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[OpenStack Foundation] Board Meeting - May 30th
by Jonathan Bryce 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi everyone, The OpenStack Foundation Board of Directors had a telephone meeting today at 9:00am PDT/1600 UTC. The meeting lasted just about 2 hours, but the Board ran through quite a few updates and short discussions on a number of topics. First, the Board approved the minutes of the April 14th meeting that took place in Portland before the OpenStack Summit. Those minutes are now on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/14Apr2013BoardMinutes Following that, there was a fairly detailed discussion covering possible ways the Foundation can help increase the training that is available from the OpenStack ecosystem and accelerate the spread of OpenStack knowledge around the world. The Board did not reach a final consensus on any specific programs, but agreed that several potential proposals should be refined and detailed for presentation in an upcoming Board meeting. Simon Anderson discussed the gold membership committee that was established in the previous board meeting. The Board voted to added new members to the committee, bringing the full membership to Simon Anderson (chairperson), Nick Barcet, Devin Carlin, Joseph George, Rob Hirschfeld, and Sean Roberts. Simon also reviewed a draft update to the existing criteria and guidelines for new gold member applicants. I gave an update on the results of the Foundation in the first quarter of this year and reviewed key statistics for Q1 2013 as compared to Q4 2012 and discussed some of the general trends that we've seen among users and the international OpenStack community. Rob Hirschfeld introduced a discussion on the topic of OpenStack core and called for Board volunteers to help flesh out a more detailed definition of OpenStack core. The Board members who volunteered to participate plan to meet in June to have a discussion and then present to the full Board at a follow on meeting. As the meeting closed, the Board touched quickly on several topics including interfacing with standards bodies and the existing transparency policy as well as the ongoing process to update and document it. As a reminder, upcoming Board meetings are listed on the wiki (https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation) and agendas for the meetings are kept there. Also, remote connection information is sent out prior to the meetings, and I was happy to see that several community members joined today to listen in as the meeting happened. Jonathan

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[OpenStack Foundation] AUTO: Cicman, Joseph is out of the office. (returning 06/04/2013)
by Joseph Cicman 30 May '13

30 May '13

I am out of the office until 06/04/2013. I will be out of the office on vacation on Thursday 5/29/2013 returning Tuesday, 6/4/2013. If this is an urgent matter, please contact Tom Hauan at thauan(a)us.ibm.com Note: This is an automated response to your message "Foundation Digest, Vol 18, Issue 10" sent on 05/30/2013 8:00:02. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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[OpenStack Foundation] Training session reminder: OpenStack Board Meeting May 30, 2013
by messenger＠webex.com 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hello Foundation Mailing List, Alan Clark invites you to participate as an attendee in the OpenStack Board meeting: Topic: OpenStack Board Meeting May 30, 2013 Host: Alan Clark Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Time: 9:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00) Session number: 922 405 644 Session password: This session does not require a password. ------------------------------------------------------- To join the session ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=225010652&UID=1578378747&… 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=225010652&UID=1578378747&… ------------------------------------------------------- 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=22… Show toll-free dialing restrictions: http://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf Access code: 922 405 644 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- You can contact Alan Clark at: aclark(a)suse.com To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?AT=down&ED=225010652&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] Opinions expressed after executive session
by Rob_Hirschfeld＠Dell.com 29 May '13

29 May '13

Troy/Tim/Joshua/Tristan, In the tread, I lost track of who said "The way I saw it, the whole point of those statements after the executive session was to *restate* concerns publicly for the record ..." +1 > that was my understanding and objective in the comments I made after exec session. I think there's an interesting balance between stating our opinions about the public part of the board meeting and doing a recap of the board meeting. Obviously from my posts, I think it's reasonable to restate positions we're taking publicly. To do that, we have to recap the meeting to some extent. My opinion on it is that authors should be careful to note that this is their opinion/position not official minutes. Overall, I believe more posts about the board meetings increases transparency. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:01:22 -0500 From: Troy Toman <troy(a)tomanator.com> To: Tim Bell <Tim.Bell(a)cern.ch> Cc: "foundation(a)lists.openstack.org" <foundation(a)lists.openstack.org> Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] April 14th board meeting Message-ID: <9680D0F4-0189-4FD5-A4D3-AE1CE06CD0CE(a)tomanator.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On May 26, 2013, at 2:14 PM, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell(a)cern.ch> wrote: > > Regardless of some minor phrasing improvements, I feel that Mark's > blog contributes hugely to communication with the community and accessibility to the board. > > I would strongly encourage this communication channel to continue in a > very similar fashion to the past few board. It contributes to our > goals of transparency and is always a good read :-) I completely agree. I get concerned when we imply a need to lock down communications further. I think Mark's write-ups have been helpful. Troy > > Tim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tristan Goode [mailto:tristan@aptira.com] >> Sent: 26 May 2013 16:10 >> To: Mark McLoughlin >> Cc: foundation(a)lists.openstack.org >> Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] April 14th board meeting >> >> I agree with Joshua and I support the approval process that has been in place. >> >> >> On 26/05/2013, at 10:34 PM, Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 2013-05-25 at 18:20 -0700, Joshua McKenty wrote: >>> A beautiful summary, and appreciated - however; as much as I hate to >>> be "that guy", I believe the purpose of the board approval for >>> Jonathan's "unofficial recap" was to have a single, semi-official >>> record of the meeting prior to any blogging free-for-all. I believe >>> board policy is still to forego any commentary on the meeting until >>> either Jonathan's notes, or the official board minutes, are published. >> >> Jonathan did ask me to go ahead with mine since we were long overdue >> however, in retrospect, he also asked me to explicitly note > that in >> my summary and I didn't quite do that. Sorry for that. >> >>> As a more serious note - we should refrain from ANY description of >>> what was discussed during executive session - whether it was >>> restated afterwards or not. >> >> This is what you're taking issue with? >> >> As part of the voting process, some directors chose to publicly >> restate their concerns with the applications that had been > discussed during >> the executive session. >> >> It would have been better to leave it ambiguous as to whether these >> concerns were stated in the executive session or whether they > were >> raised for the first time after the executive session? >> >> The way I saw it, the whole point of those statements after the >> executive session was to *restate* concerns publicly for the > record ... >> not to have a whole new conversation. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Foundation mailing list >> Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Foundation mailing list >> Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation > _______________________________________________ > Foundation mailing list > Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Foundation mailing list Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation End of Foundation Digest, Vol 18, Issue 9 *****************************************

