Hi Jason, All,
Thank-you for the proposal. It is rather inline with my thinking (even though I had proposed 3 meetings, my proposal on the consequence was also harsher and the return also harsher). I have a few
suggestions.
"Any TSC member that misses two (2) consecutive meetings (add
and/or email votes)without a named proxy will be automatically suspended from TSC membership for purposes of voting and quorum until having attended two meetings consecutively. For avoidance of doubt, the suspended TSC member will be eligible to vote
and will be counted for quorum purposes at the (remove second replace with
third) consecutive attended meeting."
Motivation: The original text allows that a TSC member, after suspension, can be voting again after attending only one meeting in reality, on the second meeting which seems a little short to me.
I would like to air an alternative, as the above approach allows that each TSC member to attend every second meeting which can risk business continuity (even if I can’t imagine anyone taking that
approach).
"Any TSC member that misses two (2) meetings (and/or email votes) without a named proxy within a 3 month period will be automatically suspended from TSC membership
for purposes of voting and quorum until having attended two meetings consecutively. For avoidance of doubt, the suspended TSC member will be eligible to vote and will be counted for quorum purposes at the third consecutive attended meeting."
Best Regards,
Steve.
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 6:31 PM
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Subject: [onap-tsc] TSC Attendance requirements - discussion
Hi Everyone,
To follow-up on today's discussion around TSC requirements, I wanted to share the survey results, examples from other communities, other considerations, and a strawman proposal.
Survey Results
The survey results on this topic can be found on slides 3-7 of this presentation:
https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/TSC+Meritocratic+Election+Process?preview=/25428910/33066973/TSC-Composition-Survey-Community.pdf
In summary:
- Proxies: Nearly everyone supported proxies with voting privileges
- # of consecutive missed TSC meetings before being dropped from quorum requirements: For both elected and appointed representatives, the majority of community responses said 2 consecutive
missed meetings; the plurality of TSC responses said 2 consecutive missed meeting, while the majority said 2 or 3 consecutive missed meetings.
- appointed TSC members forfeiting seats if removed from quorum: results were mixed, with the community favoring removal, and the TSC not favoring removal
Other Communities
CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation):
"Any TOC member that misses three (3) consecutive meetings shall be automatically suspended from eligibility to vote until having attended two meetings
consecutively. For avoidance of doubt, the suspended TOC member shall be eligible to vote in the second consecutive meeting."
https://www.cncf.io/about/charter/
Acumos (proposal only):
"Any TSC member that misses three (3) consecutive meetings will be automatically suspended from TSC membership for
purposes of voting and quorum until having attended two meetings consecutively. For avoidance of doubt, the suspended TSC member will be eligible to vote and will be counted for quorum purposes at the second consecutive meeting."
https://wiki.acumos.org/display/TSC/Technical+Steering+Committee
Alex, please provide other inputs, as I wasn't able to easily locate the ones you mentioned.
Other Considerations
As mentioned on the TSC call, the issue seems to be participation in votes. Should the attendance requirements also cover participation in e-mail votes (i.e. missing X votes over Y weeks)?
If removal is called for, what are the procedures (if any) for replacement? This would seem to be very dependent on the new TSC composition (elected vs appointed).
Strawman Proposal
So that everyone has something to throw darts at, here's one proposal:
"Any TSC member that misses two (2) consecutive meetings without a named proxy will be automatically suspended from TSC membership for purposes of voting and quorum until having attended
two meetings consecutively. For avoidance of doubt, the suspended TSC member will be eligible to vote and will be counted for quorum purposes at the second consecutive attended meeting."
motivation:
- adheres to survey recommendation on proxies, and 2 consecutive missed meetings before removal from quorum
- as the TSC has had no attendance policy up to this point, providing a way for "reinstatement" seems a reasonable first step. The TSC could revisit this in 6 months after seeing if
it addresses the issues. For example, the TSC could choose removal after more than X suspensions in a 12 month period.
Please provide your input. Thanks!
Regards,
Jason Hunt
Distinguished Engineer, IBM
Phone: 314-749-7422
Email: djh...@us.ibm.com
Twitter: @DJHunt
