WLCG Collaboration Board Meeting

Thursday 8 May 2025, 15:00 → 17:30 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.

The agenda is tentative and subject to changes.

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

For information

Matters relevant to the Collaboration Board

Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN)

15:15 → 15:30 Commitments of Tier-1 centres beyond HL-LHC

For information and feedback

Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN)

15:30 → 15:45 WLCG support for EGI's effort to enter the ESFRI roadmap

For endorsement

Speaker: Simone Campana (CERN)

EGI - ESFRI Application - Letter of Support from RI_RC[57].pdf

TEMPLATE EGI - ESFRI Application - Letter of Support from RI.docx

15:45 → 16:10 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)

Proposed site decommissioning procedure [PDF]

16:10 → 16:35 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)

Annex 5 with remaining comments [Google document]

16:35 → 17:00 Use of LHCONE by non-HEP communities

For information and feedback

Speaker: Edoardo Martelli (CERN)

17:00 → 17:05 Any other business

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