From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC0BB42637; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:37:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D86F640E78; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:36:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-yw1-f178.google.com (mail-yw1-f178.google.com [209.85.128.178]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B347940E78 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:36:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-yw1-f178.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-59f82ad1e09so22027407b3.0 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:36:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; t=1695659811; x=1696264611; darn=dpdk.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=kDZ+akrq0pP8wrhDl1lhRuhydjrO0esD5YCSwiKcyMg=; b=g/YiVEruQIiFe6y5z2Z7D5dmYrsteB00c+577fm5QF6s2J7BzjqQMrqTG/7As8CzO2 4ArCMuCtysvNCBIGJDnfoCTiTGN50DyyvLQT8ZHir1x5NVx8UZZ/P2bXtNd6yiUwI+Ze 3PibEjcTbTHn2YI+lCOVw+cgQ6vSAueKujfVE= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1695659811; x=1696264611; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=kDZ+akrq0pP8wrhDl1lhRuhydjrO0esD5YCSwiKcyMg=; b=Zj0zRm5vH4Od+KgN/izYd76htsdiPzGQIShtbrpuzw0o8fkCXHI0LP0nx+CZ9/8Fd3 zzuzmfIHQ8VOxuvTrCjOaZjHtTD+jkpa8w/QoboakfwlxgOkOaE48UZdcA03KAqYEgRk iFETW5nIKhedUMYlSPHLTy06SDk3LCnBtjRU47IRwKLQuw0+69NMNAgrUBTVdlLK6WKe 7tUUaUOnWShkUgRV6eFoulJfGrjL/B5jZaoy5EqOsviNDKtLeospg8YJcY5AvLy4nOiw hJ8yZmJ92M6wQRV5+7WIAOsIp9X3rWij2uxjVLiGjKYQEbR1MFlWZuQ8LLfiUJBZfhXW 8Qyg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yy8p/cBXCv1tXJrZGU84JgPOgS5tfZdb5i7wstuseXUFnNm6an2 C6ib7UDF2Mh1GGA6Z9Qix5qt6RVKdwT3Gnity0mHX6BoP4VjiFuum1crxg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IE7DjEsKBxgo18hsYxD7EBYPI6n6qz+Xn8NOxU0rI7gZTIq7aQKjQOIHu2ReaTQ/nCdtE3x8jUWL/mBHA1v2rk= X-Received: by 2002:a0d:d441:0:b0:59b:5d6b:5110 with SMTP id w62-20020a0dd441000000b0059b5d6b5110mr7605178ywd.21.1695659810721; Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:36:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Nathan Southern Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:36:39 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Shark Tank To: dev@dpdk.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ada8c5060631907b" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org --000000000000ada8c5060631907b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear DPDK Community Members, In Dublin, I gave a short talk that I'd like to re-summarize as follows: The DPDK project has a healthy budget and room to make additional financial investments in 2024. We want to invest our budget in ways that grow adoption of the Data Plane Development Kit software - expanding DPDK geographically and across new industries. Such investments should also financially strengthen the project. As community members, you=E2=80=99re en= couraged to *bring our Governing Board* *proposals for investment opportunities, within the sphere of network packet processing.* Our areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: =C2=B7 Adding switching =C2=B7 Adding encryption =C2=B7 Adding more user space compatibility =C2=B7 Protocol stacks =C2=B7 Optical Burst Switching =C2=B7 Enterprise Security - Lab Testing of NICs If you have an idea for an investment along these lines that might interest us, the process is as follows: 1. You author a 1-2 page prospectus outlining the initiative that you have in mind, its benefits, its risks, foreseen challenges and opportunities to be seized, as well as high level cost estimates includi= ng people, resources and funds. It must be DPDK-centric to be evaluated. 2. Submit your proposal to me and I will share it with the board. 3. It will then be assigned to a particular DPDK Governing Board Meeting, and circulated to board members by Rashid, Robin and Nathan, approximately 1 week prior to the meeting, to give the board time to thi= nk it over. Meetings happen every six weeks. 4. Your pitch will be placed on the board agenda for discussion. 5. You will then attend the meeting, pitch your proposal live to our Governing Board members, do a Q&A, and we will take a vote to either approve or reject - mirroring the reality TV program *Shark Tank*. For those of you not familiar with this program here is a link to its wiki page as well as a youtube excerpt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Tank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhYeUHvoLfg4 Any questions, please let us know. Thanks, Nathan Nathan C. Southern, Project Coordinator Data Plane Development Kit The Linux Foundation 248.835.4812 (mobile) nsouthern@linuxfoundation.org --000000000000ada8c5060631907b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear DPDK Community Members,


In Dublin, I gave a short talk that=C2=A0I'd like to re-summarize= =C2=A0as follows:=C2=A0


The DPDK project has a healthy budget and room to make additional fin= ancial investments in 2024. We want to invest our budget in ways that grow = adoption of the Data Plane Development Kit software - expanding DPDK geogra= phically and across new industries. Such investments should also financiall= y strengthen the project. As community members, you=E2=80=99re encouraged t= o bring our Governing Board proposals for investment opportunitie= s, within the sphere of network packet processing.


Our areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:=


=C2=B7=C2=A0 Adding switching

=C2=B7=C2=A0 Adding encryption

=C2=B7=C2=A0 Adding more user space compatibility<= /p>

=C2=B7=C2=A0 Protocol stacks

=C2=B7=C2=A0 Optical Burst Switching

=C2=B7=C2=A0 Enterprise Security

- Lab Testing of NICs



If you have an idea for an investment along these lines that might in= terest us, the process is as follows:=C2=A0


  1. You author a 1-2 page prospectus outlining the initiative that you h= ave in mind, its benefits, its risks, foreseen challenges and opportunities= to be seized, as well as high level cost estimates including people, resou= rces and funds.=C2=A0 It= must be DPDK-centric to be evaluated.
  2. Submit your=C2=A0 proposal to me and I will share it with the board.=
  3. It will then be assigned to a particular DPDK Governing Board Meetin= g, and circulated to board members by Rashid, Robin and Nathan, approximate= ly 1 week prior to the meeting, to give the board time to think it over. Me= etings happen every six weeks.
  4. Your pitch will be placed on the board agenda for discussion.=C2=A0<= /li>
  5. You will then attend the meeting, pitch your proposal live to our Go= verning Board members, do a Q&A, and we will take a vote to either appr= ove or reject - mirroring the reality TV program Shark Tank.


For those of you not familiar with this program here is a link to its= wiki page as well as a youtube excerpt.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Tank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhYeUHvoLfg4


Any questions, please let us know.=C2=A0


Thanks,


Nathan



Nathan C. Southern, Proje= ct Coordinator

Data Plane Development Kit

The Linux Found= ation

248.835.4812 (mobile)

nsouthern@linuxfoundation.org=

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