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[[ Text below in this color proposed for TSC consideration, Jeff (JHB) 15Jan22. Text in this color added by Jeff per suggestions from Kural and Ike Kural, 26Jan22. Text in this color added by Jeff per suggestion from Tina, 28Jan22. Text in this color modified per TSC member suggestions 10Feb22. ]]
Subject to the Technical Charter, the TSC is responsible for:
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When an organization has been identified, TSC members shall meet to discuss and evaluate the organization to determine its suitability, based on the following technical, marketing, and operational criteria:
- Must The organization 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 The organization must be a technical organization, with emphasis on open source software and hardware
- Must The organization must be engaged in sufficient marketing and promotional efforts, including online and social media. Must The organization must be able to incorporate Akraino web links, material, and blueprint documentation in substantial, appropriate, and appropriate manner ("sufficient", "substantial", "appropriate" need defining)Associations prominent manner
- The organization may be associated with academic institutions
- Sponsor companies
- Support The organization may have sponsor companies
- The organization must demonstrate support, or an acceptable plan of 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 The organization may provide 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
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After the discussion and evaluation phase, including updates from the point person if one has been designated, 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 Linux Foundation Edge management for further, formal action.
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