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4    Technical Steering Committee

4.1  TSC Roles

4.1.1   TSC Members

4.1.1.1 TSC Membership Definitions

• • Active Community Members:   Anyone from the ONAP community with twenty (20) or more measurable contributions during the previous 12-month period, inclusive of code merged, code reviews performed, wiki page edits, or JIRA activities
  • Operator: Any of the original 9 Platinum Service Providers participating in ONAP at the beginning of 2018. (Specifically: AT&T, Bell, CMCC, China Telecom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Turk Telecom, Verizon and Vodafone)
    (added July 12, 2018)

4.1.1.2 Size and Structure

• • • The TSC shall consist of  eighteen (18) seats 
    • Nine (9) seats on the TSC are to be reserved for Operators  
    • Only one (1) person from any company, or group of related companies (as defined in section 4.4.4.1) may be a member at any given time.
      (added July 12, 2018)

4.1.1.2 TSC Member Requirements

• • • Excluding the reserved seats provision of section 4.1.1.2, TSC membership is not limited to LFN member companies
    • TSC members shall be Active be Active Community Members, notwithstanding the exception granted in section 4.2.3.2
      (added July 12, 2018)
      

4.1.2   TSC Chair

The TSC will elect from amongst voting TSC members a chairperson for a term of one year according to the ONAP Technical Charter. The TSC shall hold elections to select a TSC Chair annually; there are no limits on the number of terms a TSC Chair may serve. 

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Condorcet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method; or Single Transferable Vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

4.2.3 TSC Member Elections

4.2.3.1 Candidate and Voter Eligibility

• • • Any Active Community Member (regardless of LFN membership), is eligible to run for a TSC seat, except as provided for in section 4.2.3.2
    • Any Active Community Member (regardless of LFN membership), is eligible to vote in a TSC election
    • Eligibility is effective as of the date and time the nomination process starts
      (added July 12, 2018)

4.2.3.2 TSC Member Candidates

• • • There are no limitations on the number of candidates that can run for a TSC seat, nor is there a limit to the number of candidates from any company, or group of related companies that can run in a TSC election
    • Candidates must self nominate
    • At least one person from each Operator must run for that Operator's reserved seat
    • A provision is granted for an Operator to appoint a person to run for their seat, only in the event that the Operator does not have any eligible Active Community Members at the time of nomination process.
      (added July 12, 2018)
      

4.2.3.2  TSC Member Election Mechanics

• • • The election of a TSC Member shall consist of a single stack ranked vote of all candidates via CIVS ( Condorcet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method);  
      
    • The top ranked candidate from each Operator will be selected, for a total of nine members, one member from each Operator
    • The top ranked non-Operator candidates (whether affiliated with a company or an individual contributor), will be selected for the remaining nine seats, with no more than one member per company or group of related companies being selected.
      (added July 12, 2018)
      

4.3  Responsibilities of the TSC. 

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