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[OpenStack Foundation] Supporting our global community
by Jonathan Bryce 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

OpenStack is a global open source community. The OpenStack Foundation serves members in 180 countries focused on advancing the capabilities and accessibility of open infrastructure everywhere. We fundamentally believe diversity and collaboration are a powerful force for innovation, and it has been amazing to see the product of tens of thousands of people around the world over the last 6+ years. Lauren, Mark and I disagree with the executive order issued by President Trump that targets individuals from 7 countries. The order restricts the travel and movement of people in a discriminatory way that results in a restriction on access to talent and ideas. It is still unclear how the policies will play out and be enforced, but we will be watching, advocating for and supporting our community members to the best of our ability. This executive order will not impact the governance of the Foundation or the way the community operates globally. We will continue to support user groups and community members that are active in the seven countries named by the executive order, alongside our 120+ user groups around the world. However, we have two scheduled events in the United States within the next six months that will attract a global audience: the PTG (Project Teams Gathering) in Atlanta, Feb 20-24, a smaller event that will bring together hundreds of upstream contributors, and the OpenStack Summit in Boston, May 8-11, our larger event that happens every six months. This executive order could impact some community members' ability to travel to Atlanta and Boston, but unfortunately it is too late at this point to change the location of these events. The following three OpenStack Summits, however, are now scheduled to occur outside of the United States. The next Summit will be in November 2017 in Sydney, Australia and we are working to finalize the details so we can announce the following two Summit locations soon. We’ve already heard from one community member, Mohammed Naser, who is concerned that his plans to travel from Canada to Atlanta to attend the PTG may be restricted, simply because he a dual citizen of Canada and Iraq. Mohammed has been contributing code to OpenStack since 2011 and is the CEO and Founder of Vexxhost. Blocking his travel would serve no purpose and rob the community of a valuable contributor during an important event. If you are concerned about the impact or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at jonathan(a)openstack.org. Political actions like this highlight the importance of our collective values. The Four Opens, the founding principles of our community, exist to ensure the free flow of talent and ideas, across geographic, national, organizational or other lines that might divide us. We believe in humanity. We believe in opportunity. We believe in the power of collaboration across borders, and we will continue to carry forward our mission. We also posted this online: https://www.openstack.org/blog/2017/01/supporting-our-global-community/ Jonathan Bryce Mark Collier Lauren Sell

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[OpenStack Foundation] January 24 Board of Directors meeting
by Jonathan Bryce 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Hi everyone, Yesterday, we hosted the first Board of Directors meeting of the year via conference call. The agenda and some associated documents were posted on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/24Jan2017BoardMeeting We've had several changes with the recent Gold and Individual elections as well as changing Platinum Member representatives, resulting in 8 new Board Directors: http://www.openstack.org/foundation/board-of-directors Alan Clark spent time getting the new Board Directors up to speed and educating them on the various committees, working groups and opportunities to get involved. Mark Collier then led an update from the Foundation staff regarding our strategy for the year. The overall message was going back to our roots of what made OpenStack successful early on, which was the right balance and success around what we call the three forces of the platform ecosystem: Software (upstream), Ecosystem (downstream) and Users. We also talked about how we're thinking more broadly about OpenStack as open infrastructure and our vision for the one platform that manage bare metal, VMs and containers on a single network. You can review the attached deck to dive into more details. After that, the compensation committee gave an update on my review from 2016, and the Interop Working Group educated us about the most recent 2017.01 guideline, which they recommended for approval. The documents and changes are available from the agenda wiki link above. Finally, Allison Randal gave an update on the preparation for long-term strategic discussions happening at the next in-person board. We are hoping to schedule a date in March where we can co-locate a meeting between the Board of Directors and Technical Committee to continue fundamental discussions around strategic planning for OpenStack. We had a great turnout of observers from the community yesterday, so thanks to everyone who took the time to attend. As always, please reach out to us if you have any questions or if there's anything we can do to support your efforts in the community. Thanks, Jonathan +1-210-317-2438

