From juliaashleykreger at gmail.com  Thu Oct 21 13:22:24 2021
From: juliaashleykreger at gmail.com (Julia Kreger)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:22:24 -0400
Subject: [Foundation Board] OpenInfra Board Meeting, October 26th,
 2021 at 2100 UTC
Message-ID: <CAF7gwdiSJHhnbvtkgmKskEzmxQBp90c0-R73pU5fm6fvy4Lgzw@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings Foundation Members,

The next meeting of the Open Infrastructure Foundation Board of
Directors is this upcoming October 26th.
In addition to our regular updates, we will have some discussion of
2022 planning leading up to our final meeting of 2021 in December.

Meeting date: October 26th, 2021
Time: 2100-2300 UTC / 2PM-4PM US Pacific

Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96201224963
International dial-in (audio only): https://zoom.us/zoomconference
(conference ID #962 0122 4963)
To join the session by phone only:
    +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) OR
    +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
    Meeting ID: 962 0122 4963

Agenda:

https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/26Oct2021BoardMeeting

Thanks,
Julia


From allison at lohutok.net  Wed Oct 27 17:13:48 2021
From: allison at lohutok.net (Allison Randal)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:13:48 -0400
Subject: [Foundation Board] OIF bylaws text changes for gender neutrality
Message-ID: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>

Hi all,

In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working group
proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in December.

I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all comments
are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:

a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.

b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all cases
where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or hers",
"he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.

While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't universal, it
is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an explicit
statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as needed:
"6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the
identity of the person or persons may require."


The updates change a few words in protected sections of the bylaws, so
after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these changes
in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January before
the changes are fully reviewed and approved.

Thanks,
Allison
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From sean.mcginnis at gmail.com  Wed Oct 27 17:31:58 2021
From: sean.mcginnis at gmail.com (Sean McGinnis)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:31:58 -0500
Subject: [Foundation Board] OIF bylaws text changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
Message-ID: <CALvgmaRYo2BLETkOhtpw8ArG0MqAY=NAUmuC9VkfrBrwVHiZ7g@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.

Sean

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working group
> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in December.
>
> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all comments
> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>
> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>
> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all cases
> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or hers",
> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>
> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't universal, it
> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an explicit
> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as needed:
> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the
> identity of the person or persons may require."
>
>
> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the bylaws, so
> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these changes
> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January before
> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>
> Thanks,
> Allison
> _______________________________________________
> Foundation-board mailing list
> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>
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From mnaser at vexxhost.com  Wed Oct 27 17:39:29 2021
From: mnaser at vexxhost.com (Mohammed Naser)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:39:29 -0400
Subject: [Foundation Board] OIF bylaws text changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <CALvgmaRYo2BLETkOhtpw8ArG0MqAY=NAUmuC9VkfrBrwVHiZ7g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
 <CALvgmaRYo2BLETkOhtpw8ArG0MqAY=NAUmuC9VkfrBrwVHiZ7g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEs876jULZ7yGf_bdx-Yzaf3iKy7PpJhcFDRVit+JfKrL0wO_Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi:

It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
reports.  Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?

Thanks,
MOhammed

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>
> Sean
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working group
>> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in December.
>>
>> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all comments
>> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>
>> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>
>> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all cases
>> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or hers",
>> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>
>> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't universal, it
>> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an explicit
>> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as needed:
>> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the
>> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>
>>
>> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the bylaws, so
>> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these changes
>> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January before
>> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Allison
>> _______________________________________________
>> Foundation-board mailing list
>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foundation-board mailing list
> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board



-- 
Mohammed Naser
VEXXHOST, Inc.


From allison at lohutok.net  Wed Oct 27 18:26:06 2021
From: allison at lohutok.net (Allison Randal)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:26:06 -0400
Subject: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text
 changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <CAFwie9XfwxpMn1_o6JerNx8k11EB-To7xM=G6gBab5MWVM741Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
 <CALvgmaRYo2BLETkOhtpw8ArG0MqAY=NAUmuC9VkfrBrwVHiZ7g@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEs876jULZ7yGf_bdx-Yzaf3iKy7PpJhcFDRVit+JfKrL0wO_Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAFwie9XfwxpMn1_o6JerNx8k11EB-To7xM=G6gBab5MWVM741Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <e700b58f-f09b-067c-7cee-0d7636f226b5@lohutok.net>

The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
website version of the bylaws:

https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct

It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.

