Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[James Bottomley]

The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 

Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
to:

Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org

We currently have two nominees (the incumbents):

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>

The deadline for receiving nominations is up until the beginning of the
event where the election is held (on the Evening of 2 November Eastern
Time). Although, please remember if you're not going to be present that
things go wrong with both networks and mailing lists, so get your
nomination in early).

James Bottomley (TAB Chair)

Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[Chris Wright]

* James Bottomley (James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com) wrote:
> The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
> Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
> election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
> at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
> is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 
> 
> Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
> to:
> 
> Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org
> 
> We currently have two nominees (the incumbents):
> 
> James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
> Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>

Add another incumbent:

Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>

thanks,
-chris

Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[Daniel Walker]

On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 10:18 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * James Bottomley (James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com) wrote:
> > The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
> > Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
> > election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
> > at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
> > is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 
> > 
> > Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
> > to:
> > 
> > Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org
> > 
> > We currently have two nominees (the incumbents):
> > 
> > James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
> > Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
> 
> Add another incumbent:
> 
> Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>

If it's appropriate to ask this, can you list what you've accomplished
in your two year term on the TAB?

Daniel

Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[Chris Wright]

* Chris Wright (chrisw@sous-sol.org) wrote:
> * James Bottomley (James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com) wrote:
> > We currently have two nominees (the incumbents):
> > 
> > James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
> > Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
> 
> Add another incumbent:
> 
> Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>

Since I can't make the reception...

My name is Chris Wright and I am standing for re-election as a member
of the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board.  I've been involved
with Linux kernel developement for over 10 years now, spanning areas of
security, Linux -stable tree, and virtualization.  I currently represent
virtualization interests on the TAB.

I have advocated for and been involved with the TAB since its inception
roughly 5 years ago.  I got involved out of an interest in ensuring
that the (at the time) OSDL's resources were put to more constructive
use for the Linux kernel community.

As a technical voice of reason, the TAB provides input to the Linux
Foundation to help guide its efforts.  Over time, I believe the TAB has
helped the LF build more constructive communication between the different
communities it represents (developers, vendors, end users).  As a member
of the TAB, I am often called upon to represent the community in LF events
(LinuxCon, Collaboration Summit, End User Summit).  You'll typically find
me there leading discussions on virtualization and looking for ways to
improve the Linux in that context.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent on the TAB since
it began.  I'd be honored to continue.

thanks,
-chris

Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[Randy Dunlap]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:54 -0400 James Bottomley wrote:

> The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
> Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
> election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
> at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
> is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 
> 
> Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
> to:
> 
> Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org


I suppose that nominees will make a statement about their qualifications
(or at least be allowed to do so).

What does the TAB do?  What has it done in the past year or two?

There are no recent meeting minutes at
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab
to try to evaluate anything about the TAB afaict.

thanks,
---
~Randy

Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[Daniel Walker]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 11:02 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> I suppose that nominees will make a statement about their qualifications
> (or at least be allowed to do so).
> 
> What does the TAB do?  What has it done in the past year or two?
> 
> There are no recent meeting minutes at
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab
> to try to evaluate anything about the TAB afaict.

I'm curious about the same things .. I read the minutes, but it's hard
to know what was accomplished .. I thought it would be fun to nominate
myself, but the only reason I would want to win is so I can say "I'm on
the TAB." and that's not a very good agenda ..

Daniel

Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 11:02 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:54 -0400 James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> > The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
> > Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
> > election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
> > at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
> > is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 
> > 
> > Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
> > to:
> > 
> > Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org
> 
> 
> I suppose that nominees will make a statement about their qualifications
> (or at least be allowed to do so).

Well, that's the format laid down in the charter, so yes.

> What does the TAB do?  What has it done in the past year or two?
> 
> There are no recent meeting minutes at
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab
> to try to evaluate anything about the TAB afaict.

I updated the site with all the minutes I could find, so it's now more
up to date.

James

Re: [Ksummit-2010-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[Randy Dunlap]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:57:09 -0700 James Bottomley wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 11:02 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:54 -0400 James Bottomley wrote:
> > 
> > > The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
> > > Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
> > > election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
> > > at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
> > > is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 
> > > 
> > > Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
> > > to:
> > > 
> > > Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org
> > 
> > 
> > I suppose that nominees will make a statement about their qualifications
> > (or at least be allowed to do so).
> 
> Well, that's the format laid down in the charter, so yes.
> 
> > What does the TAB do?  What has it done in the past year or two?
> > 
> > There are no recent meeting minutes at
> > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab
> > to try to evaluate anything about the TAB afaict.
> 
> I updated the site with all the minutes I could find, so it's now more
> up to date.


Great, thanks.

---
~Randy
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Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process

[John W. Linville]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:00:54AM -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> The elections for five of the ten members of the Linux Foundation
> Technical Advisory Board[TAB] are held every year, currently the
> election will be at the 2010 Kernel Summit in a BoF session on Tuesday
> at Jillians (The Joint KS/Plumbers Reception on 2 November).  The idea
> is to be open to both KS and Plumbers attendees who wish to vote. 
> 
> Anyone is eligible to stand for election, simply send your nomination
> to:
> 
> Tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org

I would like to place my name into consideration.

Many of you have at least some idea of who I am.  For others, a
few highlights:

	-- wireless LAN maintainer since early-2006

	-- Red Hat employee since mid-2004; and,

	-- prior experience developing embedded software
	   for networking boxes (i.e. switches and routers), including
	   some time as "the Linux guy" at a startup.

In my time as a public member of the Linux community, I think I have
demonstrated the ability to facilitate cooperation between individual
contributors, distributions, and hardware vendors.  I've 'been around'
long enough to know the 'lay of the land' for getting things done,
and I have good relationships with a variety of community members
including members of other firms and staff at community organizations
such as the Linux Foundation and the Software Freedom Law Center.

As for an agenda, I don't really have one.  As Randy attempts to
illustrate, what the TAB does is not always clear to those of us who
aren't members of it.  That said, my goal is simply to exercise my best
judgment while representing the community at large and to give good
council to the Linux Foundation on how best to serve that community.

Thanks,

John
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@tuxdriver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.