Description
As any other scientific discipline