WLCG Management Board #298 (ZOOM meeting)

Tuesday 21 Jun 2022, 16:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

513/R-068 (CERN)

Simone Campana (CERN)

16:00 CERN/10:00 EDT/09:00 CDT

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Minutes: Management Board Meeting Minutes
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16:00 → 16:05 Minutes and Matters Arising

Minutes

16:05 → 16:10 Action List Review

Action List

16:10 → 16:20 WLCG Service Report

Speakers: Maarten Litmaath (CERN), Katarzyna Maria Dziedziniewicz-Wojcik (CERN)

WLCG-svc-report-21June2022-v11.pdf

WLCG-svc-report-21June2022-v11.pptx

16:20 → 16:30 Follow-up on CERN Council June 2022 meeting

Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN)

The 208th Council declared that it intends to terminate CERN’s International Cooperation Agreements (ICAs) with the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus at their expiration dates in 2024. However, the situation will continue to be monitored carefully and the Council stands ready to take any further decision in the light of developments in Ukraine.

CERN’s International Cooperation Agreements, ICAs, normally run for five years, and are tacitly renewed for the same period unless a written notice of termination is provided by one party to the other at least six months prior to the renewal date. The ICA with the Russian Federation expires in December 2024, that with the Republic of Belarus in June 2024.

These measures follow those already adopted at an extraordinary meeting of the Council on 8 March, and at the Council’s regular meeting on 25 March. The Council reaffirmed that all decisions taken to date, along with the actions undertaken by the Management, which have had a marked impact on the involvement of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus in the scientific programme of the Organization, remain in force. 

The Council also decided to review CERN’s future cooperation with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) well in advance of the expiration of the current ICA in January 2025.

Summary of the 208th council deliberations: https://council.web.cern.ch/en/content/news
All council deliberations: https://council.web.cern.ch/en/content/resolutions

16:30 → 16:40 WLCG Workshop

Speakers: David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB)), Roger Jones (Lancaster University (GB))

WLCG and Rucio Workshops Nov 7-11 22.pdf

WLCG and Rucio Workshops Nov 7-11 22.pptx

The WLCG workshop will take place in the week 7-11 November 2022, following the survey results. we aim for a 3 days workshop in the week, and more details will be communicated in the next months. The GDB steering committee should lead the preparation of the workshop from the scientific perspective. We have one proposal from Lancaster, willing to host the event (see slides). CERN could also host the event but in a rather inconvenient form, due to the contention on meeting rooms. The Rucio community is looking also at a location for their workshops and one possibility would be to co-host it in the same location, back to back with the WLCG workshop. This possibility is included n the proposal, while it is up to the Rucio team to decide.  

16:40 → 16:45 WLCG Software liaison

The role of the WLCG Software Liaison was established at the end of 2020, following a LHCC recommendation

• https://indico.cern.ch/event/954814/contributions/4012006/note/

Graeme Stewart and Liz Sexton were appointed for one year, renewable (see note above). The one year is due, so we should decide who will cover this role for the next year.  

Please send input to Lcg.Office@cern.ch (we will have a proper tool next time ..) by the next MB, where we should have a discussion.  

16:45 → 16:50 AOB