From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 152E990 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2015 07:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f180.google.com (mail-ig0-f180.google.com [209.85.213.180]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 683A9AF for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2015 07:36:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igbdj2 with SMTP id dj2so38970939igb.1 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:36:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20151024214507.1d33eb9a@xps.lwn.net> References: <20151022210329.GA5470@vmdeb7> <20151024214507.1d33eb9a@xps.lwn.net> From: Grant Likely Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:35:54 +0900 Message-ID: To: Jonathan Corbet Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , Tech Board Discuss , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , tech-board , "lwn@lwn.net" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [Tech-board] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:28:19 +0100 > Grant Likely wrote: > >> I've been asked several versions of the same question, and also the >> annual "what does the TAB actually do?" question, so I'm going to try >> and answer them all in one email: > > Great summary, Grant, thanks. > > A few additions of my own... Oh, yes. I completely agree with the following. Thank you Jon. > > - The Linux Foundation tends to ask TAB members if they can give talks at > events. Even more than free software development in general, TAB > membership can be good if you don't like buying your own T-shirts! > > - The TAB has been named in the kernel's "code of conflict" as the body > that will receive complaints about harassment or other untoward > behavior in our community and try to resolve them. Thus far, no such > complaints have been presented, but TAB members need to be prepared for > that to happen. > > - It has been my feeling for a fair while that the LF could make more use > of the TAB and its expertise than happens currently. Good TAB members > might be those who are willing to let the LF know when they have an > opinion on what the LF should be doing with and for the community. As > an example, some of us have been pushing for the TAB to help with the > selection of technical talks at LF conferences; I *think* that we > provided useful input for LCE this year. > > That ties in to my last thought...in my time on the TAB, I've noticed > that most of the work tends to be done by a relatively small subset of > the members. Perhaps every committee is like that, in the end. A > successful TAB member, IMO, is one who is willing to make the time to not > just attend attend the meetings (which may be at less-than-convenient > times depending on where you live and travel), but also to commit to > putting some time into helping out when there's something to be done. > > jon