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[OpenStack Foundation] April 14th board meeting
by Mark McLoughlin 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hey, Usually Jonathan posts a summary of our board meetings very quickly after the meeting and I try to follow up with a longer blog post. This time around I guess the craziness of the summit week got in the way of that and time seems have moved along quickly since then :) Apologies for the delay, but I hope this is still useful: http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2013/05/25/april-14th-openstack-foundation-bo… Cheers, Mark.

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[OpenStack Foundation] HP signs the Python Software Foundation Contributor Agreement
by Atwood, Mark 18 May '13

18 May '13

Hi! I’m glad to announce that HP has reviewed and signed the Python Software Foundation (PSF) Contributor Agreement on an umbrella basis. The PSF CA is very similar to the OpenStack Contributor Agreement, meaning that copyright is not transferred or assigned, but instead license is granted to the PSF to redistribute the contributions as part of the Python project. This means that HP employee developers may submit code and patches to PSF covered projects, such as and especially the Python base modules and the contents of the PyPI, without separately having to sign the PSF CA themselves. This came up as our developers were working on OpenStack, and were discovering bugs and gaps in the base Python we all build OpenStack on. As part of HP’s commitment to OpenStack and to the open source process in general, we decided that the right thing to do was contribute fixes to the Python community, thus making both OpenStack and Python better for everyone. I would like to encourage all of the organizational members of the OpenStack Foundation to review the PSF contributor agreement, and then sign it on an umbrella basis, or approve it for their own developer employees to sign it. And I would like to encourage all the independent contributors to likewise sign the PSF CA. Oh, and the PSF does good work and puts on good conferences. They could use more corporate sponsorship. Give them money. Python is a foundation that OpenStack is built on. Many thanks to Robert Collins for raising the issue and suggesting this course of action. ..m Mark Atwood <mark.atwood(a)hp.com> Director of Open Source Evangelism for HP Cloud Services M +1-206-473-7118

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[OpenStack Foundation] AUTO: Cicman, Joseph is out of the office. (returning 05/24/2013)
by Joseph Cicman 17 May '13

17 May '13

I am out of the office until 05/24/2013. I will be out of the office on vacation on Thursday 5/9/2013 returning Friday, 5/24/2013. If this is an urgent matter, please contact Tom Hauan at thauan(a)us.ibm.com Note: This is an automated response to your message "Foundation Digest, Vol 18, Issue 3" sent on 05/17/2013 8:00:02. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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[OpenStack Foundation] Next summit
by Tim Bell 16 May '13

16 May '13

I understood from twitter (@tcarrez) that the dates for the next openstack conference were proposed as 5th-8th November. Is it planned to have a F2F board meeting on the day before (i.e. 4th) as in Portland ? I certainly appreciated not overlapping with the summit. I'd like to start looking into travel options soon to keep the costs down. Thanks Tim

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[OpenStack Foundation] Invitation to OpenStack Board Meeting May 30, 2013
by messenger＠webex.com 07 May '13

07 May '13

Hello Foundation Mailing List, The OpenStack Board invites you to participate as an attendee in the following OpenStack board meeting. We will be using WebEx to facilitate the meeting and audio conferencing. Please join the WebEx session then follow the instructions to either join the telephone conference service or to join via VOIP. Topic: OpenStack Board Meeting May 30, 2013 Host: Alan Clark Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013 Time: 9:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00) Session number: 922 405 644 Session password: This session does not require a password. Agenda: http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/Foundation ------------------------------------------------------- To join the session ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=225010652&UID=1578378747&… 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 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=225010652&EF=MA&U… To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?ED=225010652&UID=1578378747&… ------------------------------------------------------- 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=22… Show toll-free dialing restrictions: http://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf Access code: 922 405 644 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- You can contact Alan Clark at: aclark(a)suse.com 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] OpenStack Q1 2013 Media Analysis
by Claire Massey 01 May '13

01 May '13

Hi everyone, We'd like to share the results of the Q1 2013 media analysis from TrendKite. It's exciting to see how OpenStack continues to drive trends and coverage of the cloud computing industry. In the report you can see additional detail by region and company. The data is for Q1 2013 (January 1, 2013 - March 31, 2013) - we'll continue producing and sharing reports like this on a quarterly basis. https://speakerdeck.com/openstack/openstack-q1-2013-media-analysis Best, Claire Claire Massey OpenStack Marketing Coordinator claire(a)openstack.org

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