From 3676e94728565480b58d7c2546f73fc272d086d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Faulkner Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 14:05:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add Jay Faulkner TC Candidacy Change-Id: I7bcf10611b93a3db21b75a9f7e280a4689c2dff3 --- candidates/antelope/TC/jay@jvf.cc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/antelope/TC/jay@jvf.cc diff --git a/candidates/antelope/TC/jay@jvf.cc b/candidates/antelope/TC/jay@jvf.cc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..15fe3879 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/antelope/TC/jay@jvf.cc @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +OpenStackers, + +I would like to submit my candidacy to serve on the TC. + +Back in 2010, I was sitting in the rally room at Rackspace Blacksburg when our +leaders told us that we were going to open source some of our cloud software +along with Nasa. At the time; I was starstruck. Open source software had given +me the opportunity to have a career, and now, I was getting to see a new +project born. It'd be 2014 before I would actually get to work on OpenStack, +but that moment is seared in my memory as something special. + +Twelve years later -- eight of them spent working in and around OpenStack, I +find myself in a position to serve the project that I looked at with such wide +eyes early in my career. + +One of OpenStack's true strengths has always been diversity of ideas and +contributions. My main motivation in running for TC is to ensure that we hang +on to that strength for as long as possible. I believe that having more +independent voices on the TC is one way we can do that. + +What enables me to be an independent voice? My employer, G-Research Open Source +Software, supports the operation of OpenStack without it being a part of their +core business. OpenStack is a tool used, just like so many other companies, as +part of their workflow to get things done. This is important because it +demonstrates what they're not: a vendor, hosting service, or reseller of +OpenStack -- but just a company that is built with OpenStack as an +infrastructure piece. This means I can leave my "upstream hat" on 24/7 -- a +luxury that is rare in open source. + +The last eight years working on OpenStack, and Ironic specifically, have been +formative to my career, and to me personally. I have made and connected with +friendships that will hopefully outlast the computers we all provision +together. The OpenStack community has always been kind to me, and if given the +opportunity, I'll do everything I can to repay that kindness and ensure the +community remains welcoming during my tenure on the TC. + +Thanks for reading, +Jay Faulkner +IRC: JayF \ No newline at end of file