2020-09-24 Meeting notes

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Last updated: Sept 28, 2020
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Recording:

Topic: Gov/Org TF Kick off
Date: Sep 24, 2020 06:57 Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Meeting Recording:
https://zoom.us/rec/share/6FxzbxNjlhXfS-PRy4hTN8Z4vSDIScU9yiwY62LzwTbirIK9k-6hzAPZaZSaLUzj.CS4BLHAcySzv1ZZv

Date

Sep 24, 2020

Attendees

  • @Scot Steele

  • @Trevor Cooper

  • @Qiao Fu

  • @Tom Van Pelt (Deactivated)

  • @Zhiqiang Yu

  • @Heather Kirksey

  • @Jim Baker

  • @Phil Robb

  • @William DIEGO (Orange)

  • @Ildiko

  • @Scott Steinbrueck

Goals

  • Select POC/Lead

  • Discuss discuss charter development

  • Discuss Organizational Structure options

  • Determine coming week actions items and assignments

Context

Legal and organizational requirements are inter-related and yet distinct.

Legal requirements:

  • Updated charter

    • Name

    • Scope/Mission Statement

    • "Interim" TSC(?)

    • Our charter calls out to other "non-legal" documents for the remainder of governance/ops

  • Updated partnership agreement w/ GSMA

  • A single vote by the existing OPNFV TSC to agree to the updated charter

To make ourselves successful 

  • Roles and responsibilities of TSC members

  • Expectations/eligibility requirements of TSC

  • Election processes

  • Governance at a conceptual and strategic level (e.g., GB, MAC, SPC, TAC touchpoints)

    • Short and long term 

    • Who are we existentially?

    • What is our value?

  • Workstream and project structure – overall org structure and goals

    • This is likely the most defining and important – but isn't a legal matter

  • Other activities that are under the purview of the Operations Task Force (tooling, releases, processes)

  • Best practices

  • Operational Guidelines Document Update (https://www.opnfv.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/OPNFV-TSC-Procedures-Document-12-5-2017.pdf)

    • We also have procedures defined in a number of wiki pages, including project lifecycle, election procedures, etc. We may want to look at streamlining this documentation during this process.

Discussion items

Time

Item

Who

Notes

Time

Item

Who

Notes

Welcome - Agenda Review

@Scot Steele

POC = Point Of Contact

 10 Min

Elect a POC/Lead for the Task Force

 @Scot Steele

  • Scot will lead discussion: Nominations will be take and votes will select the POC

  • @Trevor Cooper  @Scott Steinbrueck Potential Co-leads

20 min

Technical Charter Discussion



@Heather Kirksey

  • Criteria for charter

    • Charter changes should be minimal - Other documents and decisions are referenced in Charter

    • Interim TSC (time Bounded) to ensure equal voice (7 CNTT, 8 OPNFV)

      • Would revert to elections process at the end of time bound

      • Aim is to support existing groups/workstreams

      • Operations/TSC TF should have input

      • Some form of election to define membership

15 min

Discuss Possible Org Structures

@Scot Steele

White board session to define high level structure.

Review of Slide with Functional groups/actions - Additions Made

Need to solicit more feed back, Slide to be sent.

Slide needs to address OPNFV Projects - Need to determine if there are projects that can be consolidated.

We need a proposal to determine if consolidation



10 min

Review task list and determine actions for the coming week

All

N/A

Action items

Confirm Trevor/Scott as the Co-leads
Discuss Interium TSC with the Ops/TSC TF
@Heather Kirksey to develop more robust definitions and thoughts on the interim TSC
@Scot Steele to send Structure Slide to team
Task Force should consider proposal on which OPNFV projects continue/Merge/End, as well as a process to make ongoing decisions.