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Fwd: [OpenInfra Foundation] [OpenInfra Event Update] Introducing OpenInfra Day Hungary!
by Allison Price 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Hi OpenInfra board of directors, We will provide a comprehensive OpenInfra events update on next week’s April 2 board meeting, but I wanted to share that a new location has been added to the OpenInfra Days Europe lineup: OpenInfra Day Hungary! Registration, speaking and sponsorship opportunities are now available and Helena has outlined them all below. Let me know if you have any questions - I will also be happy to answer any during the meeting next week as well. Thanks, Allison > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Helena Spease <helena(a)openinfra.dev> > Subject: [OpenInfra Foundation] [OpenInfra Event Update] Introducing OpenInfra Day Hungary! > Date: March 27, 2024 at 3:34:43 PM CDT > To: foundation(a)lists.openinfra.dev > > Hi everyone! > > We are very excited to announce the addition of OpenInfra Day Hungary to the lineup for the OpenInfra Days Europe series! See the 2024 OpenInfra events updates below: > > ——— NEW EVENT UPDATES——— > OpenInfra Day Hungary > > Date: 4 June 2024 > > Location: Telekom Headquarters, Budapest, Hungary > > CFP closes 23 April: https://forms.gle/LnF8BRnCdiJQmwrn6 > > Registration is FREE: https://oideurope2024.openinfra.dev#registration=1 > > Learn about sponsoring the event by emailing: HU_DT_TSI_CS_BO(a)t-systems.com > > Expected attendance: 230+ > > Learn more: https://oideurope2024.openinfra.dev/hungary/ > > > ————— EVENT STATUS————— > Want to sponsor a 2024 OpenInfra event? Take a look at your options! https://openinfra.dev/events/sponsorship > > > Submit your talks! > > - OpenInfra Day Germany: The deadline to submit your talk is 28 March https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBIDlFlujCyooVZamOmFEi6Jrm2TMd8PD… > > - OpenInfra Day France: The deadline to submit your talk is 12 April https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/2024_openinfra_days_france_… > > - OpenInfra Day Turkiye: The deadline to submit your talk is 30 April https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/call-for-presentations/ > > - OpenInfra Summit Asia: The Deadline to submit your talk is 29 May https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openinfra_asia_summit_2024 > > _____ > > OpenInfra Days Europe > See the latest info on OpenInfra Days Europe here: https://openinfra.dev/days > If you have any questions, email us at events(a)openinfra.dev! > > _____ > > OpenInfra Summit Asia > See the latest info on the OpenInfra Summit Asia here: https://openinfra.dev/summit > If you have any questions, email us at summit(a)openinfra.dev! > _____ > The Project Teams Gathering > See the latest info on the PTG here: https://openinfra.dev/ptg > If you have any questions, email us at ptg(a)openinfra.dev! > > Cheers, > Helena > > helena(a)openinfra.dev > Community Programs Coordinator > The OpenInfra Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Foundation mailing list -- foundation(a)lists.openinfra.dev > To unsubscribe send an email to foundation-leave(a)lists.openinfra.dev

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Fwd: [OpenInfra Foundation] [OpenInfra Event Update] The CFP for the OpenInfra Summit Asia is now open!
by Allison Price 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

Hi OpenInfra Board Members, I wanted to highlight an OpenInfra Summit Asia update that was shared on the Foundation ML yesterday. The CFP is now open and we encourage your teams to submit; the deadline is May 29, 2024. CFP: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openinfra_asia_summit_2024 Registration and the Travel Support Program applications will be opening soon! Cheers, Allison > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Helena Spease <helena(a)openinfra.dev> > Subject: [OpenInfra Foundation] [OpenInfra Event Update] The CFP for the OpenInfra Summit Asia is now open! > Date: March 13, 2024 at 9:09:28 AM CDT > To: foundation(a)lists.openinfra.dev > > Hi everyone! > > The current 2024 OpenInfra events updates/status is as follows: > > ——— NEW EVENT UPDATES——— > OpenInfra Summit Asia: > The CFP is now open. Submit your talk about Kata Containers, Kubernetes, OCP, OpenStack, Ceph and the most relevant open-source technologies in the industry today! Submissions for the CFP can be submitted in both English and Korean. > Sponsorship: https://openinfra.dev/events/sponsorship > Submit a talk: https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/openinfra_asia_summit_2024 > The CFP closes May 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM KST! > On September 3 & 4, regional open-source communities will gather at the Suwon Convention Center in South Korea for a community-powered open-source community event! The OpenInfra Summit Asia is being co-located with the OCP Regional Summit APAC to bring two premier open-source software and hardware infrastructure events together! > If you have any questions, email us at summit(a)openinfra.dev <mailto:summit@openinfra.dev>! > > ————— EVENT STATUS————— > OpenInfra Days Europe: > See the latest info on OpenInfra Days Europe here: https://openinfra.dev/days > If you have any questions, email us at events(a)openinfra.dev <mailto:events@openinfra.dev>! > > The Project Teams Gathering > See the latest info on the PTG here: https://openinfra.dev/ptg > If you have any questions, email us at ptg(a)openinfra.dev <mailto:ptg@openinfra.dev>! > > Cheers, > Helena > > helena(a)openinfra.dev <mailto:helena@openinfra.dev> > Community Programs Coordinator > The OpenInfra Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Foundation mailing list -- foundation(a)lists.openinfra.dev > To unsubscribe send an email to foundation-leave(a)lists.openinfra.dev

