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[[text in orange below is proposed for TSC consideration, JHB 15Jan22]]
4.5.1 Identifying and Recruiting Akraino
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Localized Organizations
The TSC shall be responsible for identifying and recruiting suitable local organizations amenable to cooperation in establishing local centers providing technical and marketing resources in local geographically distinct areas to support Akraino blueprint teams and groups based in those areas. Local Such "localized" areas are typically geographically distinct, characterized by language, time-zone, and international differences, for example the TSC might seek to establish a South America center, an Africa center, a Shenzhen center, etc.
When an organization has been identified, TSC members shall meet to discuss and evaluate the organization to determine its suitability, based on the following technical, marketing, and operational criteria:
- must Must present a public website with goals and mission statement indicating a non-profit, open, collaborative nature, preferably with .org domain suffix. Examples include foundations, consortiums, development communities, user communities, etc.
- must Must be a technical organization, with emphasis on open source software and hardware
- must Must be engaged in sufficient marketing and promotional efforts, including online and social media. Must be able to incorporate Akraino links, material, and blueprint documentation in substantial and appropriate manner ("sufficient", "substantial", "appropriate" need defining)
- associations Associations with academic institutions
- sponsor Sponsor companies
- support Support for a range of CPU types, including but not limited to x86, Arm, RISC, SoC (e.g. FPGA with CPU cores)
- provision Provision of a working area(s), including WiFi or other Internet capable of online video/audio collaboration. Server and other development hardware resources are preferred but not required
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