15:00:32 #startmeeting tac 15:00:32 Meeting started Wed Nov 7 15:00:32 2018 UTC. The chair is dfarrell07. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 15:00:32 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 15:00:32 The meeting name has been set to 'tac' 15:00:57 #chair CaseyLF zxiiro edwarnicke frankbrockners kennypaul morgan_orange rossella_s timirnich 15:00:57 Current chairs: CaseyLF dfarrell07 edwarnicke frankbrockners kennypaul morgan_orange rossella_s timirnich zxiiro 15:01:11 #info TAC members please #info in 15:01:15 #info Daniel Farrell 15:01:20 #info Morgan Richomme 15:01:29 #info Rossella Sblendido 15:02:43 Hello! 15:03:13 #info edwarnicke 15:03:23 #info Frank Brockners 15:03:36 #info Tapio Tallgren 15:05:46 #info Catherine Lefèvre of ONAP is here but can't get on IRC 15:05:58 #info Razanne Abu-Aisheh proxy Davide Cherubini (Vodafone) is here but not on IRC 15:06:41 #info Wenjing Chu is here but on IRC 15:07:31 #info topics today include TF induction updates, TAC leadership positions 15:08:13 #info edwarnicke asks if we want to discuss the Secretary to insure clean meeting minutes proposal? 15:08:52 Can we vote for Casey to be the permanent secretary? 15:10:06 #info Jason Hunt, IBM is here but not on IRC 15:10:42 #topic TF Induction review 15:11:14 #info CaseyLF talks about TF doc status, says there are sections that are difficult to find data for but are being worked on, Randy says he's still hacking on it and will try to show where data came from 15:11:50 #info dfarrell07 much appreciates Randy trying to clearly show data sources, how data was collected 15:12:56 #link https://gerrit.linuxfoundation.org/infra/#/c/12880/ TF project proposal gerrit 15:13:20 #info edwarnicke suggests adding clear links and dates in the meeting materials 15:13:34 #info Jason Hunt, IBM 15:14:45 #link https://lists.lfnetworking.org/g/TAC/topic/tf_induction_documentation_is/27261286 this was message that started TF review, oct 11th 15:17:10 #info discussion regarding process 15:17:59 #info Chaker Al-Hakim concerned over getting this right the first time 15:19:07 #info dfarrell07 suggests that the community collectively work on the shortcomings in the process 15:21:33 #info discussion of budget impact considerations. 15:22:03 Where is the html version of TF induction? I only found this: 15:22:04 04:47:33 docs runtests: commands[1] | echo 'Generated docs available in /w/workspace/lfn-process-rtd-verify-any/docs/_build/html' 15:22:07 04:47:33 Generated docs available in /w/workspace/lfn-process-rtd-verify-any/docs/_build/html 15:22:42 #info question about if there is a basically fixed amount of funds in LFN, and yes there is because there is a platinum cap and we are basically at it, so pie slices get smaller 15:23:51 #info TF clarifies that Juniper joined before platinum cap was hit, so there was room to grow at that point 15:24:58 #info Paul Carver - need better instructions in the template - 15:25:01 #info question on tooling to collect metrics for the document => a priori no built-in mechanism 15:26:08 #info dfarrell07 intent is only 5K commits. 15:27:03 #info formatting is bulleted at the same level in the doc currently and needs to be changed to sub-bullets 15:29:28 #info Randy request if the 5K commits is provided today that the decision on induction take place at the next TAC meeting in 2 weeks 15:29:39 #topic TAC Chair 15:29:48 #link https://gerrit.linuxfoundation.org/infra/gitweb?p=lfn/process.git;a=blob;f=docs/lifecycle/project_data_template.rst;h=271d7affb868eeed45f7e99fb0d98c4782bcc955;hb=HEAD#l53 15:32:42 #info consensus to say that it is impossible for 1 person to have the full technical knowledge on all LFN projects 15:32:58 #info the TAC representation at the board is however necessary 15:33:40 #info dfarrell07 summarized the email threads regarding the TAC chair 15:33:42 #info dfarrell07 thinks strongly that there needs to be direct reps to Board, per all recent experience 15:33:58 #info various discussions about TAC leadership positions, chair, vice-chair(s), etc 15:34:06 #info 15:34:22 I am in favor of TAC projects representation in the Board, but not as board members (which will not be accepted) 15:34:23 #info also discussion about minutes being not great, so very reasonable questions about where we had discussed/agreed/voted on issues 15:35:18 #info one going-forward idea from ed and others is that we've tried to meet their suggestions and it turned out to be impossible, bad idea, suggest they re-eval and accept our suggestion of direct reps 15:35:28 #info clarity that Morgan did not sign up for being TAC chair 15:35:54 #info the key concept we all seem to agree on is that there needs to be direct project reps to Board 15:36:07 #info many boards have chairs and co-chair, secretaries why is this different? 