On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:
> Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)
> 
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser at vexxhost.com
> <mailto:mnaser at vexxhost.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi:
> 
>     It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
>     listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
>     reports.? Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     MOhammed
> 
>     On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
>     <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>     >
>     > Sean
>     >
>     > On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal
>     <allison at lohutok.net <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Hi all,
>     >>
>     >> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working
>     group
>     >> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>     >> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>     >> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>     >> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in
>     December.
>     >>
>     >> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all
>     comments
>     >> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>     >>
>     >> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>     >>
>     >> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>     >> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all
>     cases
>     >> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or
>     hers",
>     >> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>     >>
>     >> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't
>     universal, it
>     >> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an
>     explicit
>     >> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as
>     needed:
>     >> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>     >> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,
>     as the
>     >> identity of the person or persons may require."
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the
>     bylaws, so
>     >> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>     >> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these
>     changes
>     >> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>     >> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January
>     before
>     >> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>     >>
>     >> Thanks,
>     >> Allison
>     >> _______________________________________________
>     >> Foundation-board mailing list
>     >> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>     <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>     >>
>     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>     <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>     >
>     > _______________________________________________
>     > Foundation-board mailing list
>     > Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>     <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>     >
>     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>     <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Mohammed Naser
>     VEXXHOST, Inc.
> 
>     _______________________________________________
>     Foundation mailing list
>     Foundation at lists.openstack.org <mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
>     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
>     <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> *Robert Cathey*
> Cathey.co <http://cathey.co/>
> +1 865-386-6118
> @robertcathey <http://www.twitter.com/robertcathey>


From tim.bell at cern.ch  Wed Oct 27 18:29:55 2021
From: tim.bell at cern.ch (Tim Bell)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:29:55 +0200
Subject: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text
 changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <e700b58f-f09b-067c-7cee-0d7636f226b5@lohutok.net>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
 <CALvgmaRYo2BLETkOhtpw8ArG0MqAY=NAUmuC9VkfrBrwVHiZ7g@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEs876jULZ7yGf_bdx-Yzaf3iKy7PpJhcFDRVit+JfKrL0wO_Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAFwie9XfwxpMn1_o6JerNx8k11EB-To7xM=G6gBab5MWVM741Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <e700b58f-f09b-067c-7cee-0d7636f226b5@lohutok.net>
Message-ID: <0846AC45-B770-4A36-A5DC-E2EC6976A515@cern.ch>

Could we have a generic page which all the various references could post to which, initially, would contain Jonathan/Alison ?

This would save having to update all the documents each time there is a change.

Initial contents could be 

"If you believe that the OpenInfra Code of Conduct is being violated, you are being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the Foundation staff immediately via phone or email.
The Foundation staff (?Staff?) who manage these issues have the following contact information:

Jonathan Bryce, jonathan at openinfra.dev <mailto:jonathan at openinfra.dev>, cell # +1-210-317-2438
Allison Price, allison at openinfra.dev <mailto:allison at openinfra.dev>, cell # +1-214-686-6821?
Tim

> On 27 Oct 2021, at 20:26, Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net> wrote:
> 
> The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
> website version of the bylaws:
> 
> https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct
> 
> It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
> 'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
> for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
> for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
> so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.
> 
> On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:
>> Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)
>> 
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser at vexxhost.com
>> <mailto:mnaser at vexxhost.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi:
>> 
>>    It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
>>    listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
>>    reports.  Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?
>> 
>>    Thanks,
>>    MOhammed
>> 
>>    On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
>>    <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>>> 
>>> Sean
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal
>>    <allison at lohutok.net <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working
>>    group
>>>> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>>>> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>>>> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>>>> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in
>>    December.
>>>> 
>>>> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all
>>    comments
>>>> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>>> 
>>>> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>>> 
>>>> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>>>> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all
>>    cases
>>>> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or
>>    hers",
>>>> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>>> 
>>>> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't
>>    universal, it
>>>> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an
>>    explicit
>>>> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as
>>    needed:
>>>> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>>>> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,
>>    as the
>>>> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the
>>    bylaws, so
>>>> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>>>> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these
>>    changes
>>>> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>>>> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January
>>    before
>>>> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Allison
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>    <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>> 
>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>    <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>> 
>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    -- 
>>    Mohammed Naser
>>    VEXXHOST, Inc.
>> 
>>    _______________________________________________
>>    Foundation mailing list
>>    Foundation at lists.openstack.org <mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> *Robert Cathey*
>> Cathey.co <http://cathey.co/>
>> +1 865-386-6118
>> @robertcathey <http://www.twitter.com/robertcathey>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Foundation-board mailing list
> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board

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From amy at demarco.com  Wed Oct 27 18:46:52 2021
From: amy at demarco.com (Amy)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:46:52 -0500
Subject: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text
 changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <0846AC45-B770-4A36-A5DC-E2EC6976A515@cern.ch>
References: <0846AC45-B770-4A36-A5DC-E2EC6976A515@cern.ch>
Message-ID: <A9E0FEA0-9A88-4BAF-8B0F-25213B7A4B61@demarco.com>

Good catch Mohammed and I like Tim?s idea of referring to something outside the Bylaws so it would not require a change if the contacts changed.

