2020-04-08 TAC Minutes

Attendees & Representation

TSC Members and Project representatives should mark their attendance below

X = Present | P = Proxy  (Indicate in the table with @name for @name

LF Staff: Kenny Paul Casey Cain Jim Baker Heather Kirksey Brandon Wick

Others: Mike Lazar (OPX),  Lincoln Lavoie

Agenda

• Start the Recording
• Show the Antitrust Policy
• Roll Call
• Action Items Review
• Agenda Bashing
• General Topics
  • White paper
  • Virtual Event planning 
    • April schedule review
    • June Event call for participation
  • Project Health Review
    • TF pre-planning - gather the questions/comments
  • Charter changes
    • OPNFV proposed charter Al Morton
    • OVP proposed charter Lincoln Lavoie
• Any Other Topics

Minutes

White paper

• Ranny Haiby on track for publication, in final review cycle with Brandon Wick - webinar will follow

Virtual Event Planning

• April
  • Please treat registration for this event as if it was a F2F event, including cancelation
    •  https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lfn-technical-meetings-spring/
    • Swag may be available to those who register and participate. 
  • Heather Kirksey will be sending email out to the various email lists
  • TPMs and Program Committee are testing tools that integrate with our existing services to support the virtual meetings.
  • #agreed to cancel the TAC meeting the week of the virtual event.
• June
  • Still looking for volunteers for the program committee for June.

Project Health Review

• Project Review Process
• ONAP moved to  Review Posted for Comment 06 May 2020 , TAC Presentation (30m): 20 May 2020 
• Tungsten Fabric Project Health Review 
• Key duty of the TAC to provide feedback and encouragement to projects to grow and continue to support Open Source best practices.

Charter Changes

• OPNFV
  • Updating the charter to respond to the changing requirements - largely driven by CNTT - but not exclusive to only CNTT needs.
  • LFN GB approval not required to change the charter - more a communication strategy and courtesy update.
  • https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/DEV/Agreements+Capture+Page
• OVP
  • Basic change: expand participation from OUTSIDE LFN membership in the committee work. Leadership positions and badges are still reserved for LFN members.
  • Will need ratification by LFN GB @ April mtg.
  • Align badge certification requirements with the Projects to set the requirements

Remote work & Conference platforms - Zoom

• The LF is evaluating the concerns regarding Zoom as well as looking at possible alternatives to Zoom.  However, this is expected to take some time.
• If you're Organization has specific security questions, please reach out to Casey Cainand he will coordinate with the head of security for The Linux Foundation.  We will use this feedback to help us evaluate other possible platforms.
• The LF has needed to move away from a number of tools due to security concerns and we will need to find a balance that supports our communities, supports geographical concerns as well as protect their privacy.
• The LF is taking the matter seriously and will provide future updates from our security experts.

Action items

• Casey Cainto work with Lingli Dengto add more specific requests for support to help with the 3rd party cross-community collaboration 22 Apr 2020 .
• Jessica Wagantall (or other member of RelEng) to work with Casey Cain and TF Infra to with some challenges facing community migrations away from Gerrit 22 Apr 2020 
• Casey Cain to send out an email reminding everyone to participate in reviewing and providing feedback on Project Health Reviews.  08 Apr 2020