15:36:55 #info then just decide voting rights and who should participate whether they vote or not 15:36:58 #info edwarnicke talks about mechanics of how votes could or could not be split among TAC project reps, want to leave that decision to Board 15:37:35 #info ttallgren suggests we formulate wording to focus on dialog, not voting, as that seems to be sticky point for Board 15:37:44 #info mchiosi the strong feeling amoung the TAC members is that no single person can represent all projects to the Board which is what the Board has requirste. 15:40:10 #info phil suggests we work on a TAC chair description that doesn't assume they need to rep all projects, assumes will get direct reps to Board 15:40:24 #info dfarrell07 suggests we need to do all of this in one go, one single proposal, so it's all clear 15:41:24 #info it's not possible to do something where the tac chair tags in project reps as needed, as can't even know which topics need tag-ins from projects, and will be too late in meetings to tag-in 15:42:01 #info Wenjing and dfarrell07 +1 that we need to have all reps at all meetings in all discussions 15:42:23 #info edwarnicke talks about benefits of having voting roles, vs observer roles at Board 15:43:11 #info edwarnicke points out that observer status prevents people would be unable to be members of B oard subcommittees 15:43:20 #info basically there are things observers can't take part in, so wouldn't be "full" board reps, would be out of some committees 15:43:26 #info #info correction, edwarnicke points out about the necessity of the privileges of board membership *other* than votes on the board 15:45:03 #info edwarnicke pointed out that even if the board assigned zero votes to be split amongst the community reps, it is still important that they be board members, not mere observers 15:45:14 #link https://gerrit.linuxfoundation.org/infra/#/c/10649/ dfarrell07 has started re-writing charter to provide per-project board reps 15:45:30 #info dfarrell07 thinks we need to do all of this in one effort, so maybe we can add to that change or build on it 15:46:22 #info edwarnicke also thinks this needs to be done in one effort 15:46:33 #info phil suggests again that we move forward with writing spec for chair that doesn't assume per-project rep work, something actually realistic 15:47:10 #info board joint meeting on dec 12, maybe that should be deadline for this work 15:48:41 #info phil suggests we focus on intent, ideas behind vs exact wording of charter 15:49:59 #info edwarnicke suggest we split the difference and send a 'term sheet' proposal to the board, noting it will require charter changes, and requesting that the board send proposed change language back to the TAC for review and commentary prior to adoption 15:50:15 #info charter edit may trigger board into legal world, so might be more effective to focus on ideas 15:51:41 #info looking to put together group of folks to drive this work, iterate on 10649 15:51:48 #info volunteers for workgroup Tapio, Wenjing, 15:51:56 #info edwarnicke volunteers as well 15:52:02 dfarrell07: Are you in? 15:52:06 #info dfarrell07 will also help of course :) 15:53:45 #agreed the TAC community will come up with a new TAC Chair proposal - starting with gerrit 10469 15:54:23 #action workgroup will put together collection of ideas regarding gov structure we think is necessary (direct board reps, reasonable-scope tac chair/maybe-vice-chair(s), secretary) 15:57:04 #agreed the TAC agrees that the key concept is that it's impossible for a single TAC Chair to rep all the projects, so we have to have direct project reps 15:58:06 #info given agree above, we can proceed on both new TAC Chair description and project reps recommendation in parallel 15:59:33 #info ttallgren highlights that we might want to do secretary discussion ASAP to get better minutes, edwarnicke suggests quick email discussion then vote 16:00:28 #info edwarnicke suggest closing on a definition of responsibilites for Secretary quickly via email, then proceeding to nomination and vote 16:00:52 #topic cookies 16:01:01 #endmeeting