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OpenInfra Foundation Meeting of the Board - Tuesday, March 5th 2024
by Julia Kreger 01 Mar '24

01 Mar '24

Greetings, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors will occur on Tuesday, March 5th, at 1500 UTC. During this meeting the board will receive updates from the staff in regards to events this year, and the board will follow up on current items of discussion as we get the year started. Meeting Date : March 5th, 2024 Meeting Time: 1500-1700 UTC Video conference: 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://board.openinfra.dev/meetings/2024-03-05 Thanks, Julia

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OpenInfra Events Updates
by Helena Spease 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

Hello everyone, Ahead of next week’s board meeting, I wanted to provide a few updates on the 2024 OpenInfra events. I have bulleted out the key updates but you can see the full status of the events here: https://lists.openinfra.dev/archives/list/foundation@lists.openinfra.dev/th… Available Sponsorships: - OpenInfra Summit Asia: https://openinfra.dev/events/sponsorship - OpenInfra Day Germany: https://openinfra.dev/events/sponsorship - OpenInfra Day Turkiye: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VI9BbhP2sOWD6QZDAsloElJRuTNif7LL/view Open CFPs: - OpenInfra Day Sweden: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCvmgoq_9cqIDxz2K3ZI5dPZvsUSaaksG… - OpenInfra Day Germany: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBIDlFlujCyooVZamOmFEi6Jrm2TMd8PD… - OpenInfra Day Turkiye: https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/call-for-presentations/ Open Registrations: - OpenInfra Day Sweden: https://oideurope2024.openinfra.dev/#registration=1 - OpenInfra Day Germany: https://oideurope2024.openinfra.dev/#registration=1 - OpenInfra Day Turkiye: https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/event-registration/ - OpenInfra Meetup at CERN: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1376907/ If you have any questions, reach out to me or to events(a)openinfra.dev. We will also be available to answer any questions during the board meeting next week. Cheers, Helena helena(a)openinfra.dev Community Programs Coordinator The OpenInfra Foundation

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Follow-up on Today's informal working group session on AI
by Julia Kreger 19 Feb '24

