Materials:

• Definition of Consensus
• Structure of Consensus Building in Communities
• 5 steps making community decisions without consensus
• Disagree and Commit Definition

Attendees:

• Scot Steele
• Walter Kozlowski (Telstra)
• Al Morton (AT&T)
• Ulrich Kleber (Huawei)
• Tom Van Pelt (GSMA)
• William Diego Maza (Orange)
• Kodi Atuchukwu (Vodafone)
• Jonne Soininen (Nokia)
• Ahmed El Sawaf (stc)
• Prakash Ramchandran
• R.Prakash R.Prakash
• Toshiyasu Wakayama (KDDI)

Topics/Notes:

• Anti-Trust Policies:
  • LFN Anti-Trust Policy Notice
  • GSMA Anti-Trust Policy Notice.

• Decision making/Voting - CNTT Governance Committee Directive (5 min)
  • Jonne Soininen clarified the CNTT does not have a Gov Brd as it is not a top level community.
  • The LFN Gov board will expect us to provide multiple options, with a recommendation. 
• Discussion: Viability of CNTT Merges into OPNFV Option (20 Min)
  • Much Dialog
  • Please review the Recording starting at 14:00 min :

    Topic: CNTT FMO
    Date: Jul 17, 2020 06:57 Pacific Time (US and Canada)

    Meeting Recording:
    https://zoom.us/rec/share/vZZqIoPC9WdIH6vi13PEVZUrD6jmT6a82yUXr_EPyUm–6tldA69_r77Hn_v3hd9

  • Important comments:
    • CNTT began as operators felt they did not have a voice in OPNFV
    • CIRV is an effort to integrate CNTT into OPNFV, thus CIRV will been considered if merging is a valid option
    • CNTT work is important as a long term initiative, and the work must be successful if both OPNFV and CNTT are to succeed
    • ISSUE: LFN Gov Brd will consider Staffing due to downward pressures
    • ISSUE: Technical Resourcing will need to be addressed regardless of the option selected
    • ISSUE: Governance of the merged community should be restructured to address ensuring CNTT work - thus new charter, TOR, Etc. for merged community will be necessary
  • DECISION: Provided the proposal addresses issues above, Merging CNTT into OPNFV is a viable option. Only one dissent
• Identify The Subteams to work on options proposals (not addressed)
  
  • CNTT as a Top Level Committee
    • Any Volunteers?
  • CNTT Merges with OPNFV (If Needed)
• Discuss/Define timelines for proposal reviews (not addressed)
  
  • CNTT Gov brd request expediting presentation development
  • Current Schedule:
    • CNTT as a Separate Project to be Presented on 7/24
    • CNTT as a Top Level Committee to be presented on 8/7
    • If CNTT Merges with OPNFV has support, it will be presented on 8/21
    • If CNTT Merges with OPNFV does not have support, Overall Deck will be assembled by 8/14.