Is there any substantive feedback on this? It seems like silence = consensus (or that the people who might care more are not on this list).
My suggestion is to go to the next stage, start drafting a membership agreement and identify potential members to recruit. Will the Linux Foundation take point on recruiting members, or does that fall to the community too? Thanks, Dave. On 02/05/2016 12:20 PM, Bob Monkman wrote: > Right. Yes, I can access it just fine. > Thx, > > > Robert (Bob) Monkman > Enterprise Segment Marketing Manager > 150 Rose Orchard Way > San Jose, Ca 95134 > M: +1.510.676.5490 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: O'Driscoll, Tim [mailto:tim.odriscoll at intel.com] > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 9:09 AM > To: Bob Monkman; dev at dpdk.org; Laura Kempke; Michael Dolan > Subject: RE: DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bob Monkman [mailto:Bob.Monkman at arm.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 4:30 PM >> To: O'Driscoll, Tim; dev at dpdk.org; Laura Kempke; Michael Dolan >> Subject: RE: DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation >> >> Thanks very much for the minutes. Can we get Laura's draft deck re: >> budget and tradeoffs/options? > > There's no slide deck, just the spreadsheet at: > https://docs.google.com/a/linuxfoundation.org/spreadsheets/d/1-3686Xb_jf4FtxdX8Mus9UwIxUb2vI_ppmJV5GnXcLg/edit?usp=sharing. > This outlines the minimum (column B) and optional (column C) alternatives > that Laura presented on Tuesday. > > I believe access to the spreadsheet is open to everybody, but if anybody runs > into issues I'm sure Laura can help to grant access. > > > Tim > >> >> Robert (Bob) Monkman >> Enterprise Segment Marketing Manager >> 150 Rose Orchard Way >> San Jose, Ca 95134 >> M: +1.510.676.5490 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim >> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 2:16 PM >> To: dev at dpdk.org; Laura Kempke; Michael Dolan >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation >> >> Here are some brief minutes of our discussion on Tuesday. Apologies >> for the delay in sending these out. >> >> Attendees: Bob Monkman, Bruce Richardson, Dave Neary, Ferruh Yigit, >> Jim St Leger, John Bromhead, John McNamara, Keith Wiles, Konstantin >> Ananyev, Laura Kempke, M Jay, Martin Horne, Mike Dolan, Mike Glynn, >> Tetsuya Mukawa, Thomas Monjalon, Tim O'Driscoll, Yoshihiro Nakajima >> Note: This list is taken from the GoToMeeting tool, but since people >> joined/left at different times it may not be complete. >> >> >> The background to the call is that we had a discussion at the >> Userspace event in Dublin on using Linux Foundation to provide a >> lightweight governance model for DPDK. This would cover marketing, >> event planning, trademarks, other legal issues etc. It would not cover >> any technical governance of the project. >> >> Following this and a follow-up call we had in December, a small group >> of us (Dave Neary, Thomas Monjalon, Stephen Hemminger, Vincent Jardin, >> me) met with the Linux Foundation to create a draft budget which is >> available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1- >> 3686Xb_jf4FtxdX8Mus9UwIxUb2vI_ppmJV5GnXcLg/edit#gid=302618256. >> >> Laura walked through the spreadsheet at the meeting. Column B >> represents the minimum budget requirement for DPDK and totals $227k. >> Column C shows a number of optional additions and totals $766k. Points >> of discussion >> included: >> - The minimum option assumes that some of the event costs are covered >> by registration fees and sponsorship. >> - Jim asked about LF hosting DPDK IT infrastructure. This isn't >> currently included (row 23) but could be added if desired. >> - The item for hackathons (row 29) is just a placeholder. The general >> consensus seemed to be that we wouldn't need these. >> >> Taking the minimum budget requirement of ~$227k, that would mean we'd >> be looking for ~10-15 companies to contribute, each paying a flat-rate >> membership fee of ~$15-25k. >> >> There was a question on what member companies would get in return for >> their contribution. We need to do some further work on this, but the >> likelihood is that they would get a seat on a board which would >> determine how the DPDK budget is spent. The scope of this board would >> be limited to marketing/event/legal issues. Technical governance would >> continue to be handled separately via our Maintainers and our >> Architecture Board. >> >> Most people on the call felt that the proposal to use LF was a good >> idea and was worth pursuing further. However, we only had a small >> number of people on the call so that may not be representative of the >> views of the entire community. Therefore, if anybody has further >> thoughts or input on this, please feel free to reply to this email. >> >> Keith suggested holding a poll so that we can quantify the level of >> interest and give people a way to provide feedback anonymously in case >> they're unwilling to do so in public. I'll look into this. >> >> Feel free to post any corrections or additions if I missed anything. >> >> >> Tim >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim >>> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:19 AM >>> To: dev at dpdk.org >>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation >>> >>> At the community call we held on governance in December, we agreed >> that >>> a few of us would work with the Linux Foundation on a proposal for a >>> light-weight governance of DPDK. This would include things like >>> management of DPDK events, registering trademarks, and any required >>> legal support etc. >>> >>> Stephen, Thomas, Dave, Vincent and I met with the Linux Foundation >>> to discuss this and came up with a draft budget proposal. We'd like >>> to >> have >>> a community call to discuss this and decide how we should proceed. >>> >>> The current budget estimate is ~$227k. LF guidance is that for this >> size >>> of budget they'd propose a flat membership fee (i.e. no tiered >>> membership) of ~$25k per member company, with a target of getting 10 >> or >>> more companies to contribute. >>> >>> At the call we can discuss: >>> - A breakdown of the proposed budget. LF are very flexible on this, >>> so we can add or remove whatever we want for DPDK. >>> - Proposed membership fee. >>> - Matthew also highlight some recent changes to community >> representation >>> at the Linux Foundation. We should discuss any concerns associated >> with >>> this. >>> - Next steps. >>> >>> >>> When: >>> Tue, Feb 2, 2015 15:00 - 16:00 GMT >>> Tue, Feb 2, 2015 07:00 - 08:00 PST >>> Tue, Feb 2, 2015 10:00 - 11:00 EST >>> Tue, Feb 2, 2015 16:00 - 17:00 CET >>> >>> >>> How to join: >>> You can join from a computer, tablet or smartphone: >>> https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/474154717 >>> >>> You can also dial in by phone. >>> Access Code: 474-154-717 >>> >>> More phone numbers >>> United States : +1 (312) 757-3126 >>> Australia : +61 2 9087 3604 >>> Austria : +43 7 2088 1400 >>> Belgium : +32 (0) 92 98 0592 >>> Canada : +1 (647) 497-9350 >>> Denmark : +45 69 91 80 05 >>> Finland : +358 (0) 942 41 5778 >>> France : +33 (0) 182 880 456 >>> Germany : +49 (0) 692 5736 7313 >>> Ireland : +353 (0) 15 290 180 >>> Italy : +39 0 247 92 12 39 >>> Netherlands : +31 (0) 208 080 379 >>> New Zealand : +64 9 442 7358 >>> Norway : +47 21 03 58 96 >>> Spain : +34 911 82 9782 >>> Sweden : +46 (0) 313 613 558 >>> Switzerland : +41 (0) 435 0006 96 >>> United Kingdom : +44 (0) 20 3713 5028 >>> >> >> IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are >> confidential and may also be privileged. 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