October 2021 - Foundation - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text changes for gender neutrality
by Allison Randal 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

Hi all, In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working group proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in December. I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all comments are welcome. The changes are relatively simple: a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document. b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all cases where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or hers", "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders. While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't universal, it is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an explicit statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as needed: "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require." The updates change a few words in protected sections of the bylaws, so after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these changes in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January before the changes are fully reviewed and approved. Thanks, Allison

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[OpenStack Foundation] OpenInfra Live - October 28th at 9am CT
by Erin Disney 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

Hi everyone, This week’s OpenInfra Live episode is brought to you by the OpenInfra community. Episode: Tackling Sustainability with Eco-friendly, Green Hardware Join us as we discuss how chipmakers, hardware vendors, and data center architects are all working in concert to solve this problem. Date and time: October 28th at 9am CT (1400 UTC) Speakers: Peter Pouliot (Ampere) Laurent Bernou-Mazars (Exaion) Zac Smith (Equinix) John Miranda (Intel) You can watch us live on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pf1B3vW30E LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6857452910423494657 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/104139126308032/posts/4454849267903641/ WeChat: recording will be posted on OpenStack WeChat after the live stream Have an idea for a future episode? Share it now at ideas.openinfra.live <https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openinfralive>. Register now for OpenInfra Live: Keynotes, a special edition of OpenInfra Live on November 17-18th starting at 1500 UTC: https://openinfralivekeynotes.eventbrite.com/ <https://openinfralivekeynotes.eventbrite.com/> Thanks, Erin Erin Disney Event Marketing Open Infrastructure Foundation

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[OpenStack Foundation] [Foundation Board] OpenInfra Board Meeting, October 26th, 2021 at 2100 UTC
by Julia Kreger 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

Greetings Foundation Members, The next meeting of the Open Infrastructure Foundation Board of Directors is this upcoming October 26th. In addition to our regular updates, we will have some discussion of 2022 planning leading up to our final meeting of 2021 in December. Meeting date: October 26th, 2021 Time: 2100-2300 UTC / 2PM-4PM US Pacific Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96201224963 International dial-in (audio only): https://zoom.us/zoomconference (conference ID #962 0122 4963) To join the session by phone only: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) OR +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 962 0122 4963 Agenda: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/26Oct2021BoardMeeting Thanks, Julia

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[OpenStack Foundation] [Diversity] [PTG] Diversity nd Inclusion Session at PTG
by Amy Marrich 15 Oct '21

15 Oct '21

Hi Everyone, The Diversity and Inclusion WG will be meeting during the PTG on Monday October 18th at 14:00 UTC in the Diablo room. We welcome all Open Infrastructure project to attend and we would be happy to assist you with any questions you might have in regards to the Inclusive Naming initiative that OIF began last year, We plan to do a review of the current CoC or going through the current code base for the projects to find instances where changes are needed to provide both examples and patches where appropriate to assist in these endeavours. The activities we focus on will be determined by attendance during the session, Thanks, Amy (spotz) on behalf of the Diversity and Inclusion WG

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[OpenStack Foundation] OpenInfra Live - October 14, 2021 at 9am CT
by Ashlee Ferguson 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

Hi everyone, This week’s OpenInfra Live episode is brought to you by the OpenStack community. Networking is complex, and Neutron is one of the most difficult parts of OpenStack to scale. In this episode of the Large Scale OpenStack show, we will explore early architectural choices you can make, recommended drivers, features to avoid if your ultimate goal is to scale to a very large deployment. Join OpenStack developers and operators as they share their Neutron scaling best practices. Episode: Large Scale OpenStack: Neutron scaling best practices Date and time: October 14, 2021 at 9am CT (1400 UTC) You can watch us live on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZLqILbLIpQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZLqILbLIpQ> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6851936962715222016/ <https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6851936962715222016/> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/104139126308032/posts/4407685335953368/ <https://www.facebook.com/104139126308032/posts/4407685335953368/> WeChat: recording will be posted on OpenStack WeChat after the live stream Speakers: Thierry Carrez (OpenInfra Foundation) David Comay (Bloomberg) Ibrahim Derraz (Exaion) Slawek Kaplonski (Red Hat) Lajos Katona (Ericsson) Mohammed Naser (VEXXHOST) Michal Nasiadka (StackHPC) Have an idea for a future episode? Share it now at ideas.openinfra.live <https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openinfralive>. Register now for OpenInfra Live: Keynotes, a special edition of OpenInfra Live on November 17-18th starting at 1500 UTC: https://openinfralivekeynotes.eventbrite.com/ <https://openinfralivekeynotes.eventbrite.com/> Thanks! Ashlee

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[OpenStack Foundation] Diversity and Inclusion Meeting Reminder - Tooday
by Amy Marrich 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

The Diversity & Inclusion WG invites members of all OIF projects to attend our next meeting Monday October 4th, at 17:00 UTC in the #openinfra- diversity channel on OFTC. The agenda can be found at https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/diversity-wg-agenda. Please feel free to add any topics you wish to discuss at the meeting. Thanks, Amy (apotz)

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