{"id":6730,"date":"2015-01-16T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T21:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=6730"},"modified":"2015-01-16T16:16:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:16:15","slug":"openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-jan-9-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-jan-9-16\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Jan 9 &#8211; 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/foundation\/2015-January\/001822.html?awesm=awe.sm_jLsIY\">2015 Election Results<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\">Thank you to everyone who voted in this year&#8217;s election. We reached quorum and passed the three bylaws amendments. We also reached quorum in electing eight Individual Directors to the 2015 OpenStack Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>And the winner is&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Individual Directors<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tim Bell<\/li>\n<li>Russell Bryant<\/li>\n<li>Alex Freedland<\/li>\n<li>Rob Hirschfeld<\/li>\n<li>Vishvananda Ishaya<\/li>\n<li>Kavit Munshi<\/li>\n<li>Egle Sigler<\/li>\n<li>Monty Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Platinum Directors<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Clark<\/li>\n<li>Eileen Evans<\/li>\n<li>Toby Ford<\/li>\n<li>Van Lindberg<\/li>\n<li>Mark McLoughlin<\/li>\n<li>Todd Moore<\/li>\n<li>Imad Sousou<\/li>\n<li>John Zannos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gold Directors<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simon Anderson<\/li>\n<li>Robert Esker<\/li>\n<li>Tristan Goode<\/li>\n<li>Steven Hallett<\/li>\n<li>Chris Kemp<\/li>\n<li>Boris Renski<\/li>\n<li>Sean Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Lew Tucker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stillhq.com\/openstack\/000019.html\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Kilo Nova deploy recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>What would a Nova developer tell a deployer to think about before their first OpenStack install? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stillhq.com\/\">Michael Still<\/a> shares his thought process to consider your options and make informed decisions.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/sarob.com\/2015\/01\/openstack-ambassadors-come-together\/\">OpenStack Ambassadors Come Together<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Ambassadors to help other user groups through communicating. meeting alternating Weekly on first, third, fifth Tuesdays at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/time\/zone\/usa\/san-francisco\">08:00 GMT<\/a> and second and fourth Fridays at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/time\/zone\/usa\/san-francisco\">18:00 GMT<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstack.org\/wiki\/Meetings#OpenStack_Ambassadors_Meeting\" target=\"_blank\">the chat.freenode.net IRC channel: #openstack-meeting-alt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-operators\/2014-December\/005759.html\">Small openstack <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>An interesting conversation on the Operators mailing list discussing request for small installation of openstack (about 3-5 nodes). The messages <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-operators\/2014-December\/005759.html\">started in December<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-operators\/2015-January\/005833.html\">continued in January<\/a> and drifted to discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-operators\/2015-January\/005953.html\">distributed glance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054414.html\">User self registration and management<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Adrian Turjak asked on the Development mailing list if there is any interest or need for an open-source user registration and management service for people using OpenStack. There seems to be a basic need a way for users to sign up themselves, choose their own password, and request new users to be added to their project. <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054438.html\">David Chadwick<\/a> pointed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/blueprints.launchpad.net\/keystone\/+spec\/vo-management\">blueprint<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/icehouse.sec.cs.kent.ac.uk\/\">demo of the system for University of Kent<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054457.html\">Enrique Garcia<\/a> also expressed interest in helping out in the effort.<\/p>\n<h2><span lang=\"en-US\">The Road to Vancouver<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/call-for-speakers\/\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/call-for-speakers\/\">all<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/call-for-speakers\/\"> For Speakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Relevant Conversations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053982.html\">Requirements for future &#8220;OpenStack projects&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudscaling.com\/blog\/openstack\/the-future-of-openstack-is-now-2015\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The Future of OpenStack is Now, 2015<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054391.html\">Infrastructure Puppet module split sprint, Jan 28 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054122.html\">Vancouver Design Summit format changes <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stillhq.com\/openstack\/kilo\/000008.html\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Another Nova spec update<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Deadlines and Development Priorities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054260.html\">[Keystone] Spec proposal deadline Feb 5 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054282.html\">[Cinder] Cutoff deadlines for cinder drivers<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openstack\/cinder\/tree\/master\/cinder\/volume\/drivers\">volume drivers<\/a> need to have a CI by end of K-3, March 19th 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054312.html\">[nova] Kilo FeatureProposalFreeze 22nd Jan and FeatureFreeze 5th Feb <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053870.html\">Etherpad for the Nova midcycle meetup <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053874.html\">Etherpad for the Keystone midcycle meetup <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054162.html\">Etherpad for the Cinder midcycle meetup <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054039.html\">[Nova] Kilo Release Status &#8211; just passed spec freeze <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053740.html\">[neutron] BPs in Launchpad for Kilo-2 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054380.html\">[Ironic] Bay Area Midcycle <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054369.html\">[barbican] Kilo Mid-Cycle Sprint<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Security Advisories and Notices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-announce\/2015-January\/000323.html\">[OSSA 2015-002] Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:\/\/ scheme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tips \u2018n Tricks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>By <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastien-han.fr\/\">S\u00e9bastien Han<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastien-han.fr\/blog\/2015\/01\/14\/fix-nova-scheduler-issue-with-rbd-and-uuid-not-found\/\">Fix