From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D67C342 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 18:08:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Feb 2016 09:08:51 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.22,401,1449561600"; d="scan'208";a="897165146" Received: from irsmsx152.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.66]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Feb 2016 09:08:49 -0800 Received: from irsmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.11.102]) by IRSMSX152.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.6.200]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:08:48 +0000 From: "O'Driscoll, Tim" To: Bob Monkman , "dev@dpdk.org" , "Laura Kempke" , Michael Dolan Thread-Topic: DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation Thread-Index: AdFVXyFj11EFHpfSTbKwlEqRJimLqQKNzxugACcBTSAAATyakA== Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:08:48 +0000 Message-ID: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA674B2711@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA674AA240@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA674B1F8C@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-IE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiYjQ4ZjIxNTktNzE4MS00MGY5LThhODEtYzFlNjFhNjI5Y2YxIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX0lDIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE1LjQuMTAuMTkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoidDFlRGFPQ1wvWlwvZ1c5cmdEcFpFQ3BYVDFtNHZzT1RnVzFuelpDd0s4ZHRVPSJ9 x-ctpclassification: CTP_IC x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.180] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:08:53 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Monkman [mailto:Bob.Monkman@arm.com] > Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 4:30 PM > To: O'Driscoll, Tim; dev@dpdk.org; Laura Kempke; Michael Dolan > Subject: RE: DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation >=20 > Thanks very much for the minutes. Can we get Laura's draft deck re: > budget and tradeoffs/options? There's no slide deck, just the spreadsheet at: https://docs.google.com/a/l= inuxfoundation.org/spreadsheets/d/1-3686Xb_jf4FtxdX8Mus9UwIxUb2vI_ppmJV5GnX= cLg/edit?usp=3Dsharing. This outlines the minimum (column B) and optional (= column C) alternatives that Laura presented on Tuesday. I believe access to the spreadsheet is open to everybody, but if anybody ru= ns into issues I'm sure Laura can help to grant access. Tim >=20 > Robert (Bob) Monkman > Enterprise Segment Marketing Manager > 150 Rose Orchard Way > San Jose, Ca 95134 > M: +1.510.676.5490 >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 2:16 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org; Laura Kempke; Michael Dolan > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation >=20 > Here are some brief minutes of our discussion on Tuesday. Apologies for > the delay in sending these out. >=20 > Attendees: Bob Monkman, Bruce Richardson, Dave Neary, Ferruh Yigit, Jim > St Leger, John Bromhead, John McNamara, Keith Wiles, Konstantin Ananyev, > Laura Kempke, M Jay, Martin Horne, Mike Dolan, Mike Glynn, Tetsuya > Mukawa, Thomas Monjalon, Tim O'Driscoll, Yoshihiro Nakajima > Note: This list is taken from the GoToMeeting tool, but since people > joined/left at different times it may not be complete. >=20 >=20 > The background to the call is that we had a discussion at the Userspace > event in Dublin on using Linux Foundation to provide a lightweight > governance model for DPDK. This would cover marketing, event planning, > trademarks, other legal issues etc. It would not cover any technical > governance of the project. >=20 > Following this and a follow-up call we had in December, a small group of > us (Dave Neary, Thomas Monjalon, Stephen Hemminger, Vincent Jardin, me) > met with the Linux Foundation to create a draft budget which is > available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1- > 3686Xb_jf4FtxdX8Mus9UwIxUb2vI_ppmJV5GnXcLg/edit#gid=3D302618256. >=20 > Laura walked through the spreadsheet at the meeting. Column B represents > the minimum budget requirement for DPDK and totals $227k. Column C shows > a number of optional additions and totals $766k. Points of discussion > included: > - The minimum option assumes that some of the event costs are covered by > registration fees and sponsorship. > - Jim asked about LF hosting DPDK IT infrastructure. This isn't > currently included (row 23) but could be added if desired. > - The item for hackathons (row 29) is just a placeholder. The general > consensus seemed to be that we wouldn't need these. >=20 > Taking the minimum budget requirement of ~$227k, that would mean we'd be > looking for ~10-15 companies to contribute, each paying a flat-rate > membership fee of ~$15-25k. >=20 > There was a question on what member companies would get in return for > their contribution. We need to do some further work on this, but the > likelihood is that they would get a seat on a board which would > determine how the DPDK budget is spent. The scope of this board would be > limited to marketing/event/legal issues. Technical governance would > continue to be handled separately via our Maintainers and our > Architecture Board. >=20 > Most people on the call felt that the proposal to use LF was a good idea > and was worth pursuing further. However, we only had a small number of > people on the call so that may not be representative of the views of the > entire community. Therefore, if anybody has further thoughts or input on > this, please feel free to reply to this email. >=20 > Keith suggested holding a poll so that we can quantify the level of > interest and give people a way to provide feedback anonymously in case > they're unwilling to do so in public. I'll look into this. >=20 > Feel free to post any corrections or additions if I missed anything. >=20 >=20 > Tim >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim > > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:19 AM > > To: dev@dpdk.org > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Linux Foundation > > > > At the community call we held on governance in December, we agreed > that > > a few of us would work with the Linux Foundation on a proposal for a > > light-weight governance of DPDK. This would include things like > > management of DPDK events, registering trademarks, and any required > > legal support etc. > > > > Stephen, Thomas, Dave, Vincent and I met with the Linux Foundation to > > discuss this and came up with a draft budget proposal. We'd like to > have > > a community call to discuss this and decide how we should proceed. > > > > The current budget estimate is ~$227k. LF guidance is that for this > size > > of budget they'd propose a flat membership fee (i.e. no tiered > > membership) of ~$25k per member company, with a target of getting 10 > or > > more companies to contribute. > > > > At the call we can discuss: > > - A breakdown of the proposed budget. LF are very flexible on this, so > > we can add or remove whatever we want for DPDK. > > - Proposed membership fee. > > - Matthew also highlight some recent changes to community > representation > > at the Linux Foundation. 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