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OpenStack Board needs Consensus Governance
I am humbled by the community support for my election (I finished first in the results) and have been surprised to realize that one of my unlisted credentials, 5 years as Secretary of our local public...
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OSCBM Seeking Community Input for Long Board Meetings and Candlelight Coding...
Happy OpenStack Foundation Launch Day! I’m a little breathless at OpenStack’s sponsored sprint to foundationhood but very proud to be part of the process (you can be too!). Just looking at the...
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OpenStack Summit: Let’s talk DevOps, Fog, Upgrades, Crowbar & Dell
If you are coming to the OpenStack summit in San Diego next week then please find me at the show! I want to hear from you about the Foundation, community, OpenStack deployments, Crowbar and anything...
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Impressions from OpenStack Foundation board meeting 10/15
I spent the first day of the OpenStack summit doing my service as a Foundation board member. While you need to wait for a summary by Jonathan Bryce, the Foundation Executive Director, and/or the...
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Seeking OpenStack Foundation Board Seat for 2013 (please nominate me)
I am seeking another term on the OpenStack Foundation Board. Please consider nominating me for this position. The following is the profile information I provided as part of the nomination process. If...
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Interview Transcript about OpenStack, Foundation, Dell & Crowbar
Rafael Knuth (@RafaelKnuth with Dell as EMEA Social Media Community Manager) has set an ambitious objective to interview all 24 of the OpenStack Foundation Board members. I have the privilege of...
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OpenStack Board Interview Series by Rafael Knuth
Rafael Knuth (@RafaelKnuth with Dell as EMEA Social Media Community Manager) has set an ambitious objective to interview all 24 of the OpenStack Foundation Board members. I had the privilege of being...
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OpenStack Board Voting Starts! Three thoughts about the board and election
1/18 Note: I was re-elected! Thanks everyone for your support. OpenStack Foundation members, I have three requests for you: vote (ballots went out by email already and expire on Friday) vote for me...
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Baking for the OpenStack board meeting on Tues
I have it on good authority from some people at my work that feet taste delicious. I figured I should share.
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OpenStack’s next hurdle: Interoperability. Why should you care?
SXSW life size Newton’s Cradle The OpenStack Board spent several hours (yes, hours) discussing interoperability related topics at the last board meeting. Fundamentally, the community benefits when...
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We need better Gold Member criteria to help building OpenStack culture
During last OpenStack board meeting, we started a dialog that will be continued over the rest of the year. It concerns how/if we should apply our criteria to measure the contributions of companies...
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OpenStack leaders learning by humility, doing and being good partners
With the next OpenStack Board meeting on Thursday (5/30/13 agenda) and Mark McLoughlin’s notes crossing my desk, I was reminded of still open discussion topics around OpenStack leadership. Reminder:...
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Kicking off discussion about OpenStack Core
I’ve been leading an effort with Alan Clark to define “what is OpenStack core” for the Foundation Board. Now that I am sitting here at OSCON and celebrating OpenStack’s third birthday, I think it’s a...
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What makes OpenStack meaningful to the market?
THIS POST IS #2 IN A SERIES ABOUT “WHAT IS CORE.” What gives a project a strong core? A strong project has utility, community, and longevity. Utility, community and longevity are the fundamental...
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Introducing the OpenStack Spider Graph: untangling our web of interdependencies
This post is #2 in a series about “what is core.” One of the OpenStack Foundation’s most fundamental responsibilities is to define “what is core” for the OpenStack project. A simple yet urgent...
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My insights from OpenStack “what is core” Spider > we need pluggable...
THIS POST IS #3 IN A SERIES ABOUT “WHAT IS CORE.” So what did we learn from the spider map exercise? Above all else, the spider confirmed that to me that OpenStack is a world of paradox. The perfect...
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Twelve straw man positions to frame OpenStack “what is core” discussion
THIS POST IS #4 IN A SERIES ABOUT “WHAT IS CORE.” It’s time to move to the what from the how and why. In my experience discussing the framework, it’s important to understand the context at this point...
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Community dialogue around “What is Core” positions
THIS POST IS #5 IN A SERIES ABOUT “WHAT IS CORE.” The OpenStack Foundation Board has been having a broadening conservation about this topic. Feeling left out? Please don’t be! Now is the time to...
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Visualizing the OpenStack Core discussion points
THIS POST IS #6 IN A SERIES ABOUT “WHAT IS CORE.” As we take the OpenStack Core discussion to a larger audience, I was asked to create the summary version the discussion points. We needed a quick...
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OpenStack’s Test Driven Core > it’s where I think “what is core” discussions...
THIS POST IS #7 IN A SERIES ABOUT “WHAT IS CORE.” In helping drive OpenStack’s “what is core” dialog, I’ve had the privilege of listening to a lot of viewpoints about what we are and should be....
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