incapable person can be elected in such kind of process.**** ** ** So my major proposal is that increasing the barrier for the individuals to be nominated. In addition, the following 3 steps are required before voting start:**** ** ** *1. The candidate should fill an application form to the secretary of the foundation, to explicitly express his or her intention to be nominated. * The application form should include some basic information/facts such as who are you, what you have done for the community, what's your contribution to OpenStack, etc. More importantly, the application form must be reviewed and validated by the secretary or someone like Election Committee (seems EC is not existed in the bylaw of foundation, hereby can be a temporary committee consist of secretary and legal team of foundation), thus make sure application form validated, and the contents in the form is true. If his or her application is accepted, then go to next step.**** ** ** *2. The candidate is required to make a public statement in the ML and openstack.org. * In our first election, there already has such a process in place such as the candidate should answer 4 questions from the secretary. However, it was only optional. Thus, in one case I know that someone got it away who did not say anything about himself, his professional work before and his future contribution plan, nor answer the 4 questions, BUT at the end, he had even been elected. Such kind of case seems suspicious and unfair for other more qualified candidate.**** ** ** *3. The candidate is required to make a live or recorded video speech to express himself, to state his understanding of OpenStack project as well as the mission of our foundation.* Most of people in our community believe that the individual board members will play a critical role to represent the whole community, they must be qualified enough to represent the community, through the video, the community will be more familiar with our candidate in person, thus it will help the individual members to make the right judgments. From my observation, the board members are often invited to giving a speech in his or her local regional user group meetups, and will also present in many public cloud tech events, so he or she should has the ability, as well as better understanding of the foundation, OpenStack projects, to promote OpenStack and the community, to influence more and more people use OpenStack, to involve in the community. **** ** ** I would love to hear more comments regarding this proposal. Thank you very much. ** ** Most sincerely, Hui Cheng Community Manager of COSUG Technical Manager of Sina Corporation**** Twitter: @freedomhui**** Blog: freedomhui.com**** Weibo: weibo.com/freedomhui

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[OpenStack Foundation] Board meeting update: OpenStack Board Meeting November 2, 2012
by messenger＠webex.com 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hello Foundation Mailing List, Alan Clark updated the following board meeting session: Topic: OpenStack Board Meeting November 2, 2012 Host: Alan Clark Date: Friday, November 2, 2012 Time: 10:00 am, Mountain Daylight Time (Denver, GMT-06:00) Session number: 928 761 237 Session password: This session does not require a password. Agenda: http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/Foundation ------------------------------------------------------- To join the meeting ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=208346702&UID=1461324282&…. 2. Enter your name and email address (or registration ID). 3. Enter the session password: This session does not require a password. 4. Click "Join Now". 5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=208346702&UID=1461324282&… ------------------------------------------------------- To join the session by phone only ------------------------------------------------------- To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the training session, or call the number below and enter the access code. Call-in toll number (US/Canada):1-650-479-3207 Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada):1-855-244-8681 Having trouble dialing in? Try these backup numbers: Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada):1-855-244-8681 Call-in toll number (US/Canada):1-650-479-3207 Global call-in numbers: https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/globalcallin.php?serviceType=TC&ED=20… Show toll-free dialing restrictions: http://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf Access code: 928 761 237 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- You can contact Alan Clark at: aclark(a)suse.com To update this session to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?AT=down&ED=208346702&EF=EMA&… http://www.webex.com

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[OpenStack Foundation] looking for a keynote speaker who can talk about openstack foundation.
by Jaesuk Ahn 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Dear OpenStack Foundation Members, OpenStack Korea User Group is planning to host an international workshop on open source cloud tech with a government agency, mainly focusing on openstack. FYI, a government agency is called NIPA (National Industry Promotion Agency). NIPA is a main government organization promoting and supporting open source software activity in Korea. Although OpenStack Korea User Group will cover most of workshop sessions, NIPA wants to have at least one keynote speaker from openstack foundation (or anyone active in openstack community) since this workshop is being planned as an international workshop. Location of the workshop will be at one of the most famous conference place in Seoul (called COEX). We are targeting an workshop with 200~300 people attending. Schedule for the workshop is flexible, sometime between mid-Nov and early-Dec, 2012. Unfortunately, since this workshop is organized as non-profit event, we cannot provide any travel expense. We can only pay "a lecturer's fee" for a keynote speaker. I know it would be very difficult for anyone to visit Korea without a specific business purpose, and most of key members of openstack foundation is really busy with lots of things. Therefore, I am just hoping that we can find someone who are visiting Korea can contribute a bit of extra time for our community. If it is possible, could any of one please help us finding a keynote speaker for the workshop we are planning? If you have any question, please let me know it. Best Regards, -- Jaesuk Ahn, Ph.D. Team Leader | Cloud OS Dev. Team Cloud Infrastructure Department KT (Korea Telecom) T. +82-10-9888-0328 | F. +82-303-0993-5340 Active member on OpenStack Korea Community