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[OpenStack Foundation] OpenStack 2016 Annual Report
by Lauren Sell 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Hi everyone, Today we published the OpenStack Foundation 2016 Annual Report: https://www.openstack.org/assets/reports/OpenStack-2016-Annual-Report-final… Thank you to all of the community members who contributed to the report, and to Heidi Joy for putting it together. The report includes key stats, as well as updates from the Board of Directors, Foundation staff, Technical Committee, Board Committees and Working Groups. We had a busy year in 2016, and it’s great to see our collective efforts documented. 2016 was a big year for OpenStack. We had our most substantial software releases, our best-attended Summits, our broadest set of global OpenStack Days, reached our largest footprint of public cloud providers, and learned about bigger deployments and projects using OpenStack. We saw organizations as varied as AT&T, Volkswagen Group, China Mobile, Banco Santander, and Cambridge University give keynote presentations about driving innovation with the software our community develops. And we saw new companies invest in our community, especially from China and the telecom sector. We started to see the power of the “one platform” concept with virtualization, bare metal and containers working together to run versatile workloads. From the OpenStack and Kubernetes demos in Austin to the OpenStack and OPNFV telecom demo in Barcelona, we saw how collaboration and technology integrations deliver practical value. But 2016 was also a year of changes in the industry and in our community, whether it be emerging technologies or shifts in the ecosystem. As we look forward to 2017, more change is on the horizon and collaboration within our community and beyond is more important than ever. The way we react and adapt in this period of change will have a huge impact on the role OpenStack plays in the future of IT. With a strong, diverse community and clear mission, there’s nothing we can’t achieve together. Today we kick off 2017 with the first Board meeting, in which we'll seat new members from the recent election. We look forward to supporting and working closely with all of you this year! Best, Lauren

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[OpenStack Foundation] Training session reminder: OpenStack Board Meeting, January 24, 1 - 3pm pacfic
by messenger＠webex.com 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello Foundation Mailing List, Alan Clark invites you to participate as an attendee in the OpenStack Board meeting: Topic: OpenStack Board Meeting, January 24, 1 - 3pm pacfic Host: Alan Clark Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Time: 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) Session number: 923 592 740 Session password: This session does not require a password. ------------------------------------------------------- To join the session ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://openstack.webex.com/openstack/k2/j.php?MTID=t27684646d7844ffbb9ad46… 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?MTID=t3d078415d04249119ab29e… ------------------------------------------------------- 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=50… Show toll-free dialing restrictions: https://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf Access code: 923 592 740 ------------------------------------------------------- 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?MTID=t1eacdfb21eec4b29b1d269… https://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] survey on open source collaboration practices
by Allison Randal 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

Hi all, I’m running a brief (10 question) survey on the collaboration practices common to companies participating in open source today. I’d greatly appreciate a moment of your time to share your experience: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/os-participation This survey is part of my academic research, and not related to my affiliation with any other employers, foundations, or projects. I’m capturing company names for the purpose of statistical correlation, but will anonymize these to unidentifiable numbers in the data published with the research. Thanks, Allison

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[OpenStack Foundation] Platinum Membership Opening
by Jonathan Bryce 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Hi everyone, As many of you have probably heard, HPE has made changes in their open source strategy, including the way they engage with the OpenStack community. With these changes, they notified us of their decision to resign their Platinum Membership, which results in an opening this year. At the upcoming Board meeting on Tuesday Jan 24th, we’d like to discuss the timeline for considering new Platinum Member applications. The Platinum Member Agreement (http://www.openstack.org/legal/platinum-member-policy/) covers the process for new Platinum Members to be elected in broad terms in Section 4. You can also review the general framework the Board uses to consider new Gold and Platinum members: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/PotentialMemberCriter… Please reach out to me if your organization is interested or if you have any questions. Thanks, Jonathan

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[OpenStack Foundation] OpenStack Board Meeting January 24, 1pm pacific
by Alan Clark 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

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, January 24, 1 - 3pm pacific Host: Alan Clark Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Time: 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) Session number: 923 592 740 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?MTID=t489b330780aa0ea3f32519… 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?MTID=t605f5e09f5b8570f6ed49e… ------------------------------------------------------- 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=50… Show toll-free dialing restrictions: https://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf Access code: 923 592 740 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- You can contact Alan Clark at: aclark(a)suse.com<mailto:aclark@suse.com>

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[OpenStack Foundation] Cancelled: OpenStack Board meeting, January 24, 1pm pacific (2hours)
by Alan Clark 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

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[OpenStack Foundation] Cancelled: OpenStack Board meeting, January 24, 1pm pacific (2hours)
by Alan Clark 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

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[OpenStack Foundation] Cancelled: OpenStack Board meeting, January 24, 1pm pacific (2hours)
by Alan Clark 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

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