January 2017 - Foundation-board - lists.openinfra.dev

Straw targets for 2017 Board meeting dates/times
by Alan Clark 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Directors, I would like to suggest the following dates/times for 2017 board meetings. I picked these dates mostly from avoiding conflicts with other industry related events. Please let me know the collisions I've missed. Jan 31, 1 -3pm pacific - conf call Feb 24, All day F2F at PTG, Atlanta April 11, 7-9am pacific - conf call May 12, All day F2F at Boston Summit June 20, 1-3pm pacific - conf call August 22, 7-9am pacific - conf call September XX, All day F2F at PTG October 3, 1-3pm pacific - conf call November 9, All day F2F at Sydney Summit December 5, 7-9am pacific - conf call Don't put these on your calendar yet. More refinement is needed. For example I haven't coordinated with the Foundation staff for the Summit and PTG schedules. Thanks, AlanClark

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Please complete the F2F poll by end of business today: https://framadate.org/bK8ziU1mhzjThdih
by Alan Clark 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Directors, As I mentioned at the board meeting yesterday, I would like to meet with Thierry and the staff to finalize a date/location this week for our F2F joint meeting. Please update and or add your response to the poll today. Note: Thierry added an additional meeting location option on Jan 23, so please ensure your entry is updated. https://framadate.org/bK8ziU1mhzjThdih Thanks, AlanClark

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IBM OpenStack Foundation Board representative
by Todd Moore 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Board Members, I wanted to let you know that it has been great working directly with such a dedicated group of people. I have been very proud to help OpenStack go from an idea for a new open community to the largest open community we have ever seen. Serving on the board since the beginning has been a great experience. I now have other responsibilities that are pressing me for more of my time and sadly will not be able to participate in the board. Brad Topol, who most of you probably know through the Interop Challenge work, will be taking my seat as the IBM Board of Directors appointee. Brad too has been with OpenStack for many years. I'm sure he will be an excellent replacement. I've copied Brad, so you all have his email. Please welcome him. Thank you all again. I won't be far away. Todd M. Moore Vice President IBM Open Technology 11501 Burnet Rd. MS 9035H014 Austin, TX , 78758. (512) 286-7643 (tie-line 363) tmmoore(a)us.ibm.com

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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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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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PTG in Atlanta
by Mark Collier 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

I wanted to let everyone know that the PTG in Atlanta next month is really coming together. We’re very excited to kick off this event! One thing we need your help with, though, is to make sure your teams book their hotel rooms through our designated room block: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/events/start.action?id=1609140999&key=381BF… This is part of the financial model, so please encourage your teams to do it. If they’ve already booked at the Sheraton but didn’t use the room block link, please let us know so that we can get credit with the hotel. If you have any PTG questions, feel free to reach out to our dedicated PTG team: ptg(a)openstack.org or check https://www.openstack.org/ptg <https://www.openstack.org/ptg> Thanks! Mark

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New Forrester Report: OpenStack's Global Traction Expands for Newton Release
by Lauren Sell 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

Hi everyone, I’m happy to share a new report from Lauren Nelson at Forrester — OpenStack's Global Traction Expands For Its Newton Release — which says OpenStack® has “grown into a de facto standard platform for the private cloud market and now serves as the foundation for public clouds, particularly in Europe and China.” It’s great timing to end the year on a high note and gain some momentum heading into 2017, especially after some of the news stories about the industry shifts the last few weeks. We issued a news release <https://www.openstack.org/news/view/292/openstacks-global-traction-expands-…> today, and you can download the report here <http://www.openstack.org/analysts>. If you’d like to help us promote it, you can retweet <https://twitter.com/OpenStack/status/811270766822039552> the @OpenStack handle, join the conversation on LinkedIn, and of course share with your internal teams and prospects. To find more reports and resources to leverage for your own marketing / education initiatives, you can always access the analyst page <https://www.openstack.org/analysts/> and marketing portal <https://www.openstack.org/marketing>. Happy Holidays! Lauren

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Re: [Foundation Board] Thank you
by Alex Freedland 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Dear all, I wanted to thank all of you for the support and comradeship I received during the last three years as the Board Director. I am really proud of what we accomplished together, and it is hard to imagine that we are still very early on our journey. And of course the friendship and professional relationships we forged here will continue far beyond our terms of service. With warm regards, Alex Freedland Co-Founder and CEO Mirantis, Inc.

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Rackspace representation on the board
by Van Lindberg 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Hello Board, I wanted to let you all know that Brian Stein, cc'd here, will be Rackspace's representative on the board going forward. It has been great serving with you all. Thanks, Van ____________________________ Van Lindberg VP and Associate General Counsel van.lindberg(a)rackspace.com m: 214.364.7985

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It's been swell
by Monty Taylor 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Hey everybody, Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed serving with you all over the last 4 years on the board. Considering where we were at our first board meeting and where we are now, I have nothing but pride at how far we've come and all of the things we've accomplished. I look forward to continuing to work with each of you in my capacity as TC member. Best wishes for an amazing 2017! Monty

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