hi Boris, thanks for pushing this forward. While silent on this list, I searched and found representatives from the Asia/Pacific community too. Yoyo Chiang from ITRI in Taiwan and Masanori Itoh from NTT-Data in Japan have interesting stories to share and they may want to give an update on stories from APAC/APEC area.
I think we should use the occasion to hear stories and opinions from various parts of the world. Is Lance based in Europe? /stef On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 17:13 -0700, Boris Renski wrote: > Gentlemen, > > > > I think it's time for us to organize ourselves and start prepping for > the upcoming panel. At this point the first step is to finalize our > panelists. If there are no objections by the end of tomorrow, I'd like > for us to fix the participants as follows: > > > > Moderator: Stefano > > > > Panelists: > > > > · Joseph George > > · Boris Renski > > · Tristan Goode > > · Lance Galey – unless there are objections, I’d like to > propose him. Lance works for Cisco / WebEx and can talk to Cisco’s > involvement, contributions and investments to evangelize the > community. > > > > Anyone else? > > > > -Boris > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deepak Garg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:41 PM > To: Tristan Goode > Cc: Stefano Maffulli; Boris Renski; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > Kavit > Subject: Re: [Openstack-community] Community discussion panel at > OpenStack.Folsom Conference > > > > No offence taken at all :) > > > > I just wanted to share the updates since Stef mentioned India in the > list. > > > > Please feel free to share any updates or suggestions. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Deepak > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Tristan Goode <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Deepak, > > > > > > My apologies, I have been on Skype just now with Kavit who has > chastised me for not being aware of your significant efforts to build > the community in India! > > > > > > India is a very important part of Aptira's business and I, Kavit and > Aptira are very enthusiastic to support building the OpenStack > community there as much as we can. For our inaugural meetups here we > sought presence from contributing vendors to both talk about their > involvement with OpenStack and importantly show that they were behind > the project in the local area. Between us here and the US groups > perhaps we can help you get representatives from Rackspace, Dell, > Cisco, Juniper, F5, etc as we here did to bolster the event? Adding > that to your Citrix and Prakash's Canonical presence will make for a > great inauguration I think? > > > > > > Cheers > > > Tristan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Deepak Garg [mailto:[email protected]] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012 1:08 PM > > >> To: Tristan Goode > > >> Cc: Stefano Maffulli; Boris Renski; > > >> [email protected]; > > >> [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [Openstack-community] Community discussion panel at > > >> OpenStack.Folsom Conference > > >> > > >> Thanks Tristan and Stef. > > >> > > >> We have been trying to form the Indian community for a year now > and > > >> here are the experiences/updates: > > >> > > >> a. We haven't yet had a formal meetup and this is expected next > month. > > >> b. We tried to have a meetup before for Essex Hack-In and Bug > > >> Squashing Day but couldn't do so because of Site issues and hence > low response. > > >> c. The reason is that people are not on the Openstack Inda ML or > > >> LinkedIn Group or the Meetup Page d. I have been attending a few > > >> other tech meetups lately and was surprised to find the no. of > people > > >> who are interested in the Openstack meetup e. The issue of > > >> Site/infrastructure is now resolved and I am well networked to > them. > > >> f. We are doing an informal meetup at the end of Ubuntu Cloud Day > to > > >> discuss on 'how to stay connected' and find out their roles in > > >> Openstack community (dev/admin/user etc.). > > >> g. Kavit from Aptira is here with full support and hopefully we > > >> should not run into any more problems. > > >> > > >> Please share if you have some suggestions and if we should do > > >> anything differently. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Deepak > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Tristan Goode <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > Hi Stef, > > >> > > > >> > Yes I'd be very interested in joining the panel. Our > presentation > > >> > earlier that > > >> morning will have a chunk devoted to our experiences with the > Aussie > > >> community, and i can report on how over the next couple of weeks > our > > >> Indian head of ops Kavit is working with Prakash from Canonical in > > >> India to grow the Indian community. > > >> > > > >> > Cheers > > >> > Tristan > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Sent from my iPad. > > >> > > > >> > On 03/04/2012, at 6:58 AM, "Stefano Maffulli" > > >> > <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> hello folks > > >> >> > > >> >> the programming committee suggested to merge two proposals > > >> regarding > > >> >> community for the next OpenStack conference. > > >> >> > > >> >> Here is the proposal I originally submitted: > > >> >> > > >> >> OpenStack community is growing at a very fast pace. The > talk > > >> >> will give an overview of this growth, with metrics and > graphs. > > >> >> The role of metrics will be highlighted pointing at what > > >> >> we're > > >> >> currently measuring and what we should be measuring. The > > >> >> session > > >> >> will also highlight a grandiose plan to: > > >> >> > > >> >> * redesign the current community tools and web > properties > > >> >> in > > >> >> order to streamline operation > > >> >> * create local OpenStack ambassadors to help promote > the > > >> >> project worldwide > > >> >> * give recognition to all the people helping in the > > >> >> success > > >> >> of Openstack > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> George Joseph of Dell submitted a related proposal titled > > >> >> "Building Success with Open Source User Groups" > > >> >> > > >> >> Creating a local user group for Open Source projects > > >> >> requires a > > >> >> common focus. Using their experience in forming OpenStack > > >> >> User > > >> >> Groups, Dell will walk you through learned best practices > > >> >> used > > >> >> for establishing user groups for OpenStack. > > >> >> > > >> >> Open Source User Groups are community-based organizations, > > >> >> global in scope. They exist for collaboration, education, > as > > >> >> well as advocacy, and rely on member sponsorship to > support > > >> >> regularly scheduled meetings - or "meetups." > > >> >> > > >> >> The Open Source Initiative defines the importance of open > > >> >> source > > >> >> projects, those projects similar to OpenStack and Hadoop, > > >> >> saying, "Open source is a development method for software > > >> >> that > > >> >> harnesses the power of distributed peer review and > > >> >> transparency > > >> >> of process. The promise of open source is better quality, > > >> >> higher > > >> >> reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to > > >> >> predatory vendor lock-in." > > >> >> > > >> >> Creating a local user group for Open Source projects > > >> >> requires a > > >> >> common focus. If the User Group you are interested in > > >> >> supporting > > >> >> does not yet exist in your area, finding support from > > >> >> existing > > >> >> groups or your local community is made easy with Meetup: > > >> >> http://meetup.com/create. > > >> >> > > >> >> Using their experience in forming OpenStack User Groups, > > >> >> Dell > > >> >> will walk you through the steps used for establishing user > > >> >> groups for Open Source projects. > > >> >> > > >> >> We agreed to merge the two and Mirantis will also join the > panel > > >> >> in order to bring the experience of working with the Russian > community. > > >> >> > > >> >> Is anybody here interested in joining this panel too, > especially > > >> >> to share experience from Asia, India and Europe? > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> We should also come up with an attractive title and a > description: > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > http://openstackconferencespring2012.sched.org/event/eda8d9162bfd04eb > > >> >> 1074ef07daeed890 > > >> >> > > >> >> The panel is scheduled for Friday April 20, 2012 11:30am - > 12:10am > > >> >> > > >> >> thanks, > > >> >> stef > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> -- > > >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > >> >> Post to : [email protected] > > >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > >> > Post to : [email protected] > > >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Deepak Garg, > > >> Data Center and Cloud Div. > > >> Citrix R&D, India > > >> Skype-id: deepakgarg.iit > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Deepak Garg, > > Data Center and Cloud Div. > > Citrix R&D, India > > Skype-id: deepakgarg.iit > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
