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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi StarlingX Community;<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">StarlingX is an exciting and growing project with which I have had the honor and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">privilege to contribute to from its launch. I am a founding member of the TSC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and over the past year I have helped facilitate the TSC, welcome new members and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">help guide the project from a technical perspective. I am a frequent speaker at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">industry events on the values of StarlingX and share my passion for edge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">computing widely. I see edge as having the ability to transform people's lives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">through transformation of technology used in health care and transportation -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">StarlingX is a big part of making that happen.<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 contributed to OPNFV and other open source projects over the years. I<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">have a deep technical knowledge of distributed computing and optimization of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">edge focused solutions. I have helped out in the Edge Computing talk selection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">committee for the last summit and will have volunteered to do so again for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Shanghai.<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 was honored and humbled to receive a community award at the last summit, for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">my contributions to the StarlingX project - [0]<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">On the TSC I would have a few areas of focus:<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">Continue to advocate for the 4 Open model of development.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Help the project pass the graduation criteria from the pilot phase as defined by the OpenStack foundation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My goal is to champion and contribute to increasing test focus and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">culture of the project around test. This area is so important to the health of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">any open source project (well any project actually). This will help new<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">developers contribute more easily and the project to grow the contribution base<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and speed of development. We had a good discussion at the PTG in Denver a few<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">weeks ago. I plan on working with the community to find ways we can better<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">leverage Zuul and other projects to accelerate the project and increase quality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">of the code.<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 am focused on growing the community, maintaining the technical relevance of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">the project and continuing StarlingX's journey to a diverse and thriving open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">source project. I value the contributions of the OpenStack Foundation and their<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">guidance is something that has helped the project on our journey to graduate the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">pilot phase.<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">Thank you for your consideration for me to continue as a contributor to the TSC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and the Starling X project overall.<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">[0] https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/open-infrastructure-community-contributor-awards-denver-summit-edition/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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