MAC Meeting Minutes - July 24, 2024

In Attendance:

Discussion Topics

Recent Activity:

• CNTI Announcement: CNTi now an official LFN Project
  • Read the blog post: https://lfnetworking.org/cloud-native-telecom-initiative/ 
  • Help promote (see LinkedIn Post, social media graphic below)
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• Anuket webinar
  • Watch on-demand here
  • Read summary blog
• Arpit SDxCentral interview → Where does the Linux Foundation see Telecom Network Gaps?
• ONE Summit highlight blog posts:
  •  Lessons learned from using Nephio to manage a real-world 5G core
  • Nephio & Gen AI: Empowering efficiency 5G, ORAN and Beyond
  • Applying AI/ML Methods to Diagnose Network Issues Using Telemetry Data
  • How Walmart Leverages Open Source for Operational Excellence at Scale

Upcoming/WIP Activity:

• Nephio R3 Announcement
  • Minor release
  • Blog posting 7/29
  • Social media promotions
• OpenGovCon Report
  • "OpenGovCon: 6G Innovation Day: An overview of the state of Open RAN adoption among United States Government entities"
• Blog Series: 5-part installments of technical blogs on AI approach

STANDING AGENDA ITEMS:

1. Review of April discussion on Improving engagement

• • Will alternate meeting times moving forward to accommodate APAC regions - in progress
  • Need to determine our target audiences for news/outreach and tailor outreach plans to those audiences -  conducting community audit of where our members/targets are reading online
  • Include standing marketing updates in TAC, TSC meetings to share info and encourage participation, amplification & get developer perspectives - in progress
  • Create additional spaces on MAC wiki for sharing ideas and collaborating - can accommodate folks on their time vs keeping everything in meetings - TBD; what are specific asks/who can volunteer to help?

2.  Progress / Activity to support Board Priorities

3. Open Discussion