Survey
All TAC members, please complete prior to our meeting on April 20th:
| Survey |
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| showSummary | None |
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| changeableVotes | true |
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| userVisualization | linked user name |
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| visibleVoters | true |
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| alwaysShowResults | true |
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| choices | Graduated (TAC) Only, Graduated + Incubation, Graduated + Incubation + Sandbox |
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| title | LFN Project Reps |
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Which LFN Projects (by lifecycle status) should have voting membership on the TAC? |
| Survey |
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| showSummary | None |
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| changeableVotes | true |
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| userVisualization | linked user name |
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| visibleVoters | true |
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| alwaysShowResults | true |
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| choices | Each LFN Platinum Member Gets a Seat, A Set Number of Seats are available for election among Platinum member nominees |
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| title | LFN Member Reps (Part 1) |
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Which selection do you support for LFN Member Representation on the TAC? |
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| showSummary | None |
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| changeableVotes | true |
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| userVisualization | linked user name |
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| visibleVoters | true |
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| alwaysShowResults | true |
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| choices | Up to 2 nominees with 1 from a different company, 1 nominee only |
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| title | LFN Member Reps (part 2) |
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If a limited number of platinum seats are available, how should nominations work? |
| Survey |
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| showSummary | None |
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| changeableVotes | true |
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| userVisualization | linked user name |
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| visibleVoters | true |
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| alwaysShowResults | true |
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| choices | Same as TAC Project Seats (currently 5), Same as all other seats (Possibly 8), A Larger Number than all other Seats (say 12) |
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| title | LFN Member Reps (part 3) |
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If a limited number of platinum seats are available, how many seats should be made available? |
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| showSummary | None |
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| changeableVotes | true |
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| userVisualization | linked user name |
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| visibleVoters | true |
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| alwaysShowResults | true |
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| choices | Committer Representative to the Board has a TAC voting seat, Election for At-Large Seat, No At-Large Seat |
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| title | At Large Seats |
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Which option do you support for at large seats on the TAC? |
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| showSummary | None |
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| changeableVotes | true |
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| userVisualization | linked user name |
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| visibleVoters | true |
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| alwaysShowResults | true |
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| choices | Up to 2, Up to 1, None |
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| title | TAC Appointed Seats |
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Which option do you support for TAC Appointed Seats? |
From the brainstorming session on Feb 9, 2022, the TAC identified the following characteristics as desirable in a TAC member:
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- Project representatives
- Which projects should be eligible to appoint/elect representatives to the TAC?
- Graduated (TAC) only
- Graduated (TAC) and Incubation
- Graduated (TAC) and Incubation and Sandbox
- How shall project representatives be elected/appointed?
- Representative is TSC Chair
- TSC appoints representative
- TSC holds election for representative
- Each TSC determines their own process
- LFN Membership representatives – current TAC membership allows each Platinum member to assign a member to the TAC.
- Which LFN members should be able to appoint members to the TAC?
- All Platinum members
- Election of X members among Platinum member appointees; voting membership is done by Platinum GB reps if >X appointees are nominated
- Election of X & Y members among Platinum & Gold member appointees (respectively); voting membership is done by Platinum/Gold GB reps , respectivelyif >X/Y appointees are nominated
- Appointees from platinum members with vetting by current TAC
- None
- At Large Membership
- Should a number of seats on the TAC be open to at-large membership?
- Who should be able to vote for these seats
- TAC Appointed Specialty Seats
- TAC may identify a limited (1-2) number of seats for needed skills & appoint representatives
Additional open questions
- How to transition?
- How elections are held?
- Number of seats for each category
Other Communities' Structures
CNCF TOC
"The Governing Board shall elect six (6) TOC members, the End User TAB shall elect two (2) TOC members, the non-sandbox project maintainers shall elect one (1) TOC member, and the TOC members shall elect an additional two (2) TOC members. Each group is defined as a Selecting Group." (source)
LF Edge
The voting members of the TAC consist of
- one representative appointed by each Premier Member; and
- one representative appointed by the technical oversight body (e.g., a technical steering committee) of each TAC Project (as defined herein).
(source)
LF AI
The voting members of the TAC consist of: i) one representative appointed by each Premier Member; and ii) one representative appointed by the technical oversight body (e.g., a technical steering committee) of each TAC Project (as defined herein). (source)