Amt

> 
> On Oct 27, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Tim Bell <tim.bell at cern.ch> wrote:
> 
> ?Could we have a generic page which all the various references could post to which, initially, would contain Jonathan/Alison ?
> 
> This would save having to update all the documents each time there is a change.
> 
> Initial contents could be 
> 
> "If you believe that the OpenInfra Code of Conduct is being violated, you are being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the Foundation staff immediately via phone or email.
> The Foundation staff (?Staff?) who manage these issues have the following contact information:
> 
> Jonathan Bryce, jonathan at openinfra.dev, cell # +1-210-317-2438
> Allison Price, allison at openinfra.dev, cell # +1-214-686-6821?
> Tim
> 
>> On 27 Oct 2021, at 20:26, Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net> wrote:
>> 
>> The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
>> website version of the bylaws:
>> 
>> https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct
>> 
>> It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
>> 'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
>> for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
>> for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
>> so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.
>> 
>>> On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:
>>> Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser at vexxhost.com
>>> <mailto:mnaser at vexxhost.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>    Hi:
>>> 
>>>    It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
>>>    listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
>>>    reports.  Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?
>>> 
>>>    Thanks,
>>>    MOhammed
>>> 
>>>>    On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
>>>>    <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>>>> 
>>>> Sean
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal
>>>    <allison at lohutok.net <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working
>>>    group
>>>>> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>>>>> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>>>>> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>>>>> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in
>>>    December.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all
>>>    comments
>>>>> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>>>> 
>>>>> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>>>> 
>>>>> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>>>>> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all
>>>    cases
>>>>> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or
>>>    hers",
>>>>> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>>>> 
>>>>> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't
>>>    universal, it
>>>>> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an
>>>    explicit
>>>>> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as
>>>    needed:
>>>>> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>>>>> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,
>>>    as the
>>>>> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the
>>>    bylaws, so
>>>>> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>>>>> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these
>>>    changes
>>>>> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>>>>> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January
>>>    before
>>>>> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Allison
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>>    <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>> 
>>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>>    <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>> 
>>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    -- 
>>>    Mohammed Naser
>>>    VEXXHOST, Inc.
>>> 
>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>    Foundation mailing list
>>>    Foundation at lists.openstack.org <mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
>>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
>>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> *Robert Cathey*
>>> Cathey.co <http://cathey.co/>
>>> +1 865-386-6118
>>> @robertcathey <http://www.twitter.com/robertcathey>
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Foundation-board mailing list
>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From allison at lohutok.net  Wed Oct 27 18:58:28 2021
From: allison at lohutok.net (Allison Randal)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:58:28 -0400
Subject: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text
 changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <e700b58f-f09b-067c-7cee-0d7636f226b5@lohutok.net>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
 <CALvgmaRYo2BLETkOhtpw8ArG0MqAY=NAUmuC9VkfrBrwVHiZ7g@mail.gmail.com>
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Here's an updated redline PDF that drops appendix 6 (where the code of
contact contacts were listed), since there weren't any language changes
to review in that appendix anyway.

