[Fiware-technical-committee] FIWARE TSC elections and way of working of our TSC from now on

Stefano De Panfilis stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org
Sun Feb 11 21:24:32 CET 2018


dear juanjo,

just to be on the safe unfortunately we cannot change the bylaws nor
interpret them the way we would like.

if we want to change the bylaws the correct, open and transparent way is
that tsc has to discuss it, approve it, sent to the ga for approval, get
its approval and then apply the new bylaws.

whatever way we choose, the first step is the approval of the ga to have
the new bylaws in place, i.e. the changes can only be applied for the
elections in 2019.
so, even if i believe a change in the composition of the tsc would be
beneficial, this can only be according to the rules.

i'd like also to tell you that to properly trigger the election process,
according to the current rules, we are already quite late since the ga is
called to be on 20 march 2018, and thus we are already in the 6th week
before the ga and the 5th week before the ga starts on this wednesday.
this means that by tuesdyay the list of candidates must be finalised.

however, from the following bylaws excerpt there may be an escape legal
mechanisms, at least i see it:
[image: Inline images 1]
as you can see the elections are every 12 months "at most". to respect the
bylaws then we shall have the elections now according to the old rules, but
then we can have new elections with the new rules as soon as the changes in
the bylaws have been approved by the ga.

this means that before the ga we have to master and finalise a proposal for
bylaws change to the ga, which anyway shall be put at the attention of the
ga 15 days before the ga meeting. so even adopting my proposal for the
escape route we do not have so much time.

i'll travel for berlin tomorrow morning. i expect to land there at 11:10 so
i hope to be in time in our offices able to discuss this topic.

ciao,
stefano

On 9 February 2018 at 18:23, Juanjo Hierro <juanjose.hierro at fiware.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>   Now with Veronika fully on board as our Scrum Master at the FIWARE
> Foundation, we would like to introduce a number of changes in our Way of
> Working (WoW) at the FIWARE TSC:
>
>    - Veronika will send every tuesday after a FIWARE TSC, a draft agenda
>    with link to pre-minutes for the following TSC
>    - Members of the TSC will then be invited to propose additional topics
>    until Thursday noon
>    - Veronika will send a final version of the agenda and pre-minutes
>    before Thursday EOB
>    - People will have the opportunity to add input in the pre-minutes
>    before the TSC
>
>   Once every month, we will send a mail to the FIWARE ecosystem reminding
> that individual members and people working for FIWARE Foundation member
> organizations are invited to join and that they can follow discussion
> through the publicly available minutes.
>
>   From now on and after the re-structuring of FIWARE chapters, we will
> organize our TSCs as follows:
>
>    - 1st hour: report on progress from GE owners in the various FIWARE
>    chapters plus the chapter on FIWARE Lab and deployment tools:
>       - Context Management (Core) Chapter
>       - Data/API Management, Publication and Monetization Chapter
>       - Context Processing, Analysis and Visualisation Chapter
>       - Interface with IoT, robotics and third systems Chapter
>       - FIWARE Lab and deployment tools
>       - 2nd hour: proposed topics
>
>   We will be rotating among the chapters so each week we will focus on
> one.  Topics/GEs to cover will be picked in advance.  I'll come with a
> proposed calendar we all can review.
>
>   We would like to start with the Context Management (Core) Chapter this
> next TSC: José Manuel will be in charge of that.
>
>   Proposed topics for the second hour will change based on demand, but
> until Hannover-Messe we shall include an item to follow-up on progress of
> our Task Force regarding implementation of IDS architecture concepts:  20
> mins will be booked for this.
>
>   The FIWARE Foundation General Assembly is coming and one of the
> questions we shall solve is that of running new elections of the TSC
> seats.  This will be one of the topics for our next TSC (2nd hour).   We
> have two choices:
>
>    - Rely on the bylaws, therefore go for election of 2 representatives
>    per chapter (we'll have now only 5) and then additional 3 individuals
>    (platinum members choose who take their seats)
>    - Ask for a change in the bylaws so that we run for elections of
>    individual representatives, up to a number we find suitable, not linking
>    them to existing chapters
>
>   So we will discuss what way to go at next TSC.  Your feedback in the
> meantime will be welcome.
>
>   Cheers,
> --
> Juanjo Hierro
> Chief Technology Officer
> juanjose.hierro at fiware.org
> www.linkedin.com/in/jhierro
> Twitter: @fiware <https://twitter.com/fiware> @JuanjoHierro
> <https://twitter.com/JuanjoHierro>
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