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Steering Committee Candidate: Daniel Smith

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+name: Daniel Smith
+ID: lavalamp
+info:
+  - employer: Google
+  - slack: lavalamp
+```
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+
+## SIGS
+
+- API Machinery (TL)
+- API Expression Working Group (instigator) 
+- API Reviewer/Approver
+
+## What I have done
+
+I joined Kubernetes before it was open source, and was the top contributor for its first few years.
+I worked with people in every area of the project, eventually specializing on making it
+possible for an ecosystem to form around Kubernetes. API consistency and extensibility are critical for
+that; I started and continue to co-run the API Machinery SIG (example feature: server-side
+appy). Other focuses include reliability and scalability (example: empowering the priority and fairness team). 
+
+I see my main ability as being able to understand and predict the behavior of complicated systems, whether made of software or people.
+
+## What I'll do
+
+I believe Kubernetes will be used in important systems for decades to come.
+- I will evaluate decisions for the long term.
+- Especially decisions that have ongoing effects (e.g. rules changes): I will carefully consider long-term incentives.
+- Surviving the long term requires surviving the short term; I'll seek to be proactive, so that our long and short term interests won't conflict.
+- I will seek to minimize accumulation of excess complexity.
+
+Long-term success requires a long-term community.
+- I will evaluate decisions in terms of their expected effect on the future size & health of the community.
+- And from the perspectives of all community members (e.g. users, cluster administrators, and developers).
+- Small clusters are important too! Users without large clouds to support them are users also!
+
+Long-term success requires Kubernetes to actually work.
+- Kubernetes has formed an ecosystem; we must maintain it, and make good on compatibility promises.
+- Reliability, non-flaky tests, and scalability are more important than new features.
+- (The Steering Committee doesn’t make technical decisions, but policies, programs, rules, etc may have indirect impact)
+
+## Resources About Me
+
+- My most popular talk: [The Kubernetes Control Plane For Busy People Who Like Pictures](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXiXKMqnuE)
+- https://twitter.com/originalavalamp
+