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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 14 Jan '17

14 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 14 Jan '17

14 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 14 Jan '17

14 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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Re: [Foundation Board] Rackspace representation on the board
by Tim Bell 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Van, Thanks for your contributions over the years, Brian, Welcome aboard. Tim From: Van Lindberg <van.lindberg(a)rackspace.com> Date: Friday, 13 January 2017 at 20:21 To: "foundation-board(a)lists.openstack.org" <foundation-board(a)lists.openstack.org> Cc: Brian Stein <Brian.Stein(a)rackspace.com> Subject: [Foundation Board] Rackspace representation on the board 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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Any board members attending the February LF Open Source Leadership Summit?
by Alan Clark 10 Jan '17

10 Jan '17

Directors, Would you please let me know if you plan to attend the Linux Foundation Open Source Leadership Summit, Squaw Valley, February 14-16, 2017 at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe, CA. ( I have registration codes if wanted.) https://www.regonline.com/OSleadership2016 Other project Boards are interested in meeting with us if we have some Directors in attendance. As you recall this is where we had our first informal meeting with the OPNFV board last year. I feel it was a productive meeting. (Ray's notes from all our previous meetings: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/COM/Joint+OPNFV-OpenStack+Board+discussions ) I think it would be fun to meet for us to informally meet with some relevant open source project boards, so let me know if you'll be there and have some time available. Thanks, AlanClark

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User Survey: Pre-launch check
by Heidi Joy Tretheway 10 Jan '17

10 Jan '17

ARE WE OFFERING THE RIGHT ANSWERS? Thanks for your input over the past month to revise the User Survey. Many of our technical questions, such as “which network drivers do you use?” or “which container tools do you use?” have answers that change with the speed of innovation. We’re in the final stages of preparing the OpenStack User Survey for launch in a couple of weeks, but before it goes live, we wanted to share the final question and answer content with you: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c8Osptcse1geEeHBHwZ-fxQA-OQ_dzwAHSn… <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c8Osptcse1geEeHBHwZ-fxQA-OQ_dzwAHSn…> We’re primarily looking for errors in the answer choices (or missing answer choices) for the questions in rows 67-85 (please see column E for the answer options). Please feel free to leave feedback via a comment on the spreadsheet. USER SURVEY RESULTS Also, we’re looking for volunteers to help produce the survey. Can you spend a few hours analyzing survey comments, charts, or reading a draft report? Be part of one of our most talked-about community assets by joining the User Survey work group (both technical and non-technical people are welcome!). Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/F0c1a9NOR1zK7sUJ3 <https://goo.gl/forms/F0c1a9NOR1zK7sUJ3> 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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Call for Presentations NOW OPEN- OpenStack Summit Boston May 2017
by Erin Disney 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Hi Everyone- The Call for Presentations is NOW OPEN <https://www.openstack.org/summit/boston-2017/call-for-presentations/> for the upcoming OpenStack Summit in Boston, May 8-11th! Hurry - the submission deadline is February 6, 2017 at 11:59PM PDT (February 7, 2017 at 6:59 UTC). If you are interested in becoming a track chair or nominating a colleague, the details on the selection process and track chair information can be found here <https://www.openstack.org/summit/boston-2017/call-for-presentations/selecti…>. January 18th is the deadline for track chair nominations <https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/openstack_summit_boston2017…>. Reminder: Proposed sessions must indicate a format: Panel or presentation. Each format has a maximum number of speakers associated. Panels are allowed a total of four speakers plus one moderator, whereas presentations are limited to two speakers. As a reminder, speakers are limited to a maximum of three submissions total. Contact speakersupport(a)openstack.org <mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org> with any submission questions. BOSTON REGISTRATION Attendee registration is now open <https://openstacksummit2017boston.eventbrite.com/>. Purchase your discounted early bird passes now. Prices will increase in mid March. SPONSORSHIP SALES Summit sponsorship sales also opened today, December 14, 2016 at 10:00am CT (16:00 UTC). You can now sign the electronic contract here <https://openstack.na1.echosign.com/public/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblq…>. If you plan to sponsor both 2017 OpenStack Summits (Boston in May & Sydney in November), then check out page 4 of the Boston Summit Sponsorship Prospectus <https://www.openstack.org/assets/boston-summit/Boston-Sponsorship-Prospectu…> for a special 15% discount on Sydney Summit sponsorship packages. Please note this only applies to companies who sponsor both the Boston Summit and Sydney Summit. Full details of the sponsorship signing process are outlined here <https://www.openstack.org/summit/boston-2017/sponsors/>. If you have any general Summit questions, contact us at summit(a)openstack.org <mailto:summit@openstack.org>. Erin Disney OpenStack Marketing erin(a)openstack.org <mailto:erin@openstack.org>

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