EUAG 2021-05-25 Meeting notes

Date

25 May 2021

Attendees

LF Staff: Kenny Paul,  Brandon Wick, Jim Baker
Committee Members:  Lei Huang, Beth Cohen, Massimo Banzi,  Scott Blandford, Fernando Oliveira, Ken KANISHIMA
Guests: Lindsey Sech, Prashanth Kunapaneni , Chuyi Guo, @Yuhan Zhang

Agenda

• Start the Recording
• Antitrust Policy
• Agenda Bashing (Roll Call, Action Items (5 minutes)
• General Topics
  • EUAG topics preparation for LFN Developer & Testing Forum - Beth Cohen Lei Huang Jim Baker
  • AI/ML white paper update
  • requested for 25 May 2021  Research survey on cloud native maturity for telecom ( follow-up) - Lindsey Sech Brandon Wick
  • (defer to joint meeting in June vDTF) CVC Anuket Assured Badging review and feedback Lincoln Lavoie Beth Cohen

Minutes

EUAG topics preparation for LFN Developer & Testing Forum

• 3 sessions planned:  listed here: 2021 LFN Developer Event Topics June
• Beth Cohen reminds folks that the sessions need to be more discussion based than presentation based

NFV Testing topic - slides presented by Chuyi Guo to frame up session

Intelligent Networking topic - @Yuhan Zhang  slides to frame up session

• discussion over the strategy around AI algorithms - 
• Massimo Banzi missing part is the data necessary to test against  - with out good data there it is difficult to establish "intelligence"
• can make a recommendation after further discussion, but may be a bit pre-mature

AI/ML White paper topic-  workspace Intelligent Networking, AI and Machine Learning White Paper - A Telecommunications Operator’s Perspective

• Beth Cohen shared the work and will post to the workspace
• Will be submitting a panel discussion @ the  ONE Summit on the whitepaper
• Targeting completion of the whitepaper for 27 Aug 2021 

LFN Marketing: Survey + Messaging

• Lindsey Sech & Brandon Wick
• Currently seeking additional participation in the Cloud Transformation Benchmark Study being conducted by Analysys Mason 
•  Info & Sign Up: https://www.lfnetworking.org/cloud-transformation-benchmark-study/
• Lindsey Sech Presented the "MAC Messaging Update"
  • Framework for messaging - operator perspective
  • 2021 Priorities and elevator pitch
  • Target personas help hone the message to specific job responsibilities
  • Include slides from Lindsey Sech OR send out separately
  • 3 key pillars: Speed time to market, Save Money, Stay Cutting Edge. 
  • Where EUAG can help: Proof-points - call for specific examples on how operators are getting the benefits of LFN projects

• Brandon Wick send MAC slides to the EUAG list with call to action 28 May 2021