GridTalk PMB 11Jun08

Wednesday 4 Jun 2008, 08:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

1/1-025 (CERN)

document

• GAP_and_GridTalk_-_SEP.doc
• GridTalk_D3.1_WP3Revised_may08.doc
• PMB_June_08.ppt

Also in http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=35097 GridTalk PMB No. 2 11 June 2008 3:30pm By phone Attending: Sarah Pearce (Project Manager, QMUL), Andre-Pierre Olivier (APO), Frederic Hemmer (CERN), Steve Lloyd (QMUL, Chair) 1.Approval of previous minutes ---------------------------------- The minutes of the PMB on 7 March were approved and the actions list reviewed. Action 1.1: SP to edit the consortium agreement to reflect fact that the chair is elected, rather than automatically held by the co-ordinator. Done. Action 1.2: SP edit the consortium agreement to reflect the changes agreed and circulate to PMB members. Done. The CA had been through rounds of review and was due to be signed shortly. Action 1.3: FH to clarify whether GridCafe and iSGTW need to be declared as background in the consortium agreement. Done. GridCafe was declared as background. Action 1.4: SP to check with QMUL and Imperial College whether the RTM needs to be declared as background. Done. SP was advised by Imperial college that this wasn't necessary. Action 1.5: FH to clarify the current status of recruitment at CERN for the iSGTW editor. Done. Dan Drollette has been recruited. Action 1.6: SP to contact EC once iSGTW recruitment has been clarified, to check whether there is a need to change the DoW to remove references to Cristy. Done, the DoW was changed. Action 1.7: SP to raise the question of subcontracting with the Project Officer. Done, although APO had decided not to subcontract so this was no longer relevant. Action 1.8: SP to clarify with Dave Colling who will be working on the RTM. Done, it will be Dr Janusz Martyniak, who currently maintains the RTM. Action 1.9: SP to check about the possibility of registering gridtalk.eu, and whether gridtalk-project.eu would be acceptable to the EC. Done, the EC had agreed to gridtalk-project.eu. Action 1.10: FH to check about hosting the GridTalk website at CERN. Done. Action 1.11: FH to arrange CERN computer accounts for APO and SP. SL and FH already have accounts. Done, although APO is in the process of registering his account. Action 1.12: SP to talk to all EC dissemination projects about a joint mailing list. Done, the mailing list grid-outreach@jiscmail.ac.uk had been created, with members from OGF-Europe, BELIEF and GLOBAL. Action 1.13: SP to look into potential conferences in Australia to attend. The main Australian conference was Grid Australia, but SP noted that there were a number of interesting non-European conferences being organised by BELIEF during the course of the project and recommended waiting to decide until the next GridCast was complete. Action changed to: SP to look into potential international conferences to attend. Action 1.14: SP to produce metrics to monitor the success of the GridCasts. Done, the metrics were shown in SP's presentation. Action 1.15: SP to send list members to FH for project-eu-gridtalk-all. Done. 2. Project status SP presented slides showing the status of each of the workpackages. APO noted that he had spent time developing new ideas for GridCafe, and mentioned the possibility of a GridCafe space in Second Life. He was gathering documents for design choices, and would aim to show the different ideas quickly, so as to leave sufficient time to produce the new site. FH noted a couple of changes needed in the text of GridCast entries. Action 2.1: FH to send mail to Cristy about correcting the GridCast text. SP noted that the GridTalk pre-financing had not yet arrived from the EC, and was waiting for different DGs within the Commission to resolve an issue about QMUL. FH stated that EGEE 3 pre-financing was also delayed. FH noted the need for an internal webspace to store GridTalk deliverables, templates and documents. Action 2.2: FH to set-up an internal space for GridTalk on CERN servers. There was some discussion of the conclusions from the OGF23 gridcast. FH agreed that posters at the venue were a useful marketing tool. The status of the RTM was discussed - there had been an issue with the RTM running under vista. Action 2.3: SP to speak to Dave Colling about plans for the RTM and linking with GridGuide. The PMB agreed that Cristy would write a summary of the EGEE Cloud Computing document as the second policy article. The topic was interesting and relevant. 3. Forthcoming deliverables --------------------------- SP presented the status of deliverables due in the next quarter. It was agreed that deliverables would be circulated to the PMB two weeks before the end of the due month, for review and comment. Evidence that milestones had been achieved would be circulated before the end of the due month, and the evidence placed on the GridPP internal site. APO noted the need to make sure we have copies of GridCast content on a GridTalk-controlled server. Action 2.4: SP to speak to Corentin about storing copies of GridCast content. 4. Any other business The PMB considered whether a monthly report on iSGTW stats should be sent as part of the formal EC deliverable. It was decided that this should rather be an informal submission to the EC, sent regularly but not necessarily every month. FH suggested adding the FP7 logo and thumbnails of the iSGTW front pages to the document. FH was also unconvinced about the explanation for the page view statistics and would clarify this with Dan. Action 2.5: SP to get changes made to the iSGTW report format and send to the EC. Action 2.6: FH to speak to Dan about the statistics explanation. The PMB agreed the proposed GridTalk contribution to EGEE's Gender Action Plan. There was some discussion of GridTalk management at CERN. Action 2.7: FH to clarify who is responsible for which management tasks at CERN. (Note: SP has now discussed this with Anna Cook). 5. Date of next meeting ----------------------- Wed 17 Sept 1500 CET Actions list --------------- Action 1.13: SP to look into potential international conferences to attend Action 2.1: FH to send mail to Cristy about correcting the GridCast text Action 2.2: FH to set-up an internal space for GridTalk on CERN servers Action 2.3: SP to speak to Dave Colling about plans for the RTM and linking with GridGuide Action 2.4: SP to speak to Corentin about storing copies of GridCast content Action 2.5: SP to get changes made to the iSGTW report format and send to the EC Action 2.6: FH to speak to Dan about the statistics explanation Action 2.7: FH to clarify who is responsible for which management tasks at CERN. (Note: SP has now discussed this with Anna Cook).