19 Feb '24

Greetings Directors, Earlier today, Eoghan Glynn, Phil Rob, Allison Randall, and I met from the informal working group meeting invite I sent out earlier in the week. Discussion focused around the creation of bullet points of what we need to tackle, which evolved into the general idea that we need to take on a three part approach to move forward. The first area of consensus was to draft a document laying out: * Set Common Understanding - We need to set the common words to be used and note there are two basic extremes. In essence, a spectrum from autocomplete to entirely machine generated output. We also have consensus that we expect code contributions to be made by humans, which may change as time moves on, outside of robotic process driven changes, for example requirements management or translation batch updates which occur today as well understood automated processes. * Build a common Identification system for changes - Where and How it was used. Reach consensus with some sort of labeling for commit messages, for consistency across projects. There seems to be agreement that this needs to involve identification of the tool and most likely some level of quantity or percentage. The overall goal being to get this into general practice sooner rather than later, and to likely adopt the ASF suggested Generated-By tag, in addition to some other Generated-Percentage or Generated-Level tag. Naturally we would expect the latter to likely change through the process of code review. * Establish bounds/guidelines for projects in what we expect, and what they can and cannot do. This likely includes alignment with the four opens so reviewers can attempt to determine how a tool might line up and if the contribution is able to be accepted, or not, based upon the tagging. This is the area we likely expect to explicitly name an example of what is not permissible, and possibly include a list of known tag values to aid consistency when it comes time to generate reporting. The second area of consensus is in the form of two specific paths forward above and beyond an initial guidance document. Allison made a really good point that we should not block on either of these areas. * We likely want to see some form of Attestation by the submitter of the change along the lines of DCO, that suggests "I've carefully reviewed this, I fully understand what it does, I have legal right to submit this along with a copyright assignment". In a sense, the DCO already sort of serves this purpose for some projects, but the variable of AI is an interesting one, and the consensus is that we expect there is a need for some cross-foundation collaboration on appropriate guidance since it is more than just our OpenInfra ecosystem. * We want to see a centralized review guide to both provide guidance of things to look at/for, and also help serve the pipeline of reviewers in general. It might have principles such as "does style conform?", "Does CI pass?", but this is nowhere near an exhaustive list and we expect some iteration may be necessary with our communities and projects to have the right level/form of guidance. Which leaves the next step. We'll provide a brief update during the upcoming board meeting[0], and have a call for participants to work together on drafting the guidance document. Once we have written words in a reviewable form, we'll reach out to our legal counsel for their input, and move forward from there. Thanks, -Julia [0]: https://board.openinfra.dev/en/meetings/2023-11-07

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OpenInfra staff at FOSDEM
by Ildiko Vancsa 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Greetings Directors, I’m reaching out to you about FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/2024/) to let you know that Thierry Carrez, Helena Spease and myself will attend the event this year. We will be available at the conference from Saturday (February 3) morning till Sunday (February 4) afternoon. We are setting up meetings and will be exploring the event for news and updates that are relevant for the OpenInfra communities and ecosystem. In addition, Thierry and I will also be attending the EU Open Source Summit on Friday (February 2). Please let us know if you will be in Brussels, Belgium for the conference and would be available to catch up with us in person. If you are in town for the event, please make sure to add the OpenInfra Happy Hour on Saturday (February 3) to your schedule. You can find the event details here: https://www.meetup.com/brussels-openinfra-meetup-group/events/298420649/ Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Event Feedback for In-Person Board Meeting
by Allison Price 30 Jan '24

30 Jan '24

Hi everyone, Thank you for a great first OpenInfra board meeting of 2024! As I mentioned, I wanted to share the etherpad that has upcoming OpenInfra events. Please put your name under the events you think you would be able to attend. The Foundation staff will then work with you all to identify the best event(s) for an in-person board meeting. Etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/OpenInfraEvents2024_BoardPlanning If you have any questions, please let me know or drop them directly in the etherpad. Thank you! Allison Allison Price VP of Marketing & Community OpenInfra Foundation <https://openinfra.dev/> p: +1-214-686-6821

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OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, January 30th, 2024 at 1500-1700 UTC.
by Julia Kreger 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Greetings, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 from 7:00 to 9:00 AM US Pacific (1500-1700 UTC). During this meeting, we will be seating directors for 2024, and performing the required housekeeping activities for the new year. We also anticipate receiving an update from the foundation staff as we begin our work for this year. Meeting Date: January 30th, 2024 Meeting Time: 1500-1700 UTC / 7:00 - 9:00 AM US Pacific Video conference: 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://board.openinfra.dev/meetings/2024-01-30 Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Thanks, -Julia

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Update on EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
by Thierry Carrez 05 Jan '24

05 Jan '24

Hi everyone, Last month the Cyber-Resilience Act (“CRA”) passed a major milestone, with a common text being agreed upon between the European Commission, Council and Parliament at the end of the Trilogue negotiations. The text, which was until now only available as selected leaks, was formally published on December 20 within this communication to the Parliament: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17000-2023-INIT/EN/pdf The intent and spirit of the text remains very much the same: applying CE marking and basic product security principles to software. As such, it is going to affect all organizations providing software products on the European market, whether they leverage open source software or not. That said, it’s clear in this version of the text that the engagement of a lot of open source advocacy groups (including OpenInfra Foundation) has led to multiple clarifications. Those clarifications reduce the disconnect between the text and the openly-developed open source model, and reduce the risk of global chilling effects around open source development participation. In particular: - The funding of essential project support functions, without the intention to make a profit, does not constitute “commercial activity” and therefore is not within the scope of this regulation (see recital 10 on page 10 and recital 10c on page 12) - There is now a clear distinction between the development and the supply phases, with the regulation clearly triggering at the supply phase (when the software is put on the market in the course of a commercial activity) (recital 10c, page 12) - Foundations should be considered “open-source software stewards” (as defined in Article 3 point (18a), page 76), and should be subject to a light-touch and tailor-made regulatory regime (recital 10d, page 13), exempted from penalties (article 53(10a), page 159) The proposed text is likely to be adopted as-is by the Parliament (see cover letter on page 2), so now is a good time to get more familiar with its details. Even if the text is adopted as-is, there is a lot more to come in the future as this regulation will need practical implementation guidelines. We’ll continue to watch that space and keep you informed of future developments – I’ll be representing the OpenInfra Foundation in conversations on this topic at the EU Open Source Policy Summit and FOSDEM events in Brussels in a few weeks. We also plan to continue policy news briefings during board meetings in 2024, like DLA Piper did in Vancouver last year. Regards, Thierry Carrez General Manager, OpenInfra Foundation