On 10/27/21 2:26 PM, Allison Randal wrote:
> The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
> website version of the bylaws:
> 
> https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct
> 
> It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
> 'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
> for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
> for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
> so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.
> 
> On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:
>> Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser at vexxhost.com
>> <mailto:mnaser at vexxhost.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi:
>>
>>     It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
>>     listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
>>     reports.? Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     MOhammed
>>
>>     On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
>>     <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     > Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>>     >
>>     > Sean
>>     >
>>     > On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal
>>     <allison at lohutok.net <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >> Hi all,
>>     >>
>>     >> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working
>>     group
>>     >> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>>     >> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>>     >> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>>     >> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in
>>     December.
>>     >>
>>     >> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all
>>     comments
>>     >> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>     >>
>>     >> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>     >>
>>     >> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>>     >> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all
>>     cases
>>     >> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or
>>     hers",
>>     >> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>     >>
>>     >> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't
>>     universal, it
>>     >> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an
>>     explicit
>>     >> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as
>>     needed:
>>     >> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>>     >> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,
>>     as the
>>     >> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the
>>     bylaws, so
>>     >> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>>     >> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these
>>     changes
>>     >> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>>     >> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January
>>     before
>>     >> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>     >>
>>     >> Thanks,
>>     >> Allison
>>     >> _______________________________________________
>>     >> Foundation-board mailing list
>>     >> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>     <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>     >>
>>     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>     <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>     >
>>     > _______________________________________________
>>     > Foundation-board mailing list
>>     > Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>     <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>     >
>>     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>     <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Mohammed Naser
>>     VEXXHOST, Inc.
>>
>>     _______________________________________________
>>     Foundation mailing list
>>     Foundation at lists.openstack.org <mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
>>     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
>>     <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> *Robert Cathey*
>> Cathey.co <http://cathey.co/>
>> +1 865-386-6118
>> @robertcathey <http://www.twitter.com/robertcathey>
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From allison at lohutok.net  Wed Oct 27 19:12:15 2021
From: allison at lohutok.net (Allison Randal)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:12:15 -0400
Subject: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text
 changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <0846AC45-B770-4A36-A5DC-E2EC6976A515@cern.ch>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
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Message-ID: <2e4e1ae3-d12b-c31c-da9a-5626edbc3d04@lohutok.net>

I can totally see the logic in the suggestion. But, unfortunately I
don't think there's any way to avoid the fact that the website is the
best format for public viewing of the legal documents, while
LibreOffice/Word is the best format for legal/community review and
voting on changes.

Diff tools at least make it straightforward to compare the two formats
and make sure we keep them in sync. (The real magic would be keeping a
master copy in markdown or some other general markup language, and
generating HTML/ODF/PDF from the master, but that's almost certainly
overkill.)

On 10/27/21 2:29 PM, Tim Bell wrote:
> Could we have a generic page which all the various references could post
> to which, initially, would contain Jonathan/Alison ?
> 
> This would save having to update all the documents each time there is a
> change.
> 
> Initial contents could be?
> 
> "If you believe that the OpenInfra Code of Conduct is being violated,
> you are being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a
> member of the Foundation staff immediately via phone or email.
> 
> The Foundation staff (?Staff?) who manage these issues have the
> following contact information:
> 
>   * Jonathan Bryce,?jonathan at openinfra.dev
>     <mailto:jonathan at openinfra.dev>, cell # +1-210-317-2438
>   * Allison Price,?allison at openinfra.dev <mailto:allison at openinfra.dev>,
>     cell # +1-214-686-6821?
> 
> Tim
> 
>> On 27 Oct 2021, at 20:26, Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net
>> <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>
>> The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
>> website version of the bylaws:
>>
>> https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct
>> <https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct>
>>
>> It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
>> 'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
>> for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
>> for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
>> so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.
>>
>> On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:
>>> Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser at vexxhost.com
>>> <mailto:mnaser at vexxhost.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> ???Hi:
>>>
>>> ???It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
>>> ???listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
>>> ???reports.? Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?
>>>
>>> ???Thanks,
>>> ???MOhammed
>>>
>>> ???On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
>>> ???<sean.mcginnis at gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>>>>
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal
>>> ???<allison at lohutok.net <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working
>>> ???group
>>>>> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>>>>> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>>>>> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>>>>> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in
>>> ???December.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all
>>> ???comments
>>>>> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>>>>
>>>>> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>>>>
>>>>> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>>>>> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all
>>> ???cases
>>>>> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or
>>> ???hers",
>>>>> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>>>>
>>>>> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't
>>> ???universal, it
>>>>> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an
>>> ???explicit
>>>>> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as
>>> ???needed:
>>>>> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>>>>> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,
>>> ???as the
>>>>> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the
>>> ???bylaws, so
>>>>> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>>>>> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these
>>> ???changes
>>>>> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>>>>> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January
>>> ???before
>>>>> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Allison
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>> ???<mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>>
>>> ???http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>> ???<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>> ???<mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>
>>> ???http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>> ???<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ???--
>>> ???Mohammed Naser
>>> ???VEXXHOST, Inc.
>>>
>>> ???_______________________________________________
>>> ???Foundation mailing list
>>> ???Foundation at lists.openstack.org <mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
>>> ???http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
>>> ???<http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> *Robert Cathey*
>>> Cathey.co <http://cathey.co/>
>>> +1 865-386-6118
>>> @robertcathey <http://www.twitter.com/robertcathey>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Foundation-board mailing list
>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Foundation-board mailing list
> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
> 


