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Bulletin: Newton release preview, Barcelona call for agenda items, upcoming events & deadlines
by Heidi Joy Tretheway 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

OpenStack Marketing Bulletin Sept. 19, 2016 Marketing preview for Newton Join us Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 1800 UTC/ 11 a.m. Pacific <https://zoom.us/j/5038169769> for a preview of Newton, OpenStack’s 14th software release. We’ll highlight key features and enhancements that will be delivered with Newton on Oct. 6. The session will be recorded, and you can see the Mitaka session <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOXYvOCPN4> for reference—a very popular recording with more than 2,400 views! Copy/paste these details into your calendar: Topic: Marketing community Newton preview Time: Sep 27, 2016 11:00 AM (GMT-7:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/5038169769 <https://zoom.us/j/5038169769> Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16465588656,5038169769# or +14086380968,5038169769# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 503 816 9769. International numbers available <https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=E5Gcj6WHnrCsWmjQRQr7KFsXkP9nAIaP>. Marketing community meeting in Barcelona Please join your colleagues from throughout the OpenStack marketing ecosystem for our in-person meeting during the Barcelona Summit (time & day TBD). This meeting is structured as a conversation rather than a presentation, so we encourage you to come ready to participate and give your feedback. Key points for discussion: OpenStack's marketing plans for 2017 Key highlights/ projects delivered and results from 2016 OpenStack's logo modernization—plans, tools and guidelines for updating to the new logo Marketing collaborative campaign—launching "The World Runs on OpenStack" via PR, advertising and social media Call for agenda items in Barcelona Do you have a suggestion for what our team should discuss during our Barcelona community meeting? You can present a topic or just let us know what you’d like to discuss. Please share your ideas <mailto:heidijoy@openstack.org>! Previous marketing community meeting See what we’ve delivered recently and what’s to come. Watch the recording <https://zoom.us/recording/play/tzB8zXYV7ME1BE--_fT_lj5ORCKfp9IVM8-Sp8LWuieH…>. OpenStack is refreshing our logo, which will be launched at the Boston Summit in May 2017. Our Marketing Portal <http://www.openstack.org/marketing> got a complete overhaul. Get an update on the marketing community’s collaborative campaign. The next campaign meeting is Thursday, Sept. 1—if you’re not already on the team, please drop me a note <mailto:heidijoy@openstack.org> to get the invitation. OPENSTACK SUMMIT BARCELONA Attendee registration <https://openstacksummit2016barcelona.eventbrite.com/> - prices increase next week September 29 at 11:59pm PT Visa invitation request <https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/travel/#visa> - October 3 deadline Hotel discount room blocks <https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/travel/#hotels> Local’s Guide to Barcelona <https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/city-guide/> Is your organization giving a talk in Barcelona? Some of the most successful talks at the OpenStack Summit Austin were prepared with help from marketing and communications departments. If members of your organization are giving a talk––whether as an individual or in a sponsor session––help them prepare with these small ways to make an OpenStack talk a big success <http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/how-to-make-your-openstack-summit-t…>. OPENSTACK AT INDUSTRY EVENTS Cloud Computing Conference <http://www.icee3.com/> in San Jose, CA: Sean Roberts from Walmart will be delivering a “What’s Next for OpenStack at Walmart” presentation on October 17, 2016 at 2:45pm. The OpenStack Foundation will have a booth at KubeCon <http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kubecon>, which gathers leading Kubernetes technologists from multiple open source cloud native communities to further the education and advancement of Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud Native architectures. This event is co-located with CloudNativeCon, Nov. 8–9, 2016, in Seattle, WA. The OpenStack Foundation will also have a presence at SuperComputing16, which takes place this year in Salt Lake City, Utah on Nov. 13-18, 2016. OPENSTACK DAY EVENTS Be sure to check out the OpenStack Days <https://www.openstack.org/community/events/openstackdays> website, which includes everything you want to know about OpenStack Days: OpenStack Day videos and photos from around the world, information on how to host an OpenStack Day, a new OpenStack Day Toolkit, and a list of all upcoming OpenStack Day events. Sponsorships for these events are still available. Upcoming OpenStack Days: Sept. 22nd: OSD Nordics (Sweden) Sept. 29th: OSD Seattle Oct. 8th: OSD Sao Paulo Nov. 14th: OSD Australia Nov. 19th: OSD Natal Nov. 22nd: OSD France Nov. 22nd: OSD Canada _______________________ The OpenStack Marketing Bulletin is a resource for the OpenStack marketing community, distributed every 2-4 weeks to the marketing mailing list <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/marketing>. You’ll find upcoming events <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N6Fi1iAgpkDKMkcaTh8s7pwPzwjKuPzJJdg….>, opportunities to participate, fresh content <http://www.openstack.org/marketing>, and important dates. Watch for future marketing meetings <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Marketing#Open_Market…> (use this link to see past agendas, slides, and recordings too). The bulletin is edited by Heidi Joy Tretheway <mailto:heidijoy@openstack.org> and your contributions are welcome. Heidi Joy Tretheway Senior Marketing Manager, OpenStack Foundation 503 816 9769 <tel:503 816 9769> | Skype: heidi.tretheway <https://webapp.wisestamp.com/sig_iframe?origin=mac-mail&signature_id=549976…> <http://linkedin.com/in/heiditretheway> <http://twitter.com/heiditretheway> <http://www.openstack.org/>

