| Re: [iot-wg] Re-start Eclipse IoT WG Steering Committee |
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Hi Ian,
thanks for putting this up. I have made several proposed changes on the document regarding rephrasing and typos etc.
However, there are also some issues that I would like to discuss on this list and in our meeting tomorrow:
1. The section on the Steering Committee Roles and Responsibilities defines several responsibilities around "approving" results created by the IoT Working Group such as
- "technical architecture and composition of any Eclipse IoT solution stack". - "Eclipse
IoT Testbeds" - "any
Eclipse IoT documents, include technical architectures, blueprints, white papers"
I would really like to better understand what the term "approval" actually implies in this context. As stated before, I am a little afraid that the people who do the actual work creating these artifacts will no longer be in charge of agreeing on what should be done and how it should look like. My understanding of the steering committee members is still very poor so at least I am in need of some clarification here.
2. What is the role and responsibility of the "chair" of the IoT Working Group?
Is that just a "formal" role required by the inner workings of the foundation?
3. My understanding is that a "Steering Committee Member" will usually be an organization. That organization is supposed to provide "executive level representation" at the quarterly steering committee meetings.Is there any need for the organizations to be represented in their role as steering committee members in between the quarterly meetings? Put another way: are the quarterly meetings the only occasion on which the steering committee actually decides on anything or puts things in motion? Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Kai Hudalla Chief Software Architect Bosch Software Innovations GmbH Schöneberger Ufer 89-91 10785 Berlin GERMANY www.bosch-si.com Registered office: Berlin, Register court: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 148411 B; Executives: Dr.-Ing. Rainer Kallenbach, Michael Hahn From: iot-wg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx <iot-wg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Ian Skerrett <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 21:37 To: 'IoT Working Group mailing list' Subject: Re: [iot-wg] Re-start Eclipse IoT WG Steering Committee All,
As a follow-up to our conversation about the IoT Steering Committee, I have created an draft version of an updated charter for the Eclipse IoT Working Group.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y-_jF2LqrEvS1EqgdQk2Rgf8FtywVSz8oWQiROL8LvE/edit?usp=sharing
We can talk about this draft during our call tomorrow but feel free to send comments and questions on this mailing list.
Thanks Ian
From: iot-wg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:iot-wg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ian Skerrett
All,
I would like to propose that we re-start the Eclipse IoT Working Group Steering Committee. The initial working group charter [1] includes a Steering Committee but in the last number of years this committee has not been operational.
Re-starting the steering committee will be the first step to defining a governance model to create more successful collaborations within the working group. Over the last number of years our working group has grown to become a significant provider of technology to the IoT industry. As more and more companies and projects join, we need to make it clear how decisions will be made that span projects and organizations. We also see the steering committee helping to better coordinate resources across the community.
To start this discussion, I have created a document [2] to describe the role of the steering committee and the criteria to join the steering committee. Representatives from Red Hat, Bosch and Eurotech have reviewed and commented on the document and these companies have agreed to participate in the new steering committee.
At the next IoT WG meeting, I would like to review the document and collect feedback from the working group. In parallel, I will begin to update the existing Eclipse IoT WG charter to reflect the new steering committee. I will also take the opportunity to update some of the terminology in the charter to remove the M2M references.
Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback. We can certainly talk about the details during the meeting tomorrow.
Ian
[1] Eclipse IoT Charter https://www.eclipse.org/org/workinggroups/m2miwg_charter.php [2] Steering Committee Roles https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jBYPe1bojxvX3aka2fKk1FAGfmghIV284NK4ttiWucw/edit?usp=sharing
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