20190822 - [CNTT - GOV] - Meeting Minutes

Task Force Members,

A summary and actions from today’s call are provided below. Key Update: A high level agenda has been created for the 3rd CNTT F2F working session in Antwerp – next steps are to establishing facilitators/presenters and further define the working sessions.

Attendees

Mark Cottrell (AT&T), Rabi Abdel (Vodafone), Pankaj Goyal (AT&T), Vincent Danno (Orange), Georg Kunz, Herbert Damker (DT), Ian Gardner (Vodafone), Mark Shostak (AT&T), Mike Bustamente (AT&T), Mike Fix (AT&T), Fu Qiao (China Mobile), Kyle Greenwell (Verizon), Markus, Rick Tennant (AT&T), Xu Yang, Pierre Bichon (Juniper), Toshi Wakayama (KDDI), Bob Monkman, Jim Baker (LFN), Zhiqiang Yu (Huawei)

Summary

  • Housekeeping Items

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      • Call logistics updated to include LFN wiki links & zoom bridge information

      • Chapter Zoom bridge creation / assignments are being worked

  • Technology Update

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    • Overall

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      • Need to encourage broader community engagement; contributions include PR creation, taking assignments

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        • Critical to have inputs & feedback at this time as the RM | RA are being created

        • RM | RA inputs, review, & feedback should be performed & communicated prior to the CNTT F2F workshop in Antwerp

      • Not enough to request a pull request, be specific and assign issue to contributors

      • Process: best way to engage additional contributors:

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        • Chapter leads recruit & encourage contributions from all members

        • Subscribe to Github

        • Assign an issue to members in Github

        • Have members create a pull request in Github

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      • Request for Comment period, time expiration given to maintain momentum

      • Idea: “Writing a book in a week” approach – Beth

    • Reference Model  

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      • Chapters progressing well with active PRs

      • Issues are being created by Chapter Leads (captured in GitHub Issues)

    • Reference Architecture  

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    • Contacts: Rabi Abdel / Walter Kozlowski (Co-Leads)  

  • Release Management

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    • Meeting will be scheduled next week to formulate plan & structure (Jonathan)

    • Contacts: Jim Baker / Jonathan Beltran / Rick Tennant  (Co-Leads)

  • Test & Certification

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    • CNTT Reference Implementation Project submitted on 8/23 to OPNFV TSC

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      • Process is to submit, posted for 2 weeks, then moves to TSC

      • Stakeholdering | ramp up will occur during the next 2 weeks

      • Fu Qiao adding additional members to the submission

    • Host location has not been identified – dependent on the where, how

    • Jim Baker mentioned folks are getting anxious to get to work

    • Contacts: Fu Qiao / Mike Fix / Kyle Greenwell  (Co-Leads)

  • Antwerp Face to Face (9/26-9/27)

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    • Registrations are now open for the CNTT 3rd F2F Working Group Session in Antwerp Belgium – REGISTER HERE

    • FAQ for ONS reviewed:

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      • Rabi, Walter, & Vincent agreed to provide responses

      • FAQ will be leveraged for ONS Europe panel discussion

      • Item added: How will CNTT engage and leverage work performed by other open source communities: How can they contribute to CNTT?

      • List attached to this email (word doc)

    • Walter, Vincent, Rabi to join Antwerp Planning WG

    • High Level Agenda reviewed – recommended changes:

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      • Condense Community, Recruiting, Adoption, Marketing

      • Create breakout sessions to increase time / focus on RM, RA, RI, & Testing | Certification

      • Additional information required on rooms to support concurrent sessions

      • Next Steps: Identify owners, presenters, & detail planning for breakout sessions

    • Session flow: Plenary session, then breakout, then come back again

    • Contacts: Mark Cottrell / Rabi, Abdel / Beth Cohen (Co-Leads)

  • Reminder: General Communications

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    • Community members should subscribe to the appropriate CNTT distribution list(s) to stay informed:

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    • Contacts: Jim Baker / Jonathan Beltran / Rick Tennant (Co-Leads)

Actions                                                                                                                                                            

  • Antwerp Planning WG  – revise agenda then share out to listservs again

  • Rick – Add FAQ item: How do related communities play a role in e.g. Akraino

  • Jonathan – Additional general discussion on alignment with other SDOs – create slide

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    • Akraino

    • ONAP

    • OpenStack

  • Jonathan  – Change to UTC time on the meeting schedule

  • All - (we) need to increase our communication and encourage broader participation in CNTT

  • Jonathan  – Send a reminder to community to subscribe to the mailing list

  • Chapter Leaders - need to recruit and encourage meeting participants to create PRs, encourage others to do that

  • Jonathan – Send Communication Email with timelines, dates, signup for list services, registration for Antwerp

  • All – Everyone needs to keep repeating message to contribute

  • Rick – send word doc out for Antwerp FAQs

What’s next?

  • Increase Operator | Vendor engagement in all things CNTT

  • Fall 2019 CNTT F2F  Agenda & Logistics

  • Identify and assess key open source communities for engagement with CNTT