Hello Everyone! I would like to declare my candidacy for the Technical Committee. I joined the CERN OpenStack team in 2014, initially to help with the operations of the storage components (Cinder, later Manila), and since 2016 I am looking after the overall operations of our cloud infrastructure service here at CERN. As part of this operational role, I have contributed upstream to several projects [1], recently mostly to Ironic which I help as a core member since about three years. I chair the Bare Metal SIG [2] since its inception, and together with other community members I am trying to establish it as a forum to promote the use of OpenStack for bare metal use cases [3] and to help new users to get started. Presentations at several summits [4] and regular blog posts [5] are examples of how I share the operational challenges and the solutions we apply in our cloud, in the hope these are helpful to other deployers in the same way we profit from them sharing their experiences. The combination of running an in-production OpenStack deployment downstream while interacting with core developers and the overall community upstream is something that I've enjoyed _a lot_ since several years now. I see how real-life input can be essential for upstream projects to move forward, set priorities, or maintain momentum. Equally, interaction with a responsive community where feedback is turned into tangible improvements is a valuable asset for any deployment. This positive experience of being an operator/developer hybrid in the OpenStack community is something I would like to bring to the TC, assisting with the ongoing (but continuous) effort to engage operators and help when global technical issues need to be sorted. I am sure being a member of the TC and helping with its work comes with a learning curve, but I'd be happy to contribute where I can. Thanks for reading and your consideration! Arne Wiebalck IRC (OFTC): arne_wiebalck [1] https://www.stackalytics.io/?metric=commits&release=all&user_id=arne-wiebalck [2] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/bare-metal-sig [3] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKqaoAnDyfgoBFAjUvZGjKXQjogWZBLL_ [4] https://www.openstack.org/videos/search?search=wiebalck [5] https://techblog.web.cern.ch/techblog/