WLCG Collaboration Board Meeting

Thursday 8 May 2025, 15:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

139 (IJCLab Building 200)

Achim Streit (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))

Attendance to the meeting is restricted to the formal members of the Collaboration Board and other explicitly invited persons.

15:00 → 15:05 Welcome and introduction

The minutes of the previous meeting on 15 May 2024 had already been approved by circulation.

Speakers: Achim Streit (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)), Simone Campana (CERN)

15:05 → 15:15 Status of WLCG

Matters relevant to the Collaboration Board

Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN)

15:15 → 15:35 Procedure for a WLCG site wishing to step down

For endorsement

Will include remarks on process of becoming a Tier-1 site

Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN)

15:35 → 15:55 Use of LHCONE by non-HEP communities

For information and feedback

Speaker: Edoardo Martelli (CERN)

15:55 → 16:15 Upcoming annual revision of MoU Annexes

For information and feedback

The intention is clarify the procedure in particular in view of the pending proposals concerning Annex 5. The contents will be discussed later.

Speakers: Achim Streit (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)), Simone Campana (CERN)

16:15 → 16:35 Algorithm to calculate shares of pledges by funding agencies

For information and initial discussion

Speaker: David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))

WLCG Strategy 2024 - 2027 [PDF]

16:35 → 16:40 Any other business

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