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OpenInfra Labs pilot project archival
by Jeremy Stanley 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

OpenInfra Labs was launched as a pilot project, supported by the OpenInfra Foundation, almost 4 years ago. The project provided a home for projects in areas such as AI, telemetry, and more, and activities that contributed to advance research and collaboration in these areas. OpenInfra Labs was created during challenging times, with a global pandemic unfolding and limiting efficient collaboration around the globe, and this phenomenon made it very hard for the pilot project to reach its full potential. At the same time, newly forming research efforts and organizations started to overtake some of the activities previously performed in OpenInfra Labs. These factors contributed to OpenInfra Labs reaching the end of its lifecycle; remaining community members have been winding down the pilot project, and are now ready for the final step. In line with the above, I'm hereby informing you that OpenInfra Labs is now archived as an OpenInfra pilot project. OpenInfra Foundation staff is working to complete the process, which includes deactivating the project's mailing list while leaving the archives available, making a note on the project's website about the archival, and making sure that other publicly available resources and artifacts of the pilot project will also remain available for future reference. Please read the related segment in the 2023 OpenInfra Foundation Annual Report for further details as it becomes available. -- Jeremy Stanley on behalf of the OpenInfra Labs community

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[Board] Date for the first meeting of 2024?
by Julia Kreger 26 Dec '23

26 Dec '23

Greetings Directors, The question has been raised upon what day we should meet for our first meeting of 2024. Jonathan has indicated that the 23rd or the 30th of January should be viable for our first meeting of 2024 as the election process should be wrapped up by then. Does anyone have any specific preference or need to avoid one of those dates? Thanks, -Julia

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OpenInfra Board of Directors Meeting - Tuesday, December 5th 2023
by Julia Kreger 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

Greetings, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors will occur on Tuesday, December 5th at 1500 UTC. During this meeting, the board has a number of items to vote upon in order to wrap up 2023. After which the board will hold a executive session. Date/Time (in UTC): Meeting Date : December 5th, 2023 Meeting Time: 1500-1700 UTC Video conference: 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://board.openinfra.dev/meetings/2023-12-05 Thanks, Julia

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Call for Agenda Items for the December 5th meeting of the Board of Directors
by Julia Kreger 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Greeting, The next meeting of the Board of Directors is on December 5th, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. As such, I have posted an initial agenda for the meeting to the wiki[0]. While I expect the meeting to take the entire scheduled meeting window at present, if you have any agenda items to be raised for this month's meeting, please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks! -Julia [0]: https://board.openinfra.dev/meetings/2023-12-05

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OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, November 7th at 2100-2300 UTC
by Julia Kreger 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

Greetings, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors will occur on Tuesday, November 7th at 2100 UTC until 2300 UTC. During this meeting, we will: * Be reviewing and voting on a platinum member application * Discussing proposed bylaws changes we will be voting on in December in anticipation for the 2024 election * Briefly visit the informal working group discussions regarding AI generated contributions guidelines * Then pivot into overall goals and budget for 2024. During this meeting we will hold a short executive session in relation to the platinum member application, and an executive session after wrapping up the public portion of the meeting. Date/Time (in UTC): Meeting Date : November 7th, 2023 Meeting Time: 2100-2300 UTC Video conference: 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://board.openinfra.dev/meetings/2023-11-07 Thanks, Julia

