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[openstack-community] Default email settings on Ask.OpenStack.org
by Tom Fifield 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Hi all, I wanted to start a discussion around the default email settings for new accounts on ask.openstack.org There are five settings [default in braces] for the types of emails askbot sends regarding questions and answers: 1. Asked by me [instantly] 2. Answered by me [daily] 3. Individually selected [instantly] 4. Entire forum (tag filtered) [weekly] 5. Comments and posts mentioning me [instantly] 1,2,3 & 5 are obviously about things that have some direct relation to you or your activity on the site. It seems pretty reasonable to me that you want to find out about those pretty quickly in many cases. Number 4 is more unusual, since the software tries to guess what you might be interested in seeing based on a filter of tags: * show all tags * exclude ignored tags [default] * only interesting tags * only subscribed tags So, essentially all users who don't meticulously change their email settings will receive a weekly email with a random list of 7 questions, titled something like: "[Ask OpenStack] 7 updates about "virtio", "network", "neutron", "subnet", "requirements" and more". There are arguments for this behaviour - mainly it encourages return visits to the site and potentially results in solving questions that might otherwise not be seen. The are also arguments against this behaviour - for example our tags are normally very broad: eg nova, neutron, compute, juno meaning tags the software thinks are interesting for you may not be or that this behaviour is unexpected because you didn't explicitly subscribe. So, what do you think? Where is the sweet spot in these email settings? Regards, Tom

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[openstack-community] Get involved: OpenStack 5th anniversary celebrations & content
by Allison Price 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hi everyone, The official OpenStack 5th anniversary is July 19, and throughout July, several user groups around the world have scheduled local parties to celebrate. In addition to the user group parties, the Foundation will also be hosting a party in Portland <https://5yearsofopenstack.eventbrite.com/>on Wednesday, July 22 during OSCON. If you would like to join the community celebration, check out the following planned activities: More than 30 user groups around the world are coordinating celebrations <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/06/openstack-turns-5-its-time-to-celebra…>, so register to attend the one in your local community The OpenStack Foundation is hosting a birthday party during OSCON for OpenStack community members, Foundation staff and the board of directors to mingle and celebrate the community growth and progress. If you're attending OSCON, RSVP for the party <https://5yearsofopenstack.eventbrite.com/> How you can participate: Join the conversation - tweet, blog and post pictures using the #OpenStack5Bday hashtag to be included in our aggregate blog post July 20, as well as twitter feeds on the birthday landing page If you are planning to post a blog about the significance of the milestone for the community, please send the intended URL for inclusion in our aggregate blog post by July 20 at 11am CDT (send to allison(a)openstack.org <mailto:allison@openstack.org>) Access the fifth birthday graphics <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r5crqpyj265wdfx/AACS-shrk6wst4k_peLyom2Aa?dl=0> and latest presentation <https://www.dropbox.com/s/fir9w9gq8l9dc0d/OpenStack%205th%20Birthday%20slid…> Attend or promote the birthday party at OSCON and your local user group celebrations! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Allison Allison Price OpenStack Marketing allison(a)openstack.org <mailto:allison@openstack.org>

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (June 19 - 26)
by Nicole Martinelli 26 Jun '15

26 Jun '15

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Days in July and August 2015
by Shari Mahrdt 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

