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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">From Bill’s note: “We<u> implement</u> to comply with standards and specifications set by others, work in the open by consensus as close to 100% as we can, and select by peer-assessed technical merit, NOT
voting.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is the crux of the matter. We heading into uncharted territory because there is
<u>no standard</u> on which we can rely to guide our decision making. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The charge we have implicitly accepted is to attempt to create something in
<u>the absence of supporting standards</u> set by others. (See Bill Magro’s workshop presentation). Hence, some form of policies & procedures is required in order to drive group consensus, including an agreement on when to forward the work to the board for
approval as a work product of the OFA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So I do not agree with Bill’s points below.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">One question for Bill - in the face of honest differences of opinion, how exactly does one “select by peer-assisted technical merit”?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Having well-understood processes is not incongruent with open source methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bill Boas
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 11, 2013 2:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ryan, Jim; 'openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org'; 'Coulter, Susan K'; Rimmer, Todd; Woodruff, Robert J; Wood, Donald E; 'Jeff Becker'; Rupert Dance (rsdance@soft-forge.com); Berry, Frank; Hefty, Sean; Stachura, Tom L; Paul Grun; Benton, Brad (Brad.Benton@amd.com);
'Mani Subramaniyan'; 'Tom Reu'; Sur, Sayantan; 'Avneesh Pant'; Rebecca Moran (rebecca@openfabrics.org); 'Goldiez, Brian'; 'Christoph Lameter'; 'tzahio@mellanox.com'; 'linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil'; 'Marcin Ocwieja'; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; 'Dave'; 'David Goodell
(dgoodell)'; 'Cesare Cantu (cantuc)'; 'Marcin Ocwieja'; 'openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org'; 'Coulter, Susan K'; 'Jeff Becker'; Rupert Dance (rsdance@soft-forge.com); Paul Grun; Benton, Brad (Brad.Benton@amd.com); 'Mani Subramaniyan'; 'Tom Reu'; 'Avneesh
Pant'; Rebecca Moran (rebecca@openfabrics.org); 'Goldiez, Brian'; 'Christoph Lameter'; 'tzahio@mellanox.com'; 'linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil'; 'Marcin Ocwieja'; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; 'Dave'; 'David Goodell (dgoodell)'; 'Cesare Cantu (cantuc)'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: OFA OFWG meeting minutes and responses to AR re organizational recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jim and all OFWG members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The minutes below raised a number of concerns in the context of the success OFA has been to-date and how that has been achieved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In addition to the sections of the by-laws you have referenced, if the output of the OFWG is code that substantially alters the functions and capabilities of the OpenFabrics software then the “Proposal” and related
sections of the by-laws should provide additional guidance and resolution to many of the appropriate questions raised in your email below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I suggest the OFWG members review the Proposal process in the bylaws on the OFA web site before their next meeting. How to approve code changes, both major and minor are addressed there. All members of the Alliance
get to vote on “Proposals”. One member can propose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Also my recollection, contrary to the letter of the by-laws, of the precedents and practices we have used for other working groups from the beginning of the OFA is that the WG members have proposed, and the Board
has approved, the WG Chair and Vice-Chair. The WG has also determined its own decision making processes for their internal work, some have voted on some issues, some have not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I strongly recommend that we do not follow, or enable a similar level of inter-company politics, of IEEE, IBTA or any other standards bodies with strict voting practices, rules of order etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Let’s remind ourselves ONCE AGAIN that the OFA is not in the standards or the specification business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We<u> implement</u> to comply with standards and specifications set by others, work in the open by consensus as close to 100% as we can, and select by peer-assessed technical merit, NOT voting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Our deliverable and responsibility to the whole computing community of members, industry and end users, world-wide, is focused, functional, efficient, reliable, clean, documented code, open-source, free and available
to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In this spirit lets understand the differences and limit the influence of the IBTA, IEEE, T10, etc. in our technical work together,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Respectfully to all members of the OFWG and the OFA,,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bill Boas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">OFA Treasurer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">510-375-8840<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ryan, Jim [<a href="mailto:jim.ryan@intel.com">mailto:jim.ryan@intel.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org'; 'Coulter, Susan K'; Rimmer, Todd; Woodruff, Robert J; Wood, Donald E; 'Jeff Becker'; Rupert Dance (<a href="mailto:rsdance@soft-forge.com">rsdance@soft-forge.com</a>); Berry, Frank; Hefty, Sean; Stachura,
Tom L; Paul Grun; Bill Boas; Benton, Brad (<a href="mailto:Brad.Benton@amd.com">Brad.Benton@amd.com</a>); 'Mani Subramaniyan'; 'Tom Reu'; Sur, Sayantan; 'Avneesh Pant'; Rebecca Moran (<a href="mailto:rebecca@openfabrics.org">rebecca@openfabrics.org</a>); 'Goldiez,
Brian'; 'Christoph Lameter'; 'tzahio@mellanox.com'; 'linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil'; 'Marcin Ocwieja'; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; 'Dave'; 'David Goodell (dgoodell)'; 'Cesare Cantu (cantuc)'; 'Marcin Ocwieja'; 'openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org'; 'Coulter, Susan
K'; 'Jeff Becker'; Rupert Dance (<a href="mailto:rsdance@soft-forge.com">rsdance@soft-forge.com</a>); Paul Grun; Bill Boas; Benton, Brad (<a href="mailto:Brad.Benton@amd.com">Brad.Benton@amd.com</a>); 'Mani Subramaniyan'; 'Tom Reu'; 'Avneesh Pant'; Rebecca
Moran (<a href="mailto:rebecca@openfabrics.org">rebecca@openfabrics.org</a>); 'Goldiez, Brian'; 'Christoph Lameter'; 'tzahio@mellanox.com'; 'linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil'; 'Marcin Ocwieja'; 'Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)'; 'Dave'; 'David Goodell (dgoodell)'; 'Cesare
Cantu (cantuc)'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> OFA OFWG meeting minutes and responses to AR re organizational recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m sorry for the length of the attached, but I don’t believe there’s any way around it. I reviewed the OFA Bylaws and the IBTA Guidelines for suggestions as to how to identify the areas we touched on in our meeting yesterday, and additional
areas suggested by the Guidelines themselves.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m taking a relatively aggressive position by suggesting practices and procedures from the Guidelines, primarily. This is instead of raising an issue and saying, in effect, “what do you think?” Instead, I’m offering a position and asking
you to support it or argue with it<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m hoping we can make significant progress by email to set up another productive meeting on Tuesday<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jim Ryan
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