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- The organization 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.
- The organization must be a technical organization, with emphasis on open source software and hardware
- The organization must be engaged in sufficient marketing and promotional efforts, including online and social media. The organization must be able to incorporate Akraino web links, material, and blueprint documentation in substantial, appropriate, and prominent manner
- The organization may be associated with academic institutions
- The organization may have sponsor companies
- The organization must demonstrate support, or an acceptable plan of support, for a range of CPU types, including but not limited to x86, Arm, RISC, SoC (e.g. FPGA with CPU cores)
- The organization may provide 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
- The organization must agree to comply with Policy and Operational Procedures as listed on the Akraino Regional Communities page
During the discussion and evaluation phase, the TSC may at its option nominate and vote to approve an Akraino representative to act as "point person" to work with the candidate organization's senior / authorized management to resolve concerns, negotiate objectives and requirements, gather facts and data, and otherwise act on behalf of the TSC. The point person may be a TSC member, subcommittee chair or co-chair, or other. The point person may recruit others to help with the effort. As one example, the TSC might designate the "Outreach Subcommitee" chair as the point person, who then might recruit helpers from other subcommittees or blueprint projects.
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The TSC, at its discretion, may establish subcommittees to assist the TSC with its responsibilities and provide expert guidance in technical subject areas (e.g., architecture or security).
The From time to time, (a) the TSC may amend or introduce alternative approaches to convene and run subcommittees and (b) decide to disband subcommittees that are no longer active or that no longer have any active members.
4.6.1 Membership
4.6.1.1 Subcommittee Membership Eligibility
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The Chair or Co-Chair will be elected by members of the subcommittee as of the date the nomination process starts for the election.
4.6.1.3.1 Subcommittee Interim Elections
In case a subcommittee Chair or Co-Chair steps down or isno longer able to perform subcommittee duties (for example, moved to a different company, no longer active in Akraino, etc), an interim election may be called by the TSC. The term of the subcommittee Chair or Co-Chair elected as a result of the interim election can be up to the next full election.
Interim elections shall otherwise follow all the same procedures and use the same voting schemes as yearly elections.
4.6.1.4 Subcommittee Voter Eligibility
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