There are a number of OpenStack Days taking place between now and August this year! Mark your calendars and join us to hear about local user stories, discuss outcomes from the Liberty Design Summit, and meet industry and technical leaders of that region. More details and registration links to follow. OpenStack Day Taiwan <http://seminar.ithome.com.tw/live/openstackday_taiwan2015/index.html> Date: August 11, 2015 Description: The last OpenStack Day Taiwan drew in more than 900 attendees. It is the largest OpenStack event in Taiwan and will likely attract similar numbers this year. The event will feature local use cases, the growth of the OpenStack community in Taiwan, and the latest industry insights and updates. Location: Taipei, Taiwain Sponsorship Prospectus <http://seminar.ithome.com.tw/live/openstackday_taiwan2015/OS-TWDay2015-EN.p…> Call for Speakers <http://seminar.ithome.com.tw/live/openstackday_taiwan2015/callforspeakers.h…> Registration: not open yet OpenStack Day Seattle <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/events/223110204/> Date: August 20, 2015 Description: OpenStack Day Seattle 2015 is the first one-day OpenStack conference to be held in Seattle, Washington. In conjunction with LinuxCon Seattle (August 17 – 19, 2015), the OpenStack Day Seattle conference will be a gathering of the region’s OpenStack users and prospective users dedicated to the open source cloud technology. The aim of the conference is to present the latest technological updates and improvements of OpenStack Cloud technology, talk to other OpenStack enthusiasts to share knowledge and to showcase the local OpenStack deployments. Location: Seattle, WA Become a Sponsor <https://openstacksea.wordpress.com/sponsors/> Registration <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-day-seattle-2015-tickets-17193448066> Prices: • $50 = General Admission • $25 = Student OpenStack Trove Day 2015 <http://www.tesora.com/troveday/2015-openstack-trove-day/> Date: August 25, 2015 Description: Trove Day will explore the past, present and future of Database as a Service on OpenStack. Talks will feature discussions on the future of Database as a Service and OpenStack, recent developments in OpenStack Trove, stories of how real Trove users are benefiting from Database as a Service Location: San Jose, CA Price: free OpenStack Silicon Valley <http://www.openstacksv.com/> Dates: August 26 - 27, 2015 Description: OpenStack Silicon Valley brings together many of the greatest minds in the infrastructure industry to discuss and debate the latest and hottest trends in open cloud. After tremendous success at the inaugural OpenStack Silicon Valley last year, they are expanding this year to a 2-day event, organized as a community event with the OpenStack Foundation. Held once again at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, OpenStack Silicon Valley will feature diverse speakers including industry analysts, top contributors and business leaders in the OpenStack community and broader cloud industry. Speakers <http://www.openstacksv.com/speaker-bios/> Become a Sponsor <http://www.openstacksv.com/become-a-sponsor/> Registration <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-silicon-valley-2015-an-openstack-com…> Price: $400 Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Marketing shari(a)openstack.org <mailto:shari@openstack.org>

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (June 12 – 19)
by Nicole Martinelli 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

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Re: [openstack-community] [Foundation Board] [OpenStack] OpenStack Diversity Working Group - Meeting Information
by Barrett, Carol L 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Roland – Thanks for your comments. Hope you can join us to help move this effort forward. Carol From: Roland Chan [mailto:roland@aptira.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:44 PM To: Barrett, Carol L Cc: Greenberg, Suzy M; foundation-board(a)lists.openstack.org; openstack(a)lists.openstack.org; OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions); community(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack] OpenStack Diversity Working Group - Meeting Information I'd say meeting time accessibility is not an interest, it's a non-negotiable requirement. Unconscious bias creates exclusion and all that. This group must lead by example, and it would be sad for the first step to be a misstep. Roland On 17/06/2015 8:36 AM, "Barrett, Carol L" <carol.l.barrett(a)intel.com<mailto:carol.l.barrett@intel.com>> wrote: The initial meeting for this work group will be: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 18:00 UTC, on IRC: #openstack-meeting The Agenda is: • Introductions • Mission Discussion and definition of Diversity • Discuss proposal to engage a Consultant/Coach to assist this work group • Review proposed work plan, gather feedback, and owners • Next Steps o Meeting Frequency o Interest/Need for alternating times to make the meetings globally accessible Moving forward we’ll use the foundation(a)lists.openstack.org<mailto:foundation@lists.openstack.org> mail list for work group discussions and meeting communications. Thanks Carol From: Sousou, Imad [mailto:imad.sousou@intel.com<mailto:imad.sousou@intel.com>] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:28 PM To: openstack-dev(a)lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org>; community-owner(a)lists.openstack.org<mailto:community-owner@lists.openstack.org>; openstack(a)lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org> Subject: [openstack-dev] OpenStack Diversity Working Group Stackers – We’re happy to announce the creation of a Diversity Working Group. The genesis for this work group was a discussion at the May meeting of the OpenStack Board of Directors ahead of the Vancouver Summit. The Board is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place for all people to collaborate to drive innovation and design cutting-edge data center capabilities, while finding the best answers to our most pressing challenges. To achieve this, the Board formed this Work Group to determine what actions are required to fulfill this commitment. Three Board members volunteered to work with community members in this Work Group and bring updates/requests to the Board for discussion and action on a regular basis, starting with the July meeting. If you’re interested in joining this effort, please: • Join the Foundation mail list to participate in discussions and shape the direction: click here<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation> • Visit the wiki page for this work group to learn more about the charter: click here<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity> • Plan to join the kick-off IRC meeting and let us know what day/times work for you by accessing the Doodle here: click here<http://doodle.com/z85c23dtexx8qzq7> We will send out the results of the Doodle to the mail list and look forward to working with you to foster a strong and diverse community. Thanks Imad Sousou (Intel), Egle Sigler (Rackspace), Kavit Munshi (Aptira) _______________________________________________ Foundation-board mailing list Foundation-board(a)lists.openstack.org<mailto:Foundation-board@lists.openstack.org> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board

