<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As you know, Kata Containers is a pilot project supported by the OpenStack Foundation (OSF).<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As such, we wanted to make sure you’re aware of an effort recently kicked off a sub group of the OSF Board of Directors to draft guidelines[1] for confirming pilot projects as full, top-level, open infrastructure project of the Foundation. The current pilot projects that will be eligible for confirmation review in 2019-2020 are Airship, Kata Containers, StarlingX and Zuul. Currently the OpenStack project is the only confirmed project.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The discussion about drafting these guidelines is just getting started, and <b class="">*we invite you to participate in this effort* </b>by reviewing the working draft in this etherpad and adding in your feedback and thoughts starting on <b class="">line 139:</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""> <a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/BrainstormingOSFProjectConfirmationGuidelines" class="">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/BrainstormingOSFProjectConfirmationGuidelines</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There will most likely be an open call scheduled in early 2019 where additional feedback will also be welcomed. I will share that invitation with you once it’s schedule. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The goal is to come up with a set of points that the Board can use when reviewing pilot projects for confirmation. This topic has previously been discussed at a very high-level at previous Board meetings, including the September 18th meeting[2] (starting around slide 38).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. <a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ProjectConfirmationGuidelines" class="">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ProjectConfirmationGuidelines</a> </div><div class="">2. <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10UyCpxkjPqC3kT-dYRpBxzNT39i2OhlggJvzGDosMz0/edit#slide=id.g4274351d5e_1_392" class="">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10UyCpxkjPqC3kT-dYRpBxzNT39i2OhlggJvzGDosMz0/edit#slide=id.g4274351d5e_1_392</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Claire</div></div></body></html>