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Re: Any topics for the October 3rd meeting of the board?
by Julia Kreger 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Greetings Eoghan! I wholeheartedly agree, this is worthwhile to get on everyone's radar. As far as I'm aware, this topic has not come up before in the OpenInfra community, but we are a wide and diverse community. I do concur that this would fall into the scope of the board, in large part because we maintain authority over licenses and the acceptable copyrights. And as you've pointed out, this can quickly result in needing to dive into the license agreements and assignments which members commit to. Realistically, I think if we opted to permit AI generated code content, the content would still need to be denoted in the code itself under current USPTO guidelines, because the code in a single commit would then have two different sets of rules applying to it. One for the AI generated portion, and separately a human's influence over it. That being said, that is only my mildly caffeinated impression after doing some additional reading. I think a working group session may be a good starting place to collect thoughts from the board members. Meanwhile, I've added Thierry to the discussion because this might be something already on the staff's radar. -Julia On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 5:16 AM Eoghan Glynn <eglynn(a)redhat.com> wrote: > > Thanks Julia, > > Not necessarily a reason on its own to justify an October meeting, but one > that we might consider getting on our radar before the end of the year if > it's not already being discussed in other Open Infra forums ... > > After reading a recent ASF blog > <https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/asf-legal-committee-issues-generat…> announcement, > I asked the Red Hat team yesterday if anyone knew if there's an Open Infra > equivalent for the Apache guidance > <https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html> on using > generative AI for code contributions. > > I also asked if this topic would naturally fall into the domain of the > [OpenStack] TC to discuss and craft a policy. > > The response I got was it felt more like a topic for discussion at the > Foundation Board level, since it likely touches on the CLA and may require > legal insight. > > So a future Board discussion could be warranted on what type generated > content we're comfortable with (if any) and whether it would make sense to > encourage or even require disclosure of any such tool usage in the commit > message. > > Cheers, > Eoghan > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 3:58 PM Julia Kreger <juliaashleykreger(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Greetings Directors, >> >> This morning Allison Randall and I met with the foundation executive >> staff to identify core topics from the staff to turn into an agenda for our >> upcoming meeting. Unfortunately, we determined that we would not have any >> items ready for the board for this upcoming meeting. The plus is that we >> can cancel the October 3rd meeting if we have no other business to attend >> to. The down side is our November meeting is likely going to have a number >> of topics to cover. >> >> As such, if anyone has any topics which need to be discussed and >> addressed during the scheduled meeting on October 3rd, please let me know >> before 9 AM Friday morning US-Pacific (4 PM UTC). If I receive no topics by >> that time, I will cancel the October meeting of the board, and we will meet >> next during our scheduled November meeting. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Julia >> _______________________________________________ >> Foundation-board mailing list >> Foundation-board(a)lists.openinfra.dev >> >

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Call for Agenda Items for November 7th Meeting of the Board
by Julia Kreger 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Greeting, The next meeting of the Board of Directors is on November 7th, 2023 at 21:00 UTC. As such, I have posted an initial agenda for the meeting to the wiki[0]. While I expect the meeting to take the entire scheduled meeting window at present, if you have any agenda items to be raised for this month's meeting, please let me know as soon as possible. Emergent items may need to be deferred, but raising awareness now will be helpful as we wrap up the rest of the year. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! -Julia [0]: https://board.openinfra.dev/en/meetings/2023-11-07

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Update to D&I WG Charter
by Amy Marrich 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

