SSC Workshop: Preparing SSCs for EGI

from Tuesday, 5 May 2009 at 13:00 to Wednesday, 6 May 2009 at 18:30 (Europe/Athens)
at OTE Academy, Athens, Greece

Description	The transition from the current European grid infrastructure based on projects to a unique European Grid Infrastructure requires significant changes in the way that the user community is organized and funded. Based on documents prepared by the EGI Design Study project (EGI_DS), users will be organized into Specific Support Clusters (SSCs). There are also proposals to organize support activities like training or application supporting support also into SSCs. In addition, interactions between EGI and commercial entities may also be managed through one or more SSCs. Participation Participation in this meeting is open. However, the meeting will be geared toward those looking to define, to create, and to organize an SSC for EGI. If you will only be part of a user community served by an SSC, this meeting is probably not for you. All participants must register for the meeting. Goals of the Meeting Discuss the common characteristics of an SSC. Determine the different types of SSCs (scientific, support, business, ...). Discuss sources of funding for each type of SSC. Determine how each SSC will deal with the probable September FP7 Infrastructure Call. Discuss timelines for preparing proposals or contributing to the EGI proposal. Documents of Interest EGI_DS Blueprint Document EGI_DS Functions Document Draft guidelines for SSCs Preliminary SSC proposals Join Email List To receive emails regarding this meeting and to participate in discussion of the SSC formation, you should join the email list egi-ssc-preparation@cern.ch. To join this list, provide the list name and your email address in the subscription form. Then either log in with an existing CERN account or create an external CERN account to confirm your subscription. Associated meetings EGEE/EDGeS Common Application Meeting Getting to the Venue OTE Academy Pelika & Spartis 1, 15125 Marousi (Psalidi area) Tel: +30 210 6114430 - Fax: +30 210 6114420 Map for exact location of OTE Academy Accommodations Participants are strongly encouraged to stay at the President Hotel: 43 Kifissias Ave. 115 23 Athens, Greece The rate are 84€ (88€) for a single (double) room. To receive these rates, please send the completed form (attached to this agenda page) to the hotel before 27 April. When sending the form do not change the name of the file. The local organizers will arrange for busses between the President Hotel and the conference venue.
Participants	Ignacio Blanquer; Maurice Bouwhuis; Vincent Breton; Francisco Castejón; Marios Chatziangelou; Jiri Chudoba; Diana Cresti; Florida Estrella; David Fergusson; Vangelis Floros; Neil Geddes; Cecile Germain-Renaud; Emidio Giorgio; Volker Guelzow; Ladislav HLUCHY; Sy Holsinger; Campos Isabel; Christos Kanellopoulos; Fotis Karagiannis; Aneta Karaivanova; Tamas Kiss; Jan Kmunicek; Antonio Lagana; Ioannis Liabotis; Charles Loomis; Alejandro Lorca; Panos Louridas; Giorgio Pietro Maggi; Peter Malzacher; Patricia Mendez Lorenzo; Jean-Pierre MEYER; Luciano Milanesi; Steven Newhouse; Neasan ONeill; Laura Perini; Monique PETITDIDIER; Marcin Plociennik; Ognjen Prnjat; Jean Salzemann; Horst Schwichtenberg; Jamie Shiers; Gergely Sipos; Mariusz Sterzel; Nicola Venuti; Claudio Vuerli; Gabriel Zaquine; Per Öster
Material:	Minutes Paper document
Support	Email: halter@lal.in2p3.fr

Go to day

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

13:00 - 18:30 Transition to EGI (1)

13:00 Introduction 30'

A. Organization of workshop
B. Questions to be answered during workshop (goals!)
C. Quick overview of EGI status/organization

13:30 Overview Presentations 1h0'

A. Overview from each proposed SSC (3-4 slides answering questions that will be distributed)
B. Overview from represented NGIs/Regions (SEEGRID, IT-NGI, etc.)  (3-4 slides with how they fit
    into EGI, main concerns, etc.)

Material:

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14:30 Coffee Break 30'

15:00 Categorizing Proposed SSCs and SSC/EGI Interaction 2h30'

A. Overview of current boards/people in EGI and foreseen contacts
B. What boards/posts/functions are missing from the picture?
C. What categories of SSCs are emergin from the proposals?  (What are good names for the categories?)
D. How do SSCs within each category interact with EGI?
How do people "outside" of the SSCs interact with EGI?

17:30 Discussion Time 1h0'

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

09:00 - 12:30 Transition to EGI (2)

09:00 Sustainability/Funding 1h30'

A. Overview on funding possibilities (EC, NGIs, etc.)
B. View of NGI participation from IT-NGI.
C. How will different categories of SSCs be funded?
D. How will the SSCs sustain their funding and impact in community?

10:30 Coffee Break 30'

11:00 Organization of Proposal(s) 1h30'

A. Overview of the likely structure of the EC infrastructure call.
    (Probably three parts: EGI core, User Community, Middleware.)
B. Different proposal options
    1. Umbrella proposal that collects all SSC together
    2. Separate SSC proposals
    3. Some hybrid between the two
C. What goes into each proposal?  Should some SSCs, categories of SSCs go into main EGI proposal?

14:00 - 18:30 Transition to EGI (3)

14:00 Formal Agreements 1h30'

A. What agreements need to be made (resources, manpower, etc.)?
B. Between what EGI actors should those be made?
C. What are the formal requirements for an SSC?
  1. What are minimal services to be provided **TO** SSCs?
  2. What are the minimal services to be provided **BY** the SSCs?
D. How will resource allocation policies/procedures be handled?

15:30 Coffee Break 30'

16:00 Workshop Conclusions and Way Forward 1h30'

A. How to make sure full EGI user community (ARC, UNICORE, PRACE, etc.) is aware of what 
    happened at the workshop?  That they participate?
B. Need to determine the formal organization of proposals.
  1. How many and what they contain?
  2. Who will receive EC funding and be "core" partners in proposal(s).
C. Need to determine responsible person/people for **each** SSC. 
D. Need to determine reasonable set of deliverables for proposal(s).

17:30 Discussion Time 1h0'

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