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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am gathering <i><u>potential</u></i> Topics for ‘Forum’ sessions at the Berlin / Stein OpenStack Summit, from the StarlingX Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are not familiar with ‘Forum’ sessions at the Summit, see end of email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have done some initial brainstorming with the StarlingX Architecture Team to start things off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">See the following etherpad: <a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/StarlingXBerlinForumBrainstorming">
https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/StarlingXBerlinForumBrainstorming</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please either email me directly or update the etherpad at
<u>bottom</u> (with your name/email)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">with any ‘Forum’ –type topics that you would like to see considered for the Berlin / Stein OpenStack Summit.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">p.s. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you're not familiar with the Forum, the quick summary is a collaboration between various teams to help identify problems, ideas,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and needs for future development. It's comprised of rooms set up in fishbowl/conversational style, unlike the formal presentations of the<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">OpenStack Summit. It's been instrumental in helping OpenStack developers set the course for the coming development cycle, and we hope<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">it's a format that will work well for StarlingX as well.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Examples of typical sessions that make for a great Forum:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Strategic, whole-of-community discussions</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, to think about the big picture, including beyond just one release cycle and new technologies<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">eg Making OpenStack One Platform for containers/VMs/Bare Metal</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> (Strategic session) the entire community congregates to share opinions on how to make
OpenStack achieve its integration engine goal<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cross-project sessions</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, in a similar vein to what has happened at past forums, but with increased emphasis on issues that are of relevant to
all areas of the community<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">eg Rolling Upgrades at Scale (Cross-Project session)
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">– the Large Deployments Team collaborates with Nova, Cinder and Keystone to tackle issues that come up with rolling upgrades when there’s a large number of machines.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Project-specific sessions</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, where community members most interested in a specific project can discuss their experience with the project over
the last release and provide feedback, collaborate on priorities, and present or generate 'blue sky' ideas for the next release<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">eg Neutron Pain Points (Project-Specific session)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> – Co-organized by neutron developers and users. Neutron developers bring some specific questions
about implementation and usage. Neutron users bring feedback from the latest release. All community members interested in Neutron discuss ideas about the future.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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