Re: [dpdk-moving] Proposing to cancel tomorrow's "Moving DPDK to LF" call

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

> From: moving [mailto:moving-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Dave Neary
> 
> Thanks Tim,
> 
> I think the main blocking factor at this stage is a budget refresh that
> we can use as a basis for relative priorities for expenditure - which
> will feed into funding level discussions.

We talked about that at a recent meeting. What we have currently is an estimated budget - essentially a list of things we'd like to fund, and a total budget that seems reasonable given the likely membership and membership rates. We talked about whether we needed to scrub that estimated budget again now, but agreed that it was good enough at the moment.

Once we've confirmed who the expected project members are, and the final membership rates (we seem to be converging on ~$50k for Gold and ~$5-20K for Silver, although we do need to finalise those numbers) then we'll have a clear idea of what the actual budget is likely to be. At that point, we'll definitely need to prioritise and determine what can and cannot be funded.

> 
> Thanks,
> Dave.
> 
> On 02/20/2017 09:26 AM, O'Driscoll, Tim wrote:
> > I propose that we cancel tomorrow's call on "Moving DPDK to the Linux
> Foundation". The main item we need to talk about is the status of the
> membership discussions, and whether it's realistic to be ready for a
> project launch to coincide with ONS at the start of April. However, due
> to the LF's open source leadership summit last week and a public holiday
> in the USA today (Presidents' Day), I don't think much will have changed
> since our last discussion on this. Postponing this for a week will allow
> more time for 1:1 discussions to happen so that we have a full picture.
> >
> > If anybody has any concerns, or other topics that they want to cover
> tomorrow, please comment. If there are no objections then we'll cancel
> tomorrow's meeting and discuss membership status next week instead.
> >
> >
> > Tim
> >
> 
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