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[OpenStack Foundation] OpenStack syllabi -was- Re: Use of the word "certified" and protecting brand OpenStack
by Lloyd Dewolf 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Tristan Goode <tristan(a)aptira.com> wrote: > > > Leaving Rackspace’s actions aside, I made a suggestion for a certification > process for training materials and deliverables that they be offered to a > community sourced committee for review and approval. If this proposal is > accepted then I would ask Rackspace that they offer up their course > materials for this review, and that this might form a baseline for > establishing the certification benchmark. > I'm interested in collaborating on OpenStack course work. We've done training for our customers on Piston Enterprise OpenStack, and the European participants particularly have wanted certification. I've been eager to work on this for many months. I've just waiting for the Foundation to get it's legs under it. Near the start of my career I found the lpi.org first course and test helped boost my Linux skill set. The experience encouraged me to play a small role in the IBM team developing a version of the certification testing for IBM DB2 back in the day. I'd like to contribute to developing common OpenStack syllabi. Thank you, -- @lloyddewolf http://www.pistoncloud.com/

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[OpenStack Foundation] Call for volunteers: cloudcomputingexpo.com , Santa Clara Convention Center
by Stefano Maffulli 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

Hello folks, the OpenStack Foundation will have a booth at cloudcomputingexpo.com Santa Clara Convention Center. This is a great opportunity to show off your membership to the OpenStack Foundation and demonstrate how OpenStack is shaping the future of computing. We're looking for (local) volunteers to organise the presence at Cloud Computing Expo, setup a demo and be at the booth to answer questions about OpenStack and the Foundation. We will provide collaterals and equipment. You'll need to show up and be available at the booth. Demo needs ---------- * 1-2 people with laptop(s) running live OpenStack code and dashboard. * Great communications skills, to talk to business users, developers and potential new ecosystem partners * Technical knowledge to setup and run the software, answer any level of question, show each visitor what they want to see and how to get started with OpenStack. When ---- Demo setup * Mon Nov 5 8:00am-4:30pm Expo Hall open * Mon Nov 5, 6:30-8pm (welcome reception) * Tues Nov 6 and Wed Nov 7, 10-12:30, 3-6 * Thurs Nov 8, 10-12, 2:30-5 If interested, please reply to Kathy Cacciatore, in cc. She will be the contact point for this activity. Thank you very much, Stefano

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[OpenStack Foundation] Openness and the OpenStack Foundation
by Steven Noble 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Greetings, I am concerned by an action taken by the Foundation Board in the Sept 7th, 2012 meeting. According to the Sept 7th meeting minutes (http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/Foundation/07Sept2012BoardMinutes) the following happened: --- begin minutes --- Amendment to the Bylaws relating to Board Discussions. The Board discussed the value of having a private discussion in executive session to discuss the candidates for Gold Members and Platinum Members. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted by more than two thirds of the attendees (Jesse Andrews abstained from the vote and the following members voted against the motion: Jon Mittelhauser, Alan Clark and Troy Toman) to delete Section 4.16 in its entirety and replace it with the following new Section 4.16: "4.16 Open Meetings and Records. Except as necessary to protect attorney-client privilege, sensitive personnel information and discuss the candidacy of potential Gold Members and Platinum Members, the Board of Directors shall: (i) permit observation of its meetings by Members via remote teleconference or other electronic means, and (ii) publish the Board of Directors minutes and make available to any Member on request other information and records of the Foundation as required by Delaware Corporate Law." …. Executive Session. The Board went into executive session and all attendees other than Board members left the meeting with the exception of Mr. Bryce and Mr. Radcliffe. The Board discussed the advisability of admitting the candidates for Gold Member. --- end minutes --- The minutes show that the Foundation voted to amend its bylaws to close off observation of discussions surrounding the candidacy of new Gold/Platinum members and then utilized the amended bylaws later in the same meeting to privately discuss the current applicants. Can someone explain how this change fits with the Foundations statements on Openness? The definition of Openness wrt the OpenStack Foundation is laid out here : http://wiki.openstack.org/Open Open Community One of our core goals is to maintain a healthy, vibrant developer and user community. Most decisions are made using a lazy consensus model. All processes are documented, open and transparent. Thank You.

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[OpenStack Foundation] Board Meeting - October 15th
by Jonathan Bryce 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

The Board of Directors of the OpenStack Foundation will be meeting on October 15th 2012 at 11:00am PDT. The meeting will take place in person at the San Diego Manchester Grand Hyatt and also by remote teleconference. The agenda is being drafted on the wiki: http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/Foundation/15Oct2012BoardMeeting Jonathan

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Re: [OpenStack Foundation] question on patent
by Alice King 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Hi Joonwon. The Apache 2.0 license offers some protection on patent risk - see the final sentence of Section 3. The newly-appointed Legal Affairs Committee will be looking at additional strategies for the community to address patent and other intellectual property issues. Keith Bergelt of the OIN gave a great presentation at our Legal Track highlighting some of the areas we need to look at. As of now, I would say that OpenStack participants have different approaches based on their particular situation. I am happy to talk to you off-list about Rackspace's views. Thank you for the posting. Alice Alice King VP & Associate General Counsel rackspace 210-312-4635 telephone

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[OpenStack Foundation] Board meeting minutes before the Summit?
by Vincent Untz 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Hi, Unless I missed them, I haven't seen minutes of any of the meetings published so far. I know we already had a thread about this a month ago, but it'd be great to have public minutes of all meetings that happened before the Summit; the Summit is a nice opportunity for members to talk to the board, and having the latest news is kind of nice for that :-) Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés.

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