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1、openstack foundation updateboris rzer0tweetszer0tweets/mailinglists /governance/foundationroad to the foundationannounced plans october 2011 to start foundation in 2012spent remainder of 2011 researching foundation models, talking with the communitykic

2、ked off formation process in january, developing a mission, structure and funding modellined up companies willing to express their commitment to the proposed structure and funding requirements. announced 19 companies in aprilformed drafting committee to create legal documents for review published th

3、ree drafts and revisions of bylaws in april, june and july incorporating community and drafting committee feedbackfinalized legal documents july 13estimated completion and transition in fall of 2012foundation mission the openstack foundation is an independent body providing shared resources to help

4、achieve the openstack mission by protectingprotecting, empoweringempowering, and promotingpromoting openstack software and the community around it, including users, developers and the entire ecosystem. latest: /governance/foundation/missionopenstack todaytodaytodayelected pro

5、ject technical leads (ptls) elected project technical leads (ptls) make project-level decisions. project policy board project policy board oversees entire set of openstack projects (ppb)rackspace rackspace “ “project managesproject manages” ” including community management, release management, marke

6、ting, pr, and event management. rackspace also owns the trademark owns the trademark, and is responsible for overall governance policy.responsible for overall governance policy.foundation planning goalsfoundation planning goals1.1.preserve working processes & commitment to meritocracypreserve wo

7、rking processes & commitment to meritocracy2.2.create entity with responsibility for role rackspace has playedcreate entity with responsibility for role rackspace has playedtechnical governancetechnical governancecommunity building, community building, legal oversight, etclegal oversight, etcope

8、nstack in foundation worldtodaytodayelected project technical leads (ptls) elected project technical leads (ptls) make project-level decisions. project policy board project policy board oversees entire set of openstack projects (ppb)rackspace rackspace “ “project managesproject manages” ” including

9、community management, release management, marketing, pr, and event management. rackspace also owns the trademark owns the trademark, and is responsible for overall governance policy.responsible for overall governance policy.foundation worldtransition responsibility from rackspace to foundation “tech

10、nical committee” name, minor changesno changefoundation planning goalsfoundation planning goals1.1.preserve working processes & commitment to meritocracypreserve working processes & commitment to meritocracy2.2.create entity with responsibility for role rackspace has playedcreate entity with

11、 responsibility for role rackspace has playedtechnical governancetechnical governance1 12 2community building, community building, legal oversight, etclegal oversight, etc2 2foundation approachprovide a permanent legal home for openstack, with broad industry support and the resources to support open

12、stacks successwhile preserving whats working a.k.a. the “openstack way”technical people making technical decisions based on meritdedicated resources building the community and ecosystema strong ecosystem of companies making moneyencouraging and rewarding contribution in all forms, such as testing, d

13、ocumenting, translating, integrating, extending, educating, financing, training, supporting, facilitating, evangelizing, designing, or art making.always maintaining the proper balance between the individuals who invest their time and effort, and the companies who build businesses.foundation services

14、 large scale testing large scale testing and continuous integration coordinationtools to help developers tools to help developers contribute code easily event management event management (summit & conf, other regional events)legallegal (cla process, trademark management & defense)educational

15、 resources educational resources to help developers, sys admins, users, cios, evaluate and implement openstack promotion of the openstack brandpromotion of the openstack brand, including webinars, case studies, tco studies, user interviews, and press outreach for member companies to leverage when pr

16、omoting their openstack-powered products promotion of ecosystem promotion of ecosystem building openstack businessesstate of openstackstate of openstack” ” reports reports covering topics like the openstack jobs outlook, openstack economic impactmembership of the foundation: three typesindividual me

17、mbersindividual members who participate on their own or as part of their paid employment. its free to join as an individual member and individual members have the right to run for, and vote for, a number of leadership positions. ” ”platinum membersplatinum members” are companies which make a signifi

18、cant strategic commitment to openstack in funding and resources. platinum members each appoint a representative to the board of directorsat&t, canonical, hp, ibm, nebula, rackspace, red hat, and suse have announced intent to become platinum members” ”gold membersgold members” ” are companies whi

19、ch provide funding and resources, but at a lower level than platinum members. associate members as a class elect representatives to the board of directors. cisco, clearpath networks, cloudscaling, dell, dreamhost, itri, mirantis, morphlabs, netapp, piston cloud computing and yahoo! have announced in

20、tent to become gold memberstechnical governancestructure: /governance/foundation/structureproject technical leadselected by core code contributors every 6 months prior to design summits set technical direction for the project they leadmake tough calls when needednet:net: most

21、 of the technical decisions made on a day-to-day basis are made by this person, who is elected by the technical communityactual ptltechnical committeeresponsibilitiesresponsibilitiesartist formerly known as the project policy board (ppb)set technical policies that cross projects, work with ptlsdeter

22、mine which new projects are “incubated”recommend which “incubated” projects should become “core” openstackactual openstack developercorporate governanceboard of directorsresponsibilitiesresponsibilitiesoversees foundation operationssets overall budget & goalsadvocates for the foundation and the

23、entire openstack communitymembership membership individual members elect 1/3 of the seats (8)gold members elect 1/3 of the seats (8)platinum members appoint 1/3 of the seats (8) members must follow a code of conduct, committing to advancing openstack, staying active in the community, and performing

24、their duties with integrityno one company may control more than two board seats not an actual board memberstructure summaryppbppb transitions to technical committee technical committee and retains oversight over technical matters. it is independentindependent, meritocratic meritocratic, with the abi

25、lity to change own structure and processes. ptlsptls continue to lead lead individual projectsindividual projectsboard of directors board of directors and executive director executive director provide legal management of organization, manage financial resourcesuser committee user committee to provid

26、e feedback and input on directionlegal affairs committeelegal affairs committee to manage cla, devise overall ip strategythree classes of membersthree classes of membersplatinum members platinum members small number of companies who make a strategic commitment in funding and resourcesgold membersgol

27、d members a larger number of companies who also make a commitment in funding & resources, but less than platinumindividual members individual members who participate, free to join, sign code of conduct, vote, etckey policies require supermajority supermajority approval to changeoperationsfoundat

28、ion roles executive director hires & manages staff, reports to board executive director hires & manages staff, reports to board small, focused teamsmall, focused teamemployed and non-employed resourcesemployed and non-employed resourcesmost important employed positionsemployed positions are

29、focused on coordinating the larger community in an independent way (e.g. community management, release management, marketing/event management, certification). report to executive director. non-employeesnon-employees may still occupy official officesofficial offices without being on payroll.legal aff

30、airs legal affairs will likely require an independent attorney; possibly outside counsel on retainer.were hiring!email major milestonesjuly 13: finalized legal documentsjuly 18: initial platinum, gold & individual membership sign up period opensjuly 18: nomination period for ind

31、ividual member board directors opensaugust 6: nomination period for individual member board directors closesaugust 15august 15: initial platinum, gold & individual membership signup period membership signup period closesclosesaugust 20-24: gold & individual board director electionsaugust 28: initial board meeting teleconference operational setupseptember 2012: foundation operationaloctober 2012: first regular board meeting at openstack summitindividual member benefits & res