Re: [dpdk-moving] Minutes from "Moving DPDK to Linux Foundation" call, January 24th

["O'Driscoll, Tim" <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>]

> From: Wiles, Keith
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:57 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim <tim.odriscoll@intel.com>
> wrote:
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> > Membership costs:
> > - Discussed potential membership costs. My proposal was ~$50-100k for
> Gold, ~$5-$20k for Silver. Most agreed that this was a good starting
> point for discussions.
> 
> I thought we were trending toward the higher $100k range as the lab was
> going cost a fair bit am I wrong here?

The membership rates we decide on will need to strike a balance between raising budget and having a broad membership that's representative of the breadth of DPDK contributions/usage. If we choose a high figure it will limit the number of companies prepared to join. If we choose too low a number then we won't maximize our budget. We need to strike a balance between the two.

The next step we agreed was for Mike to identify who's interested in membership (he's already posted on the moving list asking for contacts) and begin to have individual discussions with them. Feedback on membership rates from these discussions will help us to make a final decision.

I think we need to be careful on lab costs. Some high figures have been mentioned based on FD.io, but from the beginning of these discussions we've agreed that we want a smaller scope and lower cost level for DPDK. Rough estimate for a full rack with a part time sys admin and a part time release engineer is ~$200k/year.

We also discussed yesterday whether lab costs should be fully accounted for in the Gold membership fee, or if they should be handled separately. Mike will also ask about interest in the lab as part of his discussions which will help us to reach a conclusion on this.