Seeing less engagement from new developers, suspect tooling is turning them off
LF wants Infra WG to re-form at the TAC level to collect more data
How to improve for new contributors?
What tools to provide?
VMB: TF isn't represented at all in the Summary Report (link above)
We didn't participate, and we can do better
alevine: Team is tool agnostic
People w/opinions should participate, not the infra team
CC: Gonna send doodle poll this week; need a name for a rep
VMB: No rep yet, please send poll to tsc@ as we figure it out
DDF
Developer Design Forums (plugfest)
TF hasn't come to consensus about what to do here
Loosely discussed doing it at ONS, or with ONAP/OPNFV
Looking for venue
Trying to find one for a DDF in conjunction w/ONAP/OPNFV
Had one, but it went AWOL
Now not sure when/where a DDF would happen
LC: For all projects together? Or just TF?
CC: Probably both, but TF could go it alone instead I guess
All space is gone already for ONS EU
2 questions
Do our own event at/around ONS (not the upcoming one)?
Do we want to continue trying to do the joint DDF?
LC: Usually for DDFs a member company provides a venue
So for a TF DDF, Juniper could certainly provide a venue if people are willing to travel to it
Other member companies can help with stuff like catering, for example
CC: TF has $20K in the budget for the DDF
Which, btw, won't go very far at all
VMB: Whether we do something in conjunction w/LFN projects or do our own is a red herring. Can do both
Recommend 2-4 regular DDFs a year for devs to get together to plan upcoming development
Spread them around the world as possible
WS: Makes a lot of sense for these to be near/around events, leverage existing concentration of people
Easier to get budget & approval
Summary
Appetite for TF to run own DDFs for simplicity
Try to run them around another event to appeal to a broader audience
Funding TBD
Try to get sponsorship from member companies
VMB: If an event, ONS EU won't work (too soon). KubeCon NA?
CC will ask for space
Action items
Darien Hirotsuwill confirm on that the Release notes for 5.1 are complete.
Casey Cain will send the Infra WG meeting time doodle poll to the TF TSC mailing list. Members that are interested in participating will fill out the poll.