[Ofa_boardplus] OFA Board Meeting Minutes 2/16/2017

[Pappas, Jim]

The way the contract is defined, the funding is not even restricted to using it for an ED.  

It was my understanding that OFA was not funded sufficiently to hire an ED.   I believe that is still the case but for the extra funding.

I personally believe the most important issue is working the OFA budget to either generate additional revenue, or reduce spending, or both, to pay for an ED and have it in place by Q1'18 when the extra funding evaporates.  

Without an effective ED function in place, I predict the organization's discipline and process will crumble, and the volunteers will become frustrated and disengage.   I've seen it happen too often during my tenure of overseeing about 50 organizations.  

/Jim
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Pls excuse typos & brevity

> On Feb 17, 2017, at 5:33 PM, Christoph Lameter <christoph at graphe.net> wrote:
> 
> Another thing regarding the funding controversy.  As far as I remember funding was not tied to a specific person because we clearly stated that this cannot work with that tie in. I mentioned that repeatedly.
> 
>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 11:37, Gilad Shainer <Shainer at Mellanox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Another correction - there was no request to remove the ED position, but to avoid using the external funding. 
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> Gilad Shainer
>> Vice President, Marketing 
>> Mellanox Technologies 
>> 350 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 100, Sunnyvale CA 94085
>> Office: 408-916-0048, Mobile: 408-421-0048, Fax: 408-585-0348
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ofa_boardplus [mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Paul Grun
>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 3:05 PM
>> To: Beggio, Christopher Allen <cabeggi at sandia.gov>; ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org , <ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ofa_boardplus] OFA Board Meeting Minutes 2/16/2017
>> 
>> Under item 5, please change 'Co-chair' to 'Vice Chair'.
>> 
>> Wherever possible, when motions are made on the spot, please capture the wording of the motion, any amendments to the motion, and the discussion (if any) following the second.  It was a confused and time-pressured discussion this morning, so it might not have been possible to do so.  
>> 
>> (In the case of complex motions presented before the meeting, usually by .ppt, I think you've said that the best thing is to simply incorporate those slides (as amended) into the minutes.  I agree that that is the best way to go.)
>> 
>> Couple insignificant fat fingers -
>> SUSE and RedHat use difference tools...  s.b. 'different'
>> Potentially a significant decifit in... s.b. deficit.
>> 
>> Taking minutes is a thankless, but crucially important, job. I want to again thank you for taking it on.  I think I can safely say that you have the gratitude of everyone on the Board / XWG.  I motion that we buy you a donut at the workshop.  Or maybe a beer.  Or something.
>> 
>> -Paul
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ofa_boardplus 
>>> [mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Beggio, Christopher Allen
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 2:50 PM
>>> To: ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org , 
>>> <ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org>
>>> Subject: [Ofa_boardplus] OFA Board Meeting Minutes 2/16/2017
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Meeting minutes and slides attached for your review and feedback.
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> 
>>> Chris
>> 
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