2024.05.09

[seanmcilroy29]

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2024.05.09 Agenda/Minutes

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Time 1600 (GMT) - See the time in your timezone

• Co-Chair - Henry Richards (WattTime)
• Co-Chair - Naveen Balani - (Accenture)
• Co-Chair – Abhishek Gupta (BCG)
• Convener – Sean Mcilroy (Linux Foundation)

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Recordings

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Roll Call

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Agenda

• [ ] Approve agenda
• [ ] Approve previous Meeting Minutes

Project Review

• [x] Transforming Organisational Software Sustainability - Pindy
  • Project aligned with;
    • Maturity Matrix with the project.

Techstrong TV Sustainability Interview with Bonnie Schneider

• [x] Techstrong Interview with SWG member(s) to discuss the SCI

GreenAI - Discussion Continued - Henry / Thomas

• [x] Green AI Committee update/rollout plan
  • Green AI Project Proposal Early Brief.pdf

Project Review updates

• [x] Real-Time Cloud - Adrian
  • Defining the GSF Real-Time Cloud Renewable Energy Percentage spreadsheet.
  • collaboration documentt to create the initial header explanations.
  • [x] Software Carbon Efficiency Rating - Review - Chris Xie
  • Discussion/review focuses on the LLM and proposed methodology for LLM in generative AI.
• [x] sci-guide - Navveen

SCI

• [x] PR - https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/sci/pull/383
• SCI v1.1 PAS report is being prepared for submission to ISO.

Articles

• [x] Nothing to review

For Review

• [x] Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) for Software Applications using SCI and Impact Framework - Srini

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Future meeting Agenda submissions

• [x] If you have any Agenda submissions, please let Sean know via email at sean@greensoftware.foundation or open an Issue

Next Meeting

• [x] 16th May

Adjourn

• [ ] Motion to adjourn

Standing Agenda / Future Agenda submissions

• [ ] Standing Agenda Item: The First meeting of each month is a member Introduction / Buddy-buddy meeting to help new members understand the work in the SWG.
• [ ] Standing Agenda Item - First meeting of each month - 5 - 10 min round up of what is happening across the other WG

[tholewis]

Attended! 🌳

[Henry-WattTime]

Attended

[navveenb]

Attended

[seanmcilroy29]

Attended

[tholewis]

🌳 Green AI Committee Update.

• Ashara Taylor is the PM assigned and Thomas will be meeting with her today.
• Setting up the infrastructure (e.g., Google Groups, GitHub, etc.).
• Crafting nomination mail to fill seats.
• SC members will have a guaranteed seat, general members are assigned by lottery (working through the details).
• Crafting workshop similar to the one we did for Green Patterns with Russ Trow.
• Craft a public page and article for the website (not immediately, but need to consider).

[perkss]

Attended

[marcoshidalgonunes-avanade]

Attended

[seanmcilroy29]

MoM Henry opens the meeting @ 1600 BMT

Sustainability in software development, including assessment and decision-making. Pindy presents a framework for evaluating software development for Transforming Organisational Software Sustainability (TOSS). The framework includes a decision tree for an organization's sustainability journey.

Creating a framework for sustainability in software development. Pindy and members discussed the development of a framework for software development. They plan to start with a maturity matrix and add questions and tooling as they progress. The goal is to create a holistic framework that encompasses everything from strategy to operational compliance, and more. Sean McIlroy will be adding comments and questions as they go. Pindy suggests using a maturity matrix assessment as a starting point for organizations to evaluate their sustainability journey. Pindy proposes a decision tree matrix to identify gaps in data requirements and connect bespoke applications for sustainability reporting.

Creating a decision tree for assessing maturity in organizations. Navveen and Pindy discuss creating an assessment tool for maturity model implementation, focusing on personas and tooling.

End-to-end green software development journey, challenges, and potential solutions. Pindy and Thomas discussed the end-to-end journey of green software practitioners. They discussed the challenges faced by those who lack knowledge of green software and need a framework to approach the edict given to them. The group discussed the importance of bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders in sustainability initiatives. Navveen suggested using personas to help non-technical stakeholders understand the technical aspects of sustainability initiatives.

Techstrong TV Sustainability Interview with Bonnie Schneider Sean highlights an opportunity for members to participate in an interview regarding the SCI and it's release. Sean and Henry talked about identifying potential participants who could share their thoughts on the impact of SCI on the industry. Henry proposed sending an email to gather nominations for the AI group.

Standards development, workshop ideas, and updates on projects. Thomas outlines plans for the Foundation workshop, public page, and content focus. Sean shares updates on the standards project, including circulating a draft for review and seeking comments. The group discuss approving an edit, reviewing articles, and planning a meeting.

Action Items

• [ ] Review real-time carbon accounting standards and provide comments.
• [ ] Review Srini's article for publication.
• [ ] Add personas to the decision tree frameworks.
• [ ] Email WG to solicit volunteers for the SCI interview.
• [ ] Submit updated SCI v1.1 PAS report to ISO

[seanmcilroy29]

Agreed