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[openstack-community] [OpenStack] OpenStack Diversity Working Group - Meeting Information
by Barrett, Carol L 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

The initial meeting for this work group will be: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 18:00 UTC, on IRC: #openstack-meeting The Agenda is: * Introductions * Mission Discussion and definition of Diversity * Discuss proposal to engage a Consultant/Coach to assist this work group * Review proposed work plan, gather feedback, and owners * Next Steps o Meeting Frequency o Interest/Need for alternating times to make the meetings globally accessible Moving forward we'll use the foundation(a)lists.openstack.org<mailto:foundation@lists.openstack.org> mail list for work group discussions and meeting communications. Thanks Carol From: Sousou, Imad [mailto:imad.sousou@intel.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:28 PM To: openstack-dev(a)lists.openstack.org; community-owner(a)lists.openstack.org; openstack(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: [openstack-dev] OpenStack Diversity Working Group Stackers - We're happy to announce the creation of a Diversity Working Group. The genesis for this work group was a discussion at the May meeting of the OpenStack Board of Directors ahead of the Vancouver Summit. The Board is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place for all people to collaborate to drive innovation and design cutting-edge data center capabilities, while finding the best answers to our most pressing challenges. To achieve this, the Board formed this Work Group to determine what actions are required to fulfill this commitment. Three Board members volunteered to work with community members in this Work Group and bring updates/requests to the Board for discussion and action on a regular basis, starting with the July meeting. If you're interested in joining this effort, please: * Join the Foundation mail list to participate in discussions and shape the direction: click here<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation> * Visit the wiki page for this work group to learn more about the charter: click here<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity> * Plan to join the kick-off IRC meeting and let us know what day/times work for you by accessing the Doodle here: click here<http://doodle.com/z85c23dtexx8qzq7> We will send out the results of the Doodle to the mail list and look forward to working with you to foster a strong and diverse community. Thanks Imad Sousou (Intel), Egle Sigler (Rackspace), Kavit Munshi (Aptira)

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[openstack-community] Argentina contributors
by Diego Woitasen 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hi! We are scheduling the local birthday party on July. We'd like to connect with local people that contributes to openstack. So, if you are one of them, let me know :) Regards, Diego

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[openstack-community] Call for Speakers NOW OPEN - OpenStack Summit Tokyo October 2015
by Shari Mahrdt 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Hi Everyone, The Call for Speakers is now OPEN for the November OpenStack Summit in Tokyo! Hurry - the deadline to submit is July 15 at 11:59pm PDT. Submit talks here: http://awe.sm/gNVMd <http://awe.sm/gNVMd>. The Call for Sponsors will open this Wednesday. The executable electronic contract for the Tokyo Summit will be made available for signature on Wednesday, June 17 at 3:00pm PDT / June 18 at 7:00am Tokyo time on openstack.org/summit. If you're interested in sponsoring the Summit please fully read and complete the steps outlined here: https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/sponsors/ <https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/sponsors/> The Summit will take place in Tokyo, Japan, October 27 - 30, 2015. The main conference and expo will run Tuesday - Thursday and the Design Summit will run Tuesday - Friday. If you have any Summit related questions please email summit(a)openstack.org. Cheers, Shari Shari Mahrdt OpenStack Marketing shari(a)openstack.org <mailto:shari@openstack.org>

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (June 5 - 12)
by Stefano Maffulli 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

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Re: [openstack-community] Openstack Diversity Working Group
by Barrett, Carol L 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

The Doodle time zone doesn't seem to be appearing in the local timebased upon the viewer. Sorry - The time zone is US/Pacific time (UTC-7), you'll need to do your own conversion. Thanks Carol From: Sousou, Imad [mailto:imad.sousou@intel.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:34 AM To: foundation(a)lists.openstack.org; openstack(a)lists.openstack.org; community(a)lists.openstack.org; foundation-board(a)lists.openstack.org; openstack-dev(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: [OpenStack Foundation] Openstack Diversity Working Group Stackers - We're happy to announce the creation of a Diversity Working Group. The genesis for this work group was a discussion at the May meeting of the OpenStack Board of Directors ahead of the Vancouver Summit. The Board is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place for all people to collaborate to drive innovation and design cutting-edge data center capabilities, while finding the best answers to our most pressing challenges. To achieve this, the Board formed this Work Group to determine what actions are required to fulfill this commitment. Three Board members volunteered to work with community members in this Work Group and bring updates/requests to the Board for discussion and action on a regular basis, starting with the July meeting. If you're interested in joining this effort, please: * Join the Foundation mail list to participate in discussions and shape the direction: click here<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation> * Visit the wiki page for this work group to learn more about the charter: click here<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity> * Plan to join the kick-off IRC meeting and let us know what day/times work for you by accessing the Doodle here: click here<http://doodle.com/z85c23dtexx8qzq7> We will send out the results of the Doodle to the mail list and look forward to working with you to foster a strong and diverse community. Thanks Imad Sousou (Intel), Egle Sigler (Rackspace), Kavit Munshi (Aptira)