From tim.bell at cern.ch  Wed Oct 27 19:18:21 2021
From: tim.bell at cern.ch (Tim Bell)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:18:21 +0200
Subject: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] OIF bylaws text
 changes for gender neutrality
In-Reply-To: <2e4e1ae3-d12b-c31c-da9a-5626edbc3d04@lohutok.net>
References: <83fe3dd3-212e-c77b-4d4f-14f75dfac46a@lohutok.net>
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 <CAEs876jULZ7yGf_bdx-Yzaf3iKy7PpJhcFDRVit+JfKrL0wO_Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAFwie9XfwxpMn1_o6JerNx8k11EB-To7xM=G6gBab5MWVM741Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <e700b58f-f09b-067c-7cee-0d7636f226b5@lohutok.net>
 <0846AC45-B770-4A36-A5DC-E2EC6976A515@cern.ch>
 <2e4e1ae3-d12b-c31c-da9a-5626edbc3d04@lohutok.net>
Message-ID: <613E9BC0-894E-42F5-9CBC-9363B4E918FE@cern.ch>

As the foundation emphasising automated agile development and for multiple continuous integration projects with testing pipelines at the scale we are, I would be hopeful that we could do something dynamic with the bylaws ?.

Tim

> On 27 Oct 2021, at 21:12, Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net> wrote:
> 
> I can totally see the logic in the suggestion. But, unfortunately I
> don't think there's any way to avoid the fact that the website is the
> best format for public viewing of the legal documents, while
> LibreOffice/Word is the best format for legal/community review and
> voting on changes.
> 
> Diff tools at least make it straightforward to compare the two formats
> and make sure we keep them in sync. (The real magic would be keeping a
> master copy in markdown or some other general markup language, and
> generating HTML/ODF/PDF from the master, but that's almost certainly
> overkill.)
> 
> On 10/27/21 2:29 PM, Tim Bell wrote:
>> Could we have a generic page which all the various references could post
>> to which, initially, would contain Jonathan/Alison ?
>> 
>> This would save having to update all the documents each time there is a
>> change.
>> 
>> Initial contents could be 
>> 
>> "If you believe that the OpenInfra Code of Conduct is being violated,
>> you are being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a
>> member of the Foundation staff immediately via phone or email.
>> 
>> The Foundation staff (?Staff?) who manage these issues have the
>> following contact information:
>> 
>>  * Jonathan Bryce, jonathan at openinfra.dev
>>    <mailto:jonathan at openinfra.dev>, cell # +1-210-317-2438
>>  * Allison Price, allison at openinfra.dev <mailto:allison at openinfra.dev>,
>>    cell # +1-214-686-6821?
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>>> On 27 Oct 2021, at 20:26, Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net
>>> <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
>>> website version of the bylaws:
>>> 
>>> https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct
>>> <https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct>
>>> 
>>> It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
>>> 'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
>>> for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
>>> for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
>>> so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.
>>> 
>>> On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:
>>>> Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser at vexxhost.com
>>>> <mailto:mnaser at vexxhost.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>    Hi:
>>>> 
>>>>    It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
>>>>    listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
>>>>    reports.  Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?
>>>> 
>>>>    Thanks,
>>>>    MOhammed
>>>> 
>>>>    On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
>>>>    <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sean
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal
>>>>    <allison at lohutok.net <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working
>>>>    group
>>>>>> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>>>>>> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>>>>>> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>>>>>> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in
>>>>    December.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all
>>>>    comments
>>>>>> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>>>>>> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all
>>>>    cases
>>>>>> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or
>>>>    hers",
>>>>>> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't
>>>>    universal, it
>>>>>> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an
>>>>    explicit
>>>>>> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as
>>>>    needed:
>>>>>> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>>>>>> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,
>>>>    as the
>>>>>> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the
>>>>    bylaws, so
>>>>>> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>>>>>> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these
>>>>    changes
>>>>>> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>>>>>> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January
>>>>    before
>>>>>> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Allison
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>>>    <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>>> 
>>>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>>>    <mailto:Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>> 
>>>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>    --
>>>>    Mohammed Naser
>>>>    VEXXHOST, Inc.
>>>> 
>>>>    _______________________________________________
>>>>    Foundation mailing list
>>>>    Foundation at lists.openstack.org <mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
>>>>    http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
>>>>    <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> *Robert Cathey*
>>>> Cathey.co <http://cathey.co/>
>>>> +1 865-386-6118
>>>> @robertcathey <http://www.twitter.com/robertcathey>
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Foundation-board mailing list
>>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Foundation-board mailing list
>> Foundation-board at lists.openstack.org
>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
>>