December 2020 - Foundation - lists.openinfra.dev

[OpenStack Foundation] [all] IRC Channel Renames
by Kendall Nelson 27 Jan '21

27 Jan '21

Hello! So now that the OpenStack Foundation is now the Open Infrastructure Foundation, I think it time to take a look at some of the IRC channels we use. There are a few that come to mind that are used by the larger Foundation community- not just OpenStack anymore- that should probably be renamed[0]. Below is a list of the channels that come to mind and proposed new channel names. Please add to the list or suggest alternative names if you hate what I've come up with. My goal is to process these renames by the end of the year. - #openstack-ptg -> #oif-ptg - #openstack-forum -> #oif-forum - #openstack-diversity -> #oif-diversity - #openstack-board -> #oif-board - #openstack-foundation -> #oif - #openinfra-summit -> #oif-summit Look forward to everyone's thoughts! -Kendall (diablo_rojo) [0] https://docs.opendev.org/opendev/system-config/latest/irc.html#renaming-an-…

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Re: [OpenStack Foundation] Foundation Digest, Vol 108, Issue 7
by prakash RAMCHANDRAN 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

+1 for #openinfra Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Send Foundation mailing list submissions to foundation(a)lists.openstack.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to foundation-request(a)lists.openstack.org You can reach the person managing the list at foundation-owner(a)lists.openstack.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Foundation digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Jeremy Stanley) 2. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Amy Marrich) 3. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Kanevsky, Arkady) 4. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Jeremy Stanley) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:38:33 +0000 From: Jeremy Stanley <fungi(a)yuggoth.org> To: foundation(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] [all] IRC Channel Renames Message-ID: <20201215193832.k3hjq22yuagzuer2(a)yuggoth.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On 2020-12-15 11:21:55 -0800 (-0800), Wes Wilson wrote: > One logistical item to point out. We have been advised to minimize > our use of “OIF” to reduce confusion with another organization > that has a trademark on “OIF”. Presumably that's this organization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Internetworking_Forum > While we won’t be able to prevent everyone from using the acronym > to reference the foundation, much like OSF was used, we have been > advised to not use it in “attention getting” places. [...] Right, so #oif and #oif-* channels seem to be out of the question. I'm temporarily squatting #infra if folks think that could make a good (short, not trademarkable) namespace for the foundation channels. -- Jeremy Stanley

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[OpenStack Foundation] [Diversity] Diversity and Inclusion WG Meeting Change for January
by Amy Marrich 07 Dec '20

07 Dec '20

Due to the end of year holidays and the fact some people may still be out we will be moving our January meeting. As our backup meeting date is on Martin Luther King Day, the WG has selected January 11 to meet in IRC. As always I'll send out a reminder in the days leading up to the meeting. Thanks, Amy (spotz)

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[OpenStack Foundation] [board][interop] Is it time to revisit: Trademarks, Branding, and Interoperability?
by Julia Kreger 06 Dec '20

06 Dec '20

Greetings everyone! Over the past few weeks I’ve been in a number of discussions regarding some of our most very fun topics. Branding, Trademarks, and Interoperability. I think this is a good time to revisit these topics because of the conversion from the OpenStack Foundation to the Open Infrastructure Foundation. The further broadening of the larger community represents both an opportunity and a checkpoint in which we should likely ask ourselves some questions to help guide our future path. I think what has made some of these discussions difficult in the past is because we intertwined the topics. To meet the perceived needs of the past, we ended up building and encoding specific models and concepts when the only project was OpenStack. We were trying to foster and develop an expansive ecosystem at that time. Then, it likely seemed logical to encode this as part of the bylaws. Except those processes have left us with something that is difficult to amend, change, or adapt moving forward. And even that seems like a daunting issue in itself, before we consider that non-openstack projects have different needs. This does not mean we can not nor should not ask ourselves what is important. We must identify where we want to see things in the future for such programs. If we don’t identify these things, then we can not measure future success nor possibly identify new needs. Besides, who else is better suited to lead projects to become more agile and responsive to emergent needs if not the board itself? So with those thoughts in mind, I would like for us to all mentally take a step back and try to answer some basic questions to help frame future discussion. * Where do we see the value in the trademark and associated branding? What is important? What is less important? * How do we see branding and trademarks evolving now that the foundation scope has expanded? * What is the desired end goal of trademark and branding programs? Are there multiple specific end goals? And then there is the topic of interoperability. Looking forward it seems like there is more than one level of interoperability that needs to be thought of and cared about. * At what level should we, the board, encourage cross-community/cross-project/product/service interoperability? * What is the end goal of interoperability in our evolved scope? * Is the board the right level at which to have the discussions and ultimately the technical management of the fine details regarding interoperability? I’m posing the last question for a very important reason. Our scope has widened. We have zoomed out. The bigger picture is our focus as the board. The lower level details of any project’s interoperability do require fine details and specific context. To unfortunately use another photography analogy, the repeated zoom in and zoom out does not help us keep our focus on the bigger picture. As a board, we need to track the picture consistently and constantly, which is the only way we can best frame our discussions and resulting outcomes. I hope this email brings about discussion on these topics. Not necessarily a discussion of how or what, but more of a discussion of means to unlock and enable. Thanks, -Julia

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[OpenStack Foundation] [Diversity] Diversity & Inclusion Meeting 12/7
by Amy Marrich 04 Dec '20

04 Dec '20

The Diversity & Inclusion WG invites members of all OSF projects to our next meeting Monday, December 7th, at 17:00 UTC in the #openstack-diversity channel. The agenda can be found at https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/diversity -wg-agenda. Please feel free to add any other topics you wish to discuss at the meeting. Thanks, Amy (spotz)

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