Governance/ElectionsSpring2012/Andrew Clay Shafer

Andrew Clay Shafer

(Someone nominated me for Swift PTL, which is flattering, but I am not the best candidate for Swift PTL.)

I'm asking for support on the Project Policy Board.

I believe I have a unique perspective on the OpenStack ecosystem and cloud computing. As a member of the PPB, I would advocate actions that balance a wide range of concerns.

"Since the last elections, what areas have you focused on and what contributions have you made in order to improve OpenStack as a whole?"

Since the last election, my involvement in OpenStack has primarily been helping projects in the ecosystem evaluate deployment options, automate deployments and implement ongoing monitoring and management of running services. I've been involve with a number of OpenStack projects working on related products and services. I'm recently getting involved in the implementation details of Nova and Keystone expecting to make more meaningful contributions in Essex and future releases.

"What are the most pressing/important issues facing OpenStack as a whole?"

Balance and Alignment

OpenStack has a huge opportunity, and the only thing that stands in the way is the same thing that provides the opportunity.

OpenStack has seen amazing interest and the community of developers and user has ballooned, but there are many different perspectives.

From my perspective, this will manifest in two primary ways in the near future. One is in aligning at the organizational level represented by the OpenStack foundation, the second is aligning at the technical level in the various projects.

"What is your relationship to OpenStack & why is its success important to you and/or your company?"