From the brainstorming session on Feb 9, 2022, the TAC identified the following characteristics as desirable in a TAC member:
Potential TAC Candidate Pools
In determining a new TAC structure, some groups of possible members could be:
- 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
- Which projects should be eligible to appoint/elect representatives to the TAC?
- 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 Platinum GB reps
- Election of X & Y members among Platinum & Gold member appointees (respectively); voting membership is Platinum/Gold GB reps, respectively
- None
- Which LFN members should be able to appoint members to the TAC?
- At Large Membership
- Should a number of seats on the TAC be open to at-large membership?
- Yes, anyone is eligible to run
- Yes, eligibility determined same as candidate definition from Governing Board Member Committers Representative
- Yes, eligibility determined same as voting definition from Governing Board Member Committers Representative
- No
- Who should be able to vote for these seats
- Anyone (publicized to all LFN lists)
- LFN Project TSC members
- Same as voting definition from Governing Board Member Committers Representative
- Other
- Should a number of seats on the TAC be open to at-large membership?