On behalf of Prodip Sen, OPNFV Board Chair, and Margaret Chiosi, OPNFV President, I would like to invite you to a Board member round-table discussion at the upcoming Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. In the spirit of cross-project collaboration exemplified by this event, we would like to use this opportunity to bring together board members from the boards of OPNFV, OpenStack, and the OpenDaylight Project.

We would like to focus on how collaboration has gone to date amongst our organizations as well as expected needs for the future with particular focus on what we as board members can do to encourage our communities to work together productively.

Initial suggested topics include

•  How do all these open source pieces fit together? What is the main domain of each group?
  
• In what ways do we need to work better together? In what ways are we already working well with each other? How best to build upon success?
  
• What do we as organizations need from each other to be more successful?
  
• Networking in the NFV platform
  

o   What is the vision for Neutron and SDN controller interaction and co-existence?

o   How do our various technologies work together to orchestrate the network connectivity for network services and VNFs?

o   As containers and micro-services become more widespread, how should OPNFV approach layer 3 application connectivity?

After discussing logistics with the summit planners, our proposal is for this meeting to take place the morning of Thursday, March 31, from 9:00 AM until noon. We hope that it is a lively and productive conversation. If you have any questions or suggestions to the agenda, please let us know.