From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752583AbbJXQAT (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Oct 2015 12:00:19 -0400 Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:60997 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751785AbbJXQAS (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Oct 2015 12:00:18 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:58:51 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Grant Likely Cc: Darren Hart , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Tech Board Discuss , "lwn@lwn.net" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , tech-board Subject: Re: [Tech-board] [Ksummit-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process Message-ID: <20151024155851.GA2325@tuxdriver.com> References: <20151022210329.GA5470@vmdeb7> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Good write-up! We should archive this for reference in future years! John On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:28:19AM +0100, Grant Likely wrote: > [Including Rafael who also asked about what being a TAB member means] > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:03 PM, Darren Hart wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 11:06:47AM +0100, Grant Likely wrote: > > Is there a good description of what is expected of a TAB member? How much time > > is involved? What makes a great TAB member? > > > > I've found: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab > > > > I've read the charter and scanned some of the minutes, but I'd still like to > > hear from some of the "incumbants". Specifically, what makes you successful as a > > member of the TAB? > > I've been asked several versions of the same question, and also the > annual "what does the TAB actually do?" question, so I'm going to try > and answer them all in one email: > > As the name implies, the primary job of the TAB is to advise the Linux > Foundation board of directors on technical, social and political > issues regarding Linux and Open Source. Our job is to represent the > views of Linux developers and to foster constructive communication > between the Linux Foundation leadership and our community. > > A natural by-product of this is that the TAB also acts in the > background to identify and resolve issues for the Linux community > before they become a problem. The TAB tends to be composed of well > respected individuals with good connections throughout our community, > and so we're in a good place to recognize who to talk to when an issue > is raised. > > Finally, there are a few projects that the TAB is directly responsible > for. We make sure there is a planning committee for the Linux Plumbers > conference every year. We run a 'buddy' program to help new Linux > Foundation member companies learn how to be fine upstanding Linux > citizens. We are the response team for any issues of harassment or > abuse within the kernel community. In past years we coordinated the > response to UEFI Secure Boot to ensure that Linux would not be locked > out of the consumer PC market, and been active in helping member > companies understand and be comfortable with the licencing obligations > associated with Linux. > > A good TAB member is well respected by the community, is a ready > listener, is comfortable discussing both technical and social issues, > and has a good understanding of how the Linux community works. Since > the TAB deals with a wide range of issues, the ideal TAB candidate > should be prepared to consider issues outside of their own area of > expertise. Sometime the most important characteristic of a TAB member > is recognizing when an issue is beyond their depth and go looking for > the right person to consult. > > Time commitment wise, The TAB meets once a month for a conference > call, plus any additional time required to deal with TAB business. > Once a year (6 months after the TAB general election) the TAB elects > one member to serve as the chair, and the chair of the TAB is proposed > to the Linux Foundation to serve as a Linux Foundation Director which > has additional time requirements. > > One last point, some issues addressed by the TAB are highly sensitive > and any member can request a topic to be kept strictly confidential. > We do this to protect the working relationship we have with industry > bodies, and to protect the companies and individuals involved. Any > prospective TAB member must be comfortable abiding by our > confidentiality rules. > > I hope this answers your questions. > > g. > _______________________________________________ > Tech-board mailing list > Tech-board@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/tech-board > -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.