2020-09-18 CNTT/OPNFV Meld Task Forces Kick off Meeting Agenda/Notes

• A Merger/Re-imagining of equal partners to create a combined organization that:
  • Enables Operators and Suppliers have a voice in the common Cloud platform design
  • Ensures alignment between Architecture/requirements work and Engineering work
  • Creates a sustainable resource model for organization's work
  • Facilitates Broad influence with other industry groups
  • Enables broad adoption and deployment

(Taken from the FMO Decision Principles presented to the GB)

• OC Overview
• Purpose:
  • Assist Task Force Teams to reach a conclusion to the project
    
    • Ensure Task Forces focus on the goals of the project
• Scope
  • To provide guidance Support, and mentoring to the Task force Teams
  • The OC mentors are to remain agnostic to the decisions made by the task forces
• OC Members and Assigned TaskForces
  • Organization/Governance – Scot Steele, Beth Cohen, Heather Kirksey user-20f1f William Diego Maza Jonne Soininen
  • Technical/Debt/TSC - Operational aspects – Walter Kozlowski, Al MortonQiao Fu
  • Marketing - Bob Monkman Beth Cohen Jonne Soininen William Diego Maza
     

The Marketing Task Force

Scope: Branding, Communications, and website development. Includes Mission Statement, value proposition, and pitch decks.

Organization and Governance Task Force

Scope: Organizational and TSC structure, technical charter, legal team engagement, and operating procedures

Technical Debt and TSC Task Force

Scope: Operational requirements for the merger including converged workspace, release processes, OVP engagement plan, 2021 planning

• Jim/Scot to do short overview on the tools available for collaboration
• Task Forces are enabled to use which tool they prefer