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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (May 29 - June 5)
by Stefano Maffulli 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

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[openstack-community] [upstream] Vancouver upstream training session debrief
by Stefano Maffulli 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

Hello folks, first of all thank you to all instructors and volunteer staff and mentors that helped in Vancouver: this program would not be possible without the kind donations of your time and effort. I'd like to collect notes and comments on what went well and what should be changed for the next events. I'll start (quite long): Slides & content ================ - I think the rst format and common repository worked well. We miss one (set of) slides to illustrate the whole 2 days program. Maybe copying the content over from the wiki Info page[1] to the index.rst page would be a good thing. - the index.rst is not formatted properly. Christian Berendt is working on this and may need a help from sphinx/hieroglyph gurus https://review.openstack.org/#/c/185946/ - the draft site[2] is great. I think that keeping the slides in /draft/ is good enough since the status of those slides may not be always up to date with the authoritative source of information like governance.o.o or infra/manual - with the slides in .rst format and in a git repo, I think they could be hooked to a translation system. I'd consider hooking up and translate the material in other languages. Japanese would be the most likely candidate, and people from China have expressed also interest. - suggestions and commentts from the participants: + Maybe work through some more demos - ie, run through committing a change to sandbox doing it "live" from the presenter desk + Point out the differences between docs and code reviews - environment prerequisites + Talk about gating checks - ie, what the automated checks are actually checking for. + It might be worth considering recording it and making it like a Coursera course or a Kahn Academy course. + The slideshow can improved. It should contain more graphics (ex: apc/atc relation), clickable links (ex: stackforge). + It would be great to collect a list of bugs which are really "low hanging" fruits, so that they can be solved during the two days. + Teach about the source code. How it's organized? Why is it so? After rpm/deb packaging, where do files go on the root filesystem? How do I run tests? How do I write my own tests? What if I need to introduce a new file? How are the python packages arranged? How do subprograms communicate to each other? + consider separating software developers and technical writers One more comment led me to believe that we have not done a good job at communicating that the training is 2 days live + mentoring sessions afterwards. See below for ideas on how to fix this. Administrative process ====================== - Planning attendance is hard. Of the 85+ people who originally signed up, about 45 showed up. I noticed that about 10 people removed themselves when we started sending notifications in preparation to the live session. I think that the barrier to sign up is too low and we can raise it so that only highly motivated people sign up to attend. The low barrier also makes it hard for people to read and understand that the training is 2 days live + online mentoring afterwards. + To set the bar higher, I think we need to find a way to scale the method used by Loic. He engages with every applicant immediately, as they sign up, and if they don't respond to his solicitations he removes them from the list. That's very intense and time consuming but ends up getting more motivated people. I think this can be scaled by having a larger pool of mentors that gets to solicit applicants. A form of light automation using Google Forms and Trello (with glue provided by zapier.com) may be enough? Needs experimenting. + To make it clear that the training is 2 days + live sessions I think we should have people engage with mentors and set dates for meetings *before* the training starts. - I think the Trello board is a good step forward: it allows staff and management to follow progress of each student. Format ====== - I'm starting to think that to days is probably too much for some people. The comments I have received from the survey are all extremely positive but a couple of written comments make me believe that trying to shorten the class to 1 day and 1 extra day for custom deep dives would probably give more value. This deserves a thread on its own. Venue & logistics ================= - Participants and staff should have their names printed to facilitate social interactions - Renting the Legos was the best idea ever. Definitely worth considering for the future. Thanks again, stef [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStack_Upstream_Training/Info [2] http://docs.openstack.org/draft/upstream-training/#1

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[openstack-community] [Wiki] Packstack
by Shinobu Kinjo 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi, I am thinking of updating packstack wiki page which is: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Packstack Would any of you tell me what I should / have to do first to update that page? Because I'm not 100% sure which mailing list I have to send about that question, I just email both lists of openstack and community. Thanks! Kinjo -- Life w/ Linux <http://i-shinobu.hatenablog.com/>

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