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4.5 Responsibilities of the TSC
[[ text in orange below is Text below in this color proposed for TSC consideration, Jeff (JHB) 15Jan22. Text in this color added by Jeff per suggestions from Ike and Kural ]]
Subject to the Technical Charter, the TSC is responsible for:
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- Must present a public website with goals and mission statement indicating a non-profit, open, collaborative nature, preferably with .org domain suffix. Examples include foundations, consortiums, development communities, user communities, etc.
- Must be a technical organization, with emphasis on open source software and hardware
- Must be engaged in sufficient marketing and promotional efforts, including online and social media. Must be able to incorporate Akraino links, material, and blueprint documentation in substantial and appropriate manner ("sufficient", "substantial", "appropriate" need defining)
- Associations with academic institutions
- Sponsor companies
- Support for a range of CPU types, including but not limited to x86, Arm, RISC, SoC (e.g. FPGA with CPU cores)
- Provision of a working area(s), including WiFi or other Internet capable of online video/audio collaboration. Server and other development hardware resources are preferred but not required
After During the discussion and evaluation , including Q&A with candidate organization senior / authorized management, the TSC shall vote in order phase, the TSC may at its option nominate and vote to approve an Akraino representative to act as "point person" to work with the candidate organization's senior / authorized management to resolve concerns, negotiate objectives and requirements, gather facts and data, and otherwise act on behalf of the TSC. This person might be a TSC member, subcommittee chair, or other.
After the discussion and evaluation phase, the TSC shall vote to decide whether to formally engage with the candidate organization. Should the vote succeed, the TSC shall present the candidate organization, along with its evaluation results, to Akraino's parent LF Edge management for further, formal action.
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