2. OpenStack Foundation

3. Latest: http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/Foundation/Mission
Foundation Mission
The OpenStack Foundation is an independent body providing shared resources to help achieve the OpenStack Mission by Protecting, Empowering, and Promoting OpenStack software and the community around it, including users, developers and the entire ecosystem.
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4. Road to the OpenStack Foundation
April 2012
19 companies announce support for Foundation; form Drafting Committee
October 2011
Announced plans to launch independent Foundation in 2012
July 18, 2012 Final legal documents posted for ratification
Sept 19, 2012
OpenStack Foundation Launch!
Jan/Feb 2012 Created framework for Foundation as a community
June/July 2012 Drafting committee produces and publishes three rounds of legal documents
July 2010 OpenStack community established
August 2012 Individual & Gold Director elections; first Board of Directors meeting

5. Foundation Approach
Provide a permanent legal home for OpenStack, with broad industry support and the resources to support OpenStack’s success
While preserving what’s working – a.k.a. the “OpenStack Way”
Technical people making technical decisions based on merit
Dedicated resources building the community and ecosystem
A strong ecosystem of companies making money
Encouraging and rewarding contribution in all forms

7. Membership of the Foundation: Three types
Individual Members participate in the community on their own or as part of their paid employment. It’s 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 Members are companies that make a significant and strategic commitment to OpenStack in funding and resources. Each of the eight Platinum Members each appoint a representative to the Board of Directors.
AT&T, Canonical, HP, IBM, Nebula, Rackspace, Red Hat, and SUSE
Gold Members are companies that provide funding and resources, but at a lower level than Platinum Members, and fees are on a sliding scale according to revenue. Gold Members as a class elect eight representatives to the Board of Directors.
Cisco, Cloudscaling, Dell, DreamHost, ITRI, Mirantis, Morphlabs, NetApp, Piston Cloud Computing and Yahoo! are Gold Members, with Intel, NEC and Vmware joining in September

8. What does an Individual Member do?
Run for an elected position such as Project Technical Lead, Technical Committee Member, or Board of Directors
Vote in elections such as for the Board of Directors or major revisions to Foundation bylaws and structure
Stay informed of the latest OpenStack news through member updates, and talk to your Individual Member representatives about issues that are important to you
Advocate for and contribute to the OpenStack community
Be respectful, wear your “OpenStack Hat” when handling community issues, and abide by the OpenStack community code of conduct
Individual membership is free – openstack.org/join

9. Board of Directors Responsibilities Oversees Foundation operations
Sets overall budget & goals
Advocates for the Foundation and the entire OpenStack community
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 their duties with integrity
No one company may control more than two board seats

10. Project Technical Leads
Responsibilities
Manage day to day operations for their project
Drive the project goals
Make tough calls and resolve disputes when needed
Also serve on the Technical Committee
Membership
Each OpenStack Core project elects one PTL
Elected by Active Project Contributors
Serve six month term through release cycle, but can be re-elected indefinitely
Nova PTL Vish Ishaya

11. Technical Committee Responsibilities
Evolution of the Project Policy Board (PPB)
Independent and meritocratic, responsible for software development and direction
Set technical policies that cross projects
Determine which new projects are “incubated”
Recommend which “incubated” projects should become “core” OpenStack
Membership
Fully elected by Active Technical Contributors and Active Project Contributors
13 total members, comprised of 8 Project Technical Leads, elected every six months, and 5 directly elected members, elected on a staggered basis for one-year terms

12. User Committee Responsibilities
New committee established to advocate for users with Board of Directors and Technical Committee
Close the feedback loop to make sure we’re developing software that is meeting user needs
Membership
Tim Bell of CERN appointed by Board to establish committee
Mix of enterprise, service provider and govt/academic research users
Exact structure to be determined, get involved to help out!

13. Foundation Staff & Roles
Executive Director Jonathan Bryce hires & manages staff, reports to Board
Small, globally distributed team of employees
Most important employed positions are focused on coordinating the larger community resources in an independent way (e.g. testing infrastructure, community management, marketing/event management)
Legal affairs will likely require an independent attorney; possibly outside counsel on retainer
We’re hiring for several positions! openstack.org/jobs

14. Example Foundation Services
Large scale testing and continuous integration coordination
Tools to help developers contribute code easily
Event management (Summit & Conf, other regional events)
Legal (CLA process, trademark management & defense)
Educational resources to help developers, sys admins, users, CIOs, evaluate and implement OpenStack
Promotion of the OpenStack brand, including webinars, case studies, TCO studies, user interviews, and press outreach for member companies to leverage when promoting their OpenStack-powered products
Promotion of ecosystem building OpenStack businesses
"State of OpenStack” reports covering topics like the OpenStack Jobs outlook, OpenStack economic impact

15. Summary - Foundation Priorities
The Foundation will provide a set of independent, shared resources to further the OpenStack Mission. Key priorities include:
User adoption, globally and across all industries
Growing and enabling the ecosystem and tools vendors
Delivering the best cloud software