Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 24 Oct 2015 21:45:07 -0600 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [Tech-board] [Ksummit-discuss] Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections and Nomination process |
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On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:28:19 +0100 Grant Likely <glikely@secretlab.ca> 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...
- 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
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