2023-04-26 MAC Meeting Minutes

In attendance

Name

Org

Name

Org

Magnus Buhrgard

Ericsson

Daniel Havey

Microsoft

Neal Hartsell

Independent

Sandeep Panesar

MAC Chair

Ranny Haiby

LFN

Sandra Jackson

LFN

Jill Lovato

LFN

Kenny Paul

LFN

Pano Xinos

LFN

Materials

The meeting recording is available at: https://zoom.us/rec/share/yP4Yn3z0OHIyU0fWKP3KA1MzUid8w8FyJmmUaHzYBlpoAiVXGzA6CKfgp1lU3i_m.X-Tz4c4mHFV2qc0L

The deck presented is available at: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gD80K_zv2ZQEtF9oIkHNpNHvndR6eh-P/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113394585379513763042&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda & Action Items

Agenda

  • 2023 Event Strategy

    • D&TF by the numbers

    • D&TF trends

    • Travel survey results reminder

  • Upcoming activity & content

  • LFN branding

  • Project Ops

    • ONAP request

    • Project pitch

Action items

Task  –  /@  –  due date

Task  –  /@  –  due date

Marketing to provide feedback to ONAP on soft rebranding @Pano Xinos @Jill Lovato date TBD
Schedule podcast w/ Sandeep ↔ Ranny @Pano Xinos date TBD
Schedule next meeting in mid-late June timeframe @Pano Xinos @Jill Lovato date TBD

Meeting minutes

2023 Event Strategy

  • D&TF by the numbers - reviewed attendance for Spring D&TF

  • D&TF trends - overview of attendance numbers and rationale (where applicable)

  • Travel survey results reminder

  • Events and Ops teams working on producing D&TF EU event

Upcoming activity & content

  • LF Networking ONE Summit Regional Day at OSS in Vancouver

    • Please promote internally and by sharing social media posts

    • Registration = 471 (as at May 2, 2023)

LFN branding

Project Ops

  • ONAP request

    • Magnus presented request to rename ONAP project

    • Currently: Open Network Platform

    • Potential updated nomenclature: Process, Potential, Prospect, Project, Provisioning, Portfolio

    • ONAP team requesting Marketing input on

      • Nomenclature

      • Mission statement

      • Collateral refresh

  • Project pitch

    • What's in it for me?

    • Perception is that external projects do not want to join LFN because of

      • Telco focus

      • Overlap/internal competition

AOB

  • Asked for big ideas at last MAC meeting

    • Podcasts via Sandeep to be scheduled

Next meeting(s)

Next meeting will be scheduled for mid-late June, 2023, as we move to a quarterly meeting cadence.