Have used Sched a couple times in the past, but it is better suited for large "static schedule" events - carries too much administrative overhead for the dynamic way Developer events function
Brainstorming on helping Projects with new Developer Contributions
Cross-project security team has been discussed on a couple of occasions
Looking for feedback from the TAC on attracting new developers to Project "core" pieces
Maybe we could create a status page where projects can list their more critical pieces and if they need help with them.
Something like a "Job Board".
We could list the requirements and why it is important to the project
HK: We could look at doing something like this at the LFN level and promote it through blocks or other messaging.
Catherine Lefevre We tried several approaches in ONAP. However, because sometimes the non-functional needs are not sexy or they lack the relevant experience, it has been difficult to find the right people.
Use of interns
Implementing a "tax" for the Guilin release that any companies wanting to add new use case or new feature; they must also provide resources to address a couple of ONAP's non-functional or security requirements in addition to the feature development.
Ranny Haiby we have been working with some unofficial mentoring to help with some non-functional community efforts.
Abhijit Kumbhare There are some components that require a lot of tribal knowledge that may not be suitable for Interns.
Al Morton OPNFV uses a student volunteer program that is an independent program. We only promise a letter at the end of their project but we do get some help from students to help support the community. It has been very successful so far.
Morgan Richomme suggested a prize of some kind like a T-shirt for Student Volunteers for completing X number of merge requests.
Catherine Lefevre "Memory book" model that students are required to do in Belgium - helps to build a CV
need to work with universities to build the model
Morgan Richomme may need to move from gerrit to github to attract new developers. Use of the tools that students will be most familiar with will ease ramp-up
Action items
Jason Hunt will create a Plenary session for the vDTF on attracting new developer contributions to projects