In preparation for moving off the Wiki to a more permanent page on the website, the WG spent our meeting today cleaning up the current content. While doing this we noticed that the charter was out of date, mentioning the OpenStack Foundation, just the OpenStack community, etc. We would like to propose the following updated charter to the Board for review and possible vote. Thanks, Amy In an effort to assert and facilitate the incorporation of diversity policies into its overall strategy, the Board of Directors of the OpenInfra Foundation (“Board”) is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place for all people to collaborate and drive innovation and design cutting-edge data center capabilities that provide solutions for our most pressing challenges. This working group sponsors and creates programs that encourage diversity and inclusion by identifying and removing the barriers that keep us from having a diverse, thriving community. The programs recommended by this working group will apply to the board of directors, foundation members, project leaders, contributors, and their associated communities. Each program has specific success metrics and the working group provides regular updates on all programs to the Board as well as the Communities. The diversity working group, like other Board committees, is supervised by the Board who has authority to approve its proposals. The Board may choose to exercise such authority by setting guidelines for the scope and implementation of such programs. The working group reviews existing Foundation programs and policies on a regular basis to evaluate their performance and effectiveness. The working group collaborates with Project Leadership and the Board to ensure that all programs are meeting their diversity and inclusion goals. Diversity is defined as all the ways people differ from one another including race, color, religion, gender identity and expression, national origin, language, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation and other aspects. This includes elements such as personal background, experiences, education, thinking processes, approaches to problem solving and experiences. The differences range from subtle nuances to very clear points of difference – this is the nature of diversity. Strike-through version In an effort to assert and facilitate the incorporation of diversity policies into its overall strategy, the Board of Directors of the OpenStack OpenInfras Foundation (“Board”) is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place for all people to collaborate and drive innovation and design cutting-edge data center capabilities that provide solutions for our most pressing challenges. This working group will sponsors and creates programs that encourage diversity and inclusion by identifying and removing the barriers that keep us from having a diverse, thriving community. The programs recommended by this working group will apply to the board of directors, foundation members, project leaders, contributors, and their associated communities. to the Board, OpenStack Open Infrastructure Foundation, Technical Committee, PTLs, Developers and the entire OpenStack Community. Each program will have has specific success metrics and the working group will provides regular updates on all programs to the Board as well as the Community. The diversity working group, like other Board committees, will be is supervised by the Board who will have has authority to approve its proposals. The Board may choose to exercise such authority by setting guidelines for the scope and implementation of such programs. The working group will reviews existing Foundation programs and policies on a regular basis to evaluate their performance and effectiveness. The working group will collaborates with the TC, User committee Project Leadership and the BoDard to ensure that all programs are meeting their diversity and inclusion goals. Diversity is defined as all the ways people differ from one another including race, color, religion, gender identity and expression, national origin, language, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation and other aspects. This includes elements such as personal background, experiences, education, thinking processes, approaches to problem solving and experiences. The differences range from subtle nuances to very clear points of difference – this is the nature of diversity.

