Draft OGF Structure¶

OGF Structure as defined in GFD.2¶

• working groups (produce documents)
  • chartered w/ milestones, somewhat defined lifetime
  • chairs (2/3)
  • secretary (opt)
  • members (whoever is on mailing list)

• research groups (may produce documents)
  • chairs / secretary / members
  • vaguagly chartered
  • indefinite lifetime
  • may spawn WG

• community groups
  • chairs / secretary / members
  • indefinite lifetime
  • represent community input to drive WGs/RGs

• area
  • collection of WGs and RGs by topic
  • structure of areas are up to GFSG
  • area directors are (usually) assigned to areas, overseeing 1 or 2 groups each

Proposed Amendments¶

• areas are static, not a good match for group topics, very different sizes/activities
  • no static areas, but tags to groups
    • DRMAA: API, Compute
    • OCCI: Cloud, Compute
    • GLUE: Infrastructure, Compute, Data, Networking
  • assign ADs to explicit set of groups, according to their specialization / experience

• feedback between CG and RG/WG not functional, no active CGs left
  • focus CGs around short living efforts (plug feasts, workshops, implementations, OGF events, ...)
  • very low overhead of forming and disbanding(!) CGs

• RG/WG structure seems to work ok
  • weed out dead groups