nova-scheduler issue with RBD and UUID not found<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/2015-openstack-foundation-events-plan-and-calls-for-papers-available\/\">2015 OpenStack Foundation Events Plan and Calls for Papers Available<\/a>. <\/span>The 2015 events plan is now available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/openstack.org\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0ArUDleqDPUTAdHFNdGx0X1dyVUtLMWRYVU4wdGgtTUE&amp;usp=sharing#gid=8\">Global Events Calendar wiki<\/a>. The detailed spreadsheet covers industry events, Summits (dates and locations), as well as regional OpenStack Days organized by the community. \u00a0If you\u2019re interested in sponsoring or speaking at a planned OpenStack Day, please contact the contact listed in the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054497.html\">OpenStack Bootstrapping Hour &#8211; oslo.messaging anti-patterns &#8211; Friday Jan 16th 17:00 UTC <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/openstack-de\/events\/219374460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 19, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/openstack-de\/events\/219374460\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Meetup Nuremberg<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/openstack-de\/events\/219374460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuremberg, Bavaria, DE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-LA\/events\/219699801\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 22, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-LA\/events\/219699801\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack L.A. January Meetup<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-LA\/events\/219699801\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pasadena, CA, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/cinder-kilo-midcycle-meetup\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 27 &#8211; 29, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/cinder-kilo-midcycle-meetup\" target=\"_blank\">Cinder Kilo Midcycle Meetup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/cinder-kilo-midcycle-meetup\" target=\"_blank\">Austin, Texas, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/feature\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 02 &#8211; 03, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/feature\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Upstream Training in Japan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/feature\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo, JP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 03 &#8211; 04, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Days Tokyo 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo, JP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.or.kr\/2015-openstackday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 05, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.or.kr\/2015-openstackday\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Day in Korea<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.or.kr\/2015-openstackday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seoul, Seoul, KR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-ies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 19 &#8211; 20, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-ies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Techies Forum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-ies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/calagator.org\/events\/1250467647\" target=\"_blank\">Mar 26, 2015 PDX OpenStack Hackathon Portland, OR, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/calagator.org\/events\/1250467647\" target=\"_blank\">Apr 13 &#8211; 14, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.percona.com\/live\/openstack-live-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Live<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.percona.com\/live\/openstack-live-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara, CA, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoexevents.com.cn\/chinasdn\" target=\"_blank\">Apr 22 &#8211; 23, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoexevents.com.cn\/chinasdn\" target=\"_blank\">China SDNNFV Conference<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoexevents.com.cn\/chinasdn\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing, CN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">May 18 &#8211; 22, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Summit May 2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver, BC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackdachday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jun 11, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackdachday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack DACH Day 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackdachday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin, DE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sep 17, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Benelux Conference 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bussum, NL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/kilo-product-management-midcycle\"><span lang=\"en-US\">OpenStack Product Management Kilo Midcycle Meeting<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Crossproject Meeting: <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/crossproject\/2015\/crossproject.2015-01-06-21.02.html\">Summary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/crossproject\/2015\/crossproject.2015-01-06-21.02.log.html\">full logs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Got Answers?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/\">Ask OpenStack<\/a> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/58415\/heat-autoscalinggroup-with-different-user-data\/\">Heat AutoScalingGroup with different user data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/58413\/how-to-retrieve-updated-topology-after-an-autoscaling-has-been-done\/\">How to retrieve updated topology after an autoscaling has been done?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/58123\/how-to-configure-occi-api-with-openstackdevstack\/\">How to configure OCCI API with OpenStack\/DevStack?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>OpenStack Reactions<\/h2>\n<header>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/openstackreactions.enovance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/voting.gif\" alt=\"voting\" width=\"245\" height=\"177\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vote for me!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div><em><span lang=\"en-US\">The weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please leave a comment.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 Election Results Thank you to everyone who voted in this year&#8217;s election. We reached quorum and passed the three bylaws amendments. We also reached quorum in electing eight Individual Directors to the 2015 OpenStack Board of Directors. And the winner is&#8230;. Individual Directors Tim Bell Russell Bryant Alex Freedland Rob Hirschfeld Vishvananda Ishaya Kavit&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-jan-9-16\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Jan 9 &#8211; 16)\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6730"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6736,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6730\/revisions\/6736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}