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OpenInfra staff at All Things Open
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Greetings Directors, I’m reaching out to you about All Things Open (https://2023.allthingsopen.org) to let you know that Mark Collier, Kendall Nelson, Jeremy Stanley and myself will attend the event this year. We will be available at the conference from Sunday (October 15) morning till Tuesday (October 17) end of day. We are setting up meetings and will be exploring the event for news and updates that are relevant for the OpenInfra communities and ecosystem. Please let us know if you will be in Raleigh, NC USA for the conference and would be available to catch up with us in person. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Re: Any topics for the October 3rd meeting of the board?
by Julia Kreger 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 9:48 AM Eoghan Glynn <eglynn(a)redhat.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 2:07 PM Thierry Carrez <thierry(a)openinfra.dev> > wrote: > >> Thanks for looping me in, Julia. >> >> It's definitely on our radar. It is a fast-changing legal landscape, and >> while the ASF can be praised for issuing early guidelines, most of their >> guidance is pretty open-ended right now, and is meant more as a living >> document that is going to evolve. >> >> I actually participate in the Open Source Initiative new webinar series >> on defining open source AI, and will be exploring the effects of the >> introduction of AI on openly-developed open source together with Davanum >> Srinivas (AWS, long time contributor to Apache projects, OpenStack and >> Kubernetes) and Diane Mueller (now at Bitergia). The effects of >> generative AI on code contributions will be a key part of the >> discussion. It will happen on Wednesday at 16:00 UTC / 11am CT: >> >> https://deepdiveai.sessionize.com/session/526792 > > > Thanks all, > > @Thierry: Excellent, thanks for the heads-up. I'll try to attend your > webinar on Wednesday, looking forward to hearing the views of such an > eminent panel. > > @Julia: Agreed that a board working group session would be a useful > starting point. Would setting that WG up be a topic for the November board > meeting agenda, or something we could spin up in advance of that? > > It doesn't require a vote to form an informal working group, so realistically we can set a date/time and send out an invite, but email is also not the best means of communication at times so we may have a different composition of attendees after a board meeting. This might not be a bad thing either! I guess if we can identify the concrete concerns in advance, it would likely help such a discussion. -Julia Cheers, > Eoghan > > >> Thierry >> >> Julia Kreger wrote: >> > Greetings Eoghan! >> > >> > I wholeheartedly agree, this is worthwhile to get on everyone's radar. >> > >> > As far as I'm aware, this topic has not come up before in the OpenInfra >> > community, but we are a wide and diverse community. I do concur that >> > this would fall into the scope of the board, in large part because we >> > maintain authority over licenses and the acceptable copyrights. And as >> > you've pointed out, this can quickly result in needing to dive into the >> > license agreements and assignments which members commit to. >> > >> > Realistically, I think if we opted to permit AI generated code content, >> > the content would still need to be denoted in the code itself under >> > current USPTO guidelines, because the code in a single commit would >> then >> > have two different sets of rules applying to it. One for the AI >> > generated portion, and separately a human's influence over it. That >> > being said, that is only my mildly caffeinated impression after doing >> > some additional reading. >> > >> > I think a working group session may be a good starting place to collect >> > thoughts from the board members. Meanwhile, I've added Thierry to the >> > discussion because this might be something already on the staff's radar. >> > >> > -Julia >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 5:16 AM Eoghan Glynn <eglynn(a)redhat.com >> > <mailto:eglynn@redhat.com>> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Thanks Julia, >> > >> > Not necessarily a reason on its own to justify an October meeting, >> > but one that we might consider getting on our radar before the end >> > of the year if it's not already being discussed in other Open Infra >> > forums ... >> > >> > After reading a recent ASF blog >> > < >> https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/asf-legal-committee-issues-generat…> announcement, >> I asked the Red Hat team yesterday if anyone knew if there's an Open Infra >> equivalent for the Apache guidance < >> https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html> on using >> generative AI for code contributions. >> > >> > I also asked if this topic would naturally fall into the domain of >> > the [OpenStack] TC to discuss and craft a policy. >> > >> > The response I got was it felt more like a topic for discussion at >> > the Foundation Board level, since it likely touches on the CLA and >> > may require legal insight. >> > >> > So a future Board discussion could be warranted on what type >> > generated content we're comfortable with (if any) and whether it >> > would make sense to encourage or even require disclosure of any such >> > tool usage in the commit message. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Eoghan >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 3:58 PM Julia Kreger >> > <juliaashleykreger(a)gmail.com <mailto:juliaashleykreger@gmail.com>> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Greetings Directors, >> > >> > This morning Allison Randall and I met with the foundation >> > executive staff to identify core topics from the staff to turn >> > into an agenda for our upcoming meeting. Unfortunately, we >> > determined that we would not have any items ready for the board >> > for this upcoming meeting. The plus is that we can cancel the >> > October 3rd meeting if we have no other business to attend to. >> > The down side is our November meeting is likely going to have a >> > number of topics to cover. >> > >> > As such, if anyone has any topics which need to be discussed and >> > addressed during the scheduled meeting on October 3rd, please >> > let me know before 9 AM Friday morning US-Pacific (4 PM UTC). If >> > I receive no topics by that time, I will cancel the October >> > meeting of the board, and we will meet next during our scheduled >> > November meeting. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > -Julia >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Foundation-board mailing list >> > Foundation-board(a)lists.openinfra.dev >> > <mailto:Foundation-board@lists.openinfra.dev> >> >>

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October meeting of the OpenInfra Board of Directors has been cancelled
by Julia Kreger 22 Sep '23

22 Sep '23

Greetings, Per my email to the foundation-board list[0] on September 19th, I have cancelled the October meeting of the Board of Directors after discussion with the Foundation staff and the Vice-Chair. We will meet in November during the scheduled time. For those of you attending that meeting, please be prepared for us to utilize the entire scheduled window as we will have a number of topics to address during that meeting in large part due to the time of year in preparation for 2024. Thanks, and we'll see you in November! -Julia [0]: https://lists.openinfra.dev/archives/list/foundation-board@lists.openinfra.…

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Any topics for the October 3rd meeting of the board?
by Julia Kreger 19 Sep '23

19 Sep '23

Greetings Directors, This morning Allison Randall and I met with the foundation executive staff to identify core topics from the staff to turn into an agenda for our upcoming meeting. Unfortunately, we determined that we would not have any items ready for the board for this upcoming meeting. The plus is that we can cancel the October 3rd meeting if we have no other business to attend to. The down side is our November meeting is likely going to have a number of topics to cover. As such, if anyone has any topics which need to be discussed and addressed during the scheduled meeting on October 3rd, please let me know before 9 AM Friday morning US-Pacific (4 PM UTC). If I receive no topics by that time, I will cancel the October meeting of the board, and we will meet next during our scheduled November meeting. Thanks, -Julia

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OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, September 6th at 0500-0700 UTC
by Julia Kreger 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

