Hello LFN Technical Community Members: I have volunteered to provide a summary of Governing Board activities to the technical communities that make up the LFN umbrella project. If you aren't interested in such a summary, please feel free to stop reading now.
The LFN Governing Board (GB) met via teleconference on May 16th, 2018 for their regular monthly meeting. The GB meetings always begin with house keeping items such as approval of the previous meeting's minutes and an update on prospective, and new members of LFN. The GB then briefly discussed participation in LFN projects by ZTE and any impact that may be incurred as a result of their recent decrease in activity. Assessments are still being made to fully understand the impact on LFN project short-term deliverables. The GB then discussed the Induction process for new projects wanting to join the LFN umbrella. This work is currently under construction by the TAC. The TAC is making good progress on the definition of this process, and the completion date is estimated to be July 11th. Next, the GB discussed the induction of the Tungsten Fabric project into LFN. Tungsten Fabric (TF) was formerly known as OpenContrail. TF applied for induction into LFN in March of this year. At that time, the GB viewed the induction of TF favorably, but felt it important to have a documented process for project induction so that all candidate projects would be evaluated in a fair and consistent manner. Given the timeline of the induction process creation and the favorable disposition of the TF project, the GB decided to hold an email vote on the conditional induction of the TF project. That vote was held shortly after the May GB meeting, and at the conclusion of voting, the GB approved the conditional induction of the Tungsten Fabric project into LFN. The next topic on the agenda was a recommendation received from the TAC to have TAC-Project community representation on the GB. The GB discussed this recommendation, and at the end of the discussion the GB chose not to implement the recommendation. However, the GB did choose to take steps to improve the frequency and depth of conversation between the GB and leaders of the LFN projects by implementing a quarterly review and discussion with each TAC project. Also, in an effort to improve the speed and efficiency of project-initiated budget requests, the GB is evaluating new methods of approval for such requests. The GB then discussed the activities of the Compliance and Verification Committee (CVC) along with the End User Advisory Group (EUAG). The CVC has met several times and is making good progress on expanding the original work done by OPNFV into an LFN-wide program with an initial target of incorporating testing and certification for VNFs. The LFN EUAG had an initial kickoff meeting during ONS in March and member/participant acquisition has been the primary focus thus far. End users of any LFN project are strongly encouraged to join the EUAG to help provide input and feedback to the developer communities on user priorities and experiences. Brief updates were then provided to the GB on activities of the Marketing Advisory Council (MAC) and the Audit and Finance Subcommittee. Following those updates, the Governing Board meeting was adjourned. Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback on this summary. The intent here is to keep those in the technical communities who are interested in the activities of the Governing Board, better informed Best, Phil. -- Phil Robb VP Operations - Networking & Orchestration, The Linux Foundation (O) 970-229-5949 (M) 970-420-4292 Skype: Phil.Robb
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