======minutes/november_16_2007======
=====Contents=====

  * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#TAB_Meeting.2C_November_16.2C_2007|1 TAB Meeting, November 16, 2007]]
  * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Agenda|2 Agenda]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Attendees|2.1 Attendees]]
  * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Minutes|3 Minutes]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Doc_writer|3.1 Doc writer]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#report_from_board_meeting|3.2 report from board meeting]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#pci_sig_membership|3.3 pci sig membership]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#NDA_program|3.4 NDA program]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#Driver_backport_workgroup|3.5 Driver backport workgroup]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#USB|3.6 USB]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#next_collaboration_summit|3.7 next collaboration summit]]
    * [[https://www.linuxfoundation.org/#TAB_website|3.8 TAB website]]

=====  TAB Meeting, November 16, 2007 =====

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=====  Agenda =====

  *  LF Fellowship Doc writer status - Next steps
  *  Report from the Tokyo Board Meeting.
  *  PCI SIG membership status and current plan.
  *  NDA programme status (Mainly just Marvell)
  *  Any other business.

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====  Attendees ====

  *  James Bottomley
  *  Dan Kohn
  *  Olaf Kirch
  *  Randy Dunlap
  *  Jim Zemlin
  *  Jonathan Corbet
  *  Greg Kroah-Hartman
  *  Ted Ts'o
  *  Markus Rex
  *  Lyn Moreno
=====  Minutes =====
====  Doc writer ====

Discussion about next steps with the Doc writer. No decisions taken. Another round of email discussion.
====  report from board meeting ====

biggest news for tab is ted t'so assignment to the lf for 2 years starting
january 2008 as fellow and chief platform strategist.
john cherry left the lf, workgroups are reshuffled.
lf organized legal summit in boston just prior to board meeting. james
mentioned that best result is the fact that it happened. also discussion on
the patent troll suit against redhat and suse.
====  pci sig membership ====

ongoing - andy is still trying to contact them to get something out of them.
also intel's pci-sig rep offered help, but first tack is lawyers.
====  NDA program ====

ball appears in the lf's field. andy and ross might need to get active, also
james will contact marvell cto after it is assured that it is their job.
====  Driver backport workgroup ====

greg k-h explains the goal of the group as neutral place to support driver
backport. good that redhat and suse are together on that. greg will contact
ubuntu to get them involved as well.
====  USB ====

Greg still in doubt on viability of membership
====  next collaboration summit ====

most likely date april 8-10 in austin, tx.
====  TAB website ====

Go ahead with the move of the TAB pages at OSDL to media-wiki.