Greetings, The next meeting of the OpenInfra Foundation Board of Directors will occur on Wednesday August 6th at 0500 UTC. For those in North America, the meeting will start at 10 PM Tuesday September 5th. During this meeting, we will receive an update from the Foundation staff including updates on the 2024 event strategy, and we will be voting on a minor yet important change to the Platinum Member Policy. Date/Time (in UTC): Meeting Date : September 6th, 2023 Meeting Time: 0500-0700 UTC Video conference: 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://board.openinfra.dev/en/meetings/2023-09-05 Thanks, Julia

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Call for Agenda items for September 5th Meeting of the OpenInfra Board of Directors
by Julia Kreger 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

Greetings, Our next meeting of the board is rapidly approaching on September 5th at 0500 UTC. This is an early morning meeting for Europe and a late at night meeting for the Americas. I have posted the draft agenda to the Wiki[0]. If you have any specific agenda items we need to cover during the meeting, please let me know and I'll get them added to the agenda. Thanks! -Julia [0]: https://board.openinfra.dev/en/meetings/2023-09-05

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Upcoming OpenInfra Days
by Allison Price 08 Aug '23

08 Aug '23

Hi everyone, As I discussed in last week’s Board of Directors meeting and the recent Gold Members meeting, we are continuing to see a lot of activity around local OpenInfra Days. These events continue to be a great tool to build community momentum and excitement around OpenInfra projects. Below is a preview of the planned events scheduled for the rest of the year, including anticipated attendance. We encourage your teams and customers in these cities and countries to attend, network, and collaborate with their fellow OpenInfra community members. Cloud Operator Days Tokyo Location: Hybrid - Tokyo, JP Date: The event will begin on August 21 with on-demand sessions that can be accessed online. On September 14, there will be an in-person closing ceremony which will include keynotes. Link: https://cloudopsdays.com/ Registration: https://event.cloudopsdays.com/register Expected attendance: 100+ onsite attendees for the closing ceremony OpenInfra Days Triangle Date: August 22-24, 2023 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Link: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-openstack-meetup/ Schedule: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-openstack-meetup/events/ Registration: Please RSVP via meetup https://www.meetup.com/triangle-openstack-meetup/ . This is a limited capacity event, so please be sure to RSVP as soon as possible. This event also has an option to participate virtually. You can find video call details in the schedule link. Expected attendance: 100 onsite attendees Vietnam OpenInfra Days Date: September 30, 2023 Location: Hanoi, VN Link: https://2023.vietopeninfra.org/ The CFP is open until August 15: https://forms.gle/yc5bk4mmBfDXWKo87 Sponsorship information: https://2023.vietopeninfra.org/ Registration is opening soon Expected attendance: 700+ onsite attendees India OpenInfra Days Date: December 1, 2023 More information regarding this event will be shared soon. Expected attendance: 100 onsite attendees In addition, there are several local OpenInfra meetups coming up around the globe: https://www.meetup.com/pro/openinfradev/ If you have any questions about these upcoming events or would like to connect with the community organizers, please feel free to reach out to me. Cheers, Allison Allison Price VP of Marketing & Community OpenInfra Foundation <https://openinfra.dev/> p: +1-214-686-6821

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Invitation: OpenInfra Board sync with OpenStack @ Wed Aug 9, 2023 11am - 12pm (PDT) (foundation-board@lists.openinfra.dev)
by juliaashleykreger＠gmail.com 01 Aug '23

01 Aug '23

OpenInfra Board sync with OpenStack Wednesday Aug 9, 2023 ⋅ 11am – 12pm Pacific Time - Los Angeles Location https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81927985814?pwd=R0tybkhJK0orOTJDdVF5QXNCVjV0UT09 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F8192798581… The Open Infrastructure Foundation Board of Directors isendeavoring to engage in regular check-ins with official OpenInfraprojects. The goal is for a loosely structured discussion one hourin length, involving members of the board and the OpenStack TC,along with other interested community members. Agenda: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/2023-08-board-openstack-sync Call: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81927985814?pwd=R0tybkhJK0orOTJDdVF5QXNCVjV0UT09 Organizer juliaashleykreger(a)gmail.com juliaashleykreger(a)gmail.com Guests juliaashleykreger(a)gmail.com - organizer foundation-board(a)lists.openinfra.dev View all guest info https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NnBvbGhvZnY4Zm1r… Reply for foundation-board(a)lists.openinfra.dev and view more details https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NnBvbGhvZnY4Zm1r… Your attendance is optional. ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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