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Fwd: [Foundation Board Confidential] Fwd: [openstack-dev] [all] governance proposal worth a visit: Write down OpenStack principles
by Mark Baker 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Moving to open list - posting to the confidential list was more of an accident than deliberate strategy. Mark On 8 Sep 2016 5:39 p.m., "Monty Taylor" <mordred(a)inaugust.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > We started with writing down the principles we currently operate under, > because they are the principles we currently operate under but they are > not documented anywhere. I fully expect that once they're written down > it should give an excellent opportunity to reflect and to suggest that > they change. > > However, until the existing ones are written down, it's very hard for > anyone to challenge them or to suggest corrections to them, since they > are basically only defined in the minds of long-timers. > > I believe the thing that Chris suggests is an excellent _next_ step. But > I do not believe it can happen as a first step, as there is not a clear > shared understanding of where we are today. > > These are not new principles. They are the current state of the world > for the existing technical leadership - and they have been this way for > years. If any of them are surprising to anyone, then it's even more > important that we write them down so that we can discuss them. I would > posit that many of our misunderstandings over the last few years can > likely be tracked down to a lack of a shared understanding of some core > principle, but lacking anything to point to, it's been very hard to have > the discussion about whether a particular choice is in line with them - > or even whether we've learned something new about the world and we > should change some of our fundamental assumptions. > > Also, I do not see any reason that this thread, should it continue, > should be on the confidential list. I did not change the list it's going > to because I did not start the thread... but I would recommend that > perhaps we do this on the open list instead. > > Monty > > On 09/08/2016 10:17 AM, Mark Baker wrote: > > If you haven't seen this thread below on OpenStack-dev then please take > > a min to look through as I think it directly relates to the question > > discussed on the most recent board call of "what is OpenStack". > > > > TL;DR: There a proposal in the OpenStack Governance project to write > > down the principles under which the OpenStack Community operates. The > > proposal is to be put to the TC and perhaps (it isn't clear to me yet) > > the Board. > > > > I agree with some of the commentary raised in the thread that this > > shouldn't be an exercise in writing down what community members believe > > to be the guiding principles of OpenStack that thy operate under. It is > > an opportunity for us to state with more clarity how the community > > operates which itself is very much a function of what OpenStack is today > > and strives to be in the future. > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > > Mark Baker > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Chris Dent* <cdent+os(a)anticdent.org > > <mailto:cdent%2Bos@anticdent.org>> > > Date: 8 September 2016 at 12:18 > > Subject: [openstack-dev] [all] governance proposal worth a visit: Write > > down OpenStack principles > > To: OpenStack-dev(a)lists.openstack.org > > <mailto:OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org> > > > > > > > > There's a governance proposal in progress at > > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/357260/ > > <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/357260/> that I think is worth a > > visit by anyone interested in the definition and evolution of > > OpenStack's identity and the processes and guidelines used in OpenStack. > > > > I'm assuming that not everyone regularly cruises the governance > > project so this thing, which is pretty important, has probably not > > been seen yet by many community members. It is full of many > > assertions, some probably controversial, about what OpenStack is and > > what we get up to. > > > > At the moment a lot of the reviews are obsessing over the details and > > interpretations of various phrases and paragraphs. This is in > > preparation for a later presentation to the community that ought to > > engender a long email thread where we will discuss it and try to ratify. > > I fear that discussion will also obsess over the details. > > > > The ordering here is backwards from a process that could be happening if > > what we want is effective engagement and a useful outcome (one where we > > agree). We should first have a conversation about the general principles > > that are desired, then capture those into a document and only then > > obsess over the details. The current process will inevitably privilege > > the existing text and thus the bias of the authors[1]. > > > > I presume that the process that is happening was chosen to avoid too > > much bikeshedding. The issue with that is that the work we need to > > do is stepping back a bit and concerning ourselves not with the color of > > the shed, but with whether it is for bikes, or even a shed. Last we > > talked about it, it was a tent, but there's no consensus that that is > > going well. > > > > [1] I don't wish to indicate that there's anything wrong (or right!) > > about the current text, simply that it is a presentation of a few > > authors, including some written in the past, not a summary of an open > > discussion in the present day. > > > > -- > > Chris Dent ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) https://anticdent.org/ > > freenode: cdent tw: @anticdent > > ____________________________________________________________ ______________ > > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > > Unsubscribe: > > OpenStack-dev-request@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > > <http://OpenStack-dev-request@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe> > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Foundation-board-confidential mailing list > > Foundation-board-confidential(a)lists.openstack.org > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ foundation-board-confidential > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Foundation-board-confidential mailing list > Foundation-board-confidential(a)lists.openstack.org <Foundation-board-confidential(a)lists.openstack.org> > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ foundation-board-confidential <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board-confid…>

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