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Re: new SIG

Erin Boyd
 

Hi Liz & Cheryl,
I think what we hope to accomplish from a SIG is a more open dialogue for users/developers to really come together and get work done.
I know there is some concerns over past performance but we believe in part that is due to the siloed nature of the industry. Being an advocate and champion of open source and seeing in its very nature to break down these barriers provides a perfect platform where we can make progress. It also gives a chance for more collaboration across groups that might not commonly interact if they are just members of the TUG.
I feel like at the minimum the members of the TUG whom wish to create a SIG at least are able to come forward to the TOC with a proposal. That would allow everyone to respond in the open their concerns & desires.
Fredrick, please respond if I have misinterpreted your wishes here.
Thanks,
Erin




On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:10 AM Cheryl Hung <chung@...> wrote:
Hi Frederick,

As Liz said, user groups don't fall under the TOC, and the Telecom and Financial Services groups have grown more or less organically.

Philosophically, end users find it easier to collaborate when discussions aren't open to vendors. This means that the User Groups are not entirely public; the mailing list and meetings are closed, and signing up requires a company email address.

In terms of expectations, the SIGs own specific areas and projects. User groups may produce code, but can also specify requirements which may be implemented in collaboration with different SIGs, projects and domain experts over time. For example, the Financial Services User Group is reaching out to financial regulators and auditors to provide training materials.

Hope this clarifies.

Cheers,
Cheryl



On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:44 PM Liz Rice <liz@...> wrote:
Actually copying Cheryl this time
On 18 Jun 2019, 22:41 +0200, Liz Rice <liz@...>, wrote:
Hi Erin! My first question would be what the group wants to achieve, and what it is about being a SIG that would help them achieve those goals? 

Hello Frederick! I think the main difference is that CNCF SIGs fall under the stewardship of the TOC whereas end user groups are outside of that. There is information about TOC SIGs here: https://github.com/cncf/toc/tree/master/sigs and I’m copying in Cheryl to answer about user groups (on the assumption that end user groups ~= user groups) 

Liz
On 18 Jun 2019, 19:44 +0200, Amye Scavarda <ascavarda@...>, wrote:
Frederick! Nice to see you!
To answer your question, see:
https://github.com/cncf/toc/blob/master/sigs/cncf-sigs.md
This outlines the overall goals. While it doesn't directly address
user groups, it does outline what the responsibility of a special
interest group is.
-- amye


On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:32 AM Frederick Kautz <frederick@...> wrote:

I'm relatively new to the organizational structure of the CNCF in regards to user groups vs Sig's. Is someone able to point me to some documentation about the difference between a user group and special interest group?

I wasn't able to find documentation on the definition of a user group.

Closest I could find in the definition was this:

https://lists.cncf.io/g/cncf-toc/message/3193

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019, 08:42 Erin Boyd <eboyd@...> wrote:

Hi TOC,
I have a few users from the TUG who were inquiring about the formation of a SIG for this group instead.
What are everyone's thoughts around this?
Erin


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Erin A. Boyd

Senior Principal Software Engineer, OCTO

Red Hat

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Amye Scavarda | Program Manager, CNCF | amye@...





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Director of Ecosystem, Cloud Native Computing Foundation


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Erin A. Boyd

Senior Principal Software Engineer, OCTO

Red Hat

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