June 2021 - Foundation-board - lists.openinfra.dev

OpenInfra Foundation Board Meeting, June 29th 9-11 PM Pacific (June 30th, 0400-0600 UTC)
by Julia Kreger 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Foundation members, The next OpenInfra Foundation board meeting is on June 29th, running from 9 PM to 11 PM US Pacific time (June 30th from 0400 to 0600 UTC). This meeting is scheduled to be a more friendly time zone for the Asia/Pacific members. Please be mindful of the date difference between the US Pacific and UTC time zones. During this meeting we anticipate some housekeeping activities, a vote on a new associate member class, Interop Working Group proposed process changes, a request from the OpenStack Technical Committee, updates from the Foundation staff with regards to the current status in 2021, the present forecast into 2022, and an update on the current status of the Chinese Open Infrastructure market. Meeting Date: June 29th, 2021 US Pacific / June 30th, 2021 (UTC) Time: 9 PM to 11 PM US Pacific / 0400 to 0600 UTC Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96201224963 International dial-in (audio only): https://zoom.us/zoomconference (conference ID #962 0122 4963) To join the session by phone only: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) OR +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) Meeting ID: 962 0122 4963 Agenda: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/30Jun2021BoardMeeting Thanks, Julia

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Associate Membership class
by Thierry Carrez 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

Dear Board members, As previously discussed, during the board meeting next week I will propose the creation of a new class of members called "Associate members". Here is a short description of that new class: ======================================================================= Associate member class The Associate member class is an Open Infrastructure Foundation (“the Foundation”) member class that does not have a vote for a member of the Board of Directors to represent it, or a vote on any other matter. It was created on XXX by a resolution of the Foundation Board of Directors, under the provision of section 2.1 of the Foundation bylaws. The Associate class is open to two types of organizations: non-profit organizations sustaining open infrastructure projects, and notable academic and public research institutions making extensive use of open infrastructure projects. The Executive Director of the Foundation has authority to admit and terminate members of the Associate Class. The Associate class does not require any membership fee. Members of the Associate class support the Foundation mission by associating their organization name with it and allowing the Foundation to promote that association. For non-profit organizations sustaining open infrastructure projects, the Foundation in return may reciprocate through membership in equivalent affiliate membership programs, engage in co-marketing opportunities or sharing events. For notable academic and public research institutions making extensive use of open infrastructure projects, they benefit in return from the Foundation support of their activities like any other Foundation member, through programs like job posting promotion or help in navigating our open source communities. ======================================================================= Such class creation just requires a resolution from the Board, similar to the one passed during the January Board meeting, which you can find at: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/26Jan2021BoardMinutes Let me know if you still have concerns about this new class. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to the discussion of this proposal during the Board call. -- Thierry Carrez VP Engineering, Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Interop WG update for the board
by Arkady Kanevsky 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Dear fellow board members, I request time at the June board meeting to go over proposed changes for Interop WG processes and governance. The presentation is at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-9H1cTXZxW0vCSTzfBe0aMKbd7nggd8SOHQ… The new process is documented at https://opendev.org/osf/interop/src/branch/master/doc/source/process/2021A.… The highlights include moving approval interop guidelines from OIF board to Approval committee consisting of Interop co-chairs, Refstack, TC and Foundation representatives, simplification of adding/updating tests required, and removing a requirement that one of WG co-chairs are nominated by the board. -- Arkady Kanevsky, Ph.D. Phone: 972 707-6456 Corporate Phone: 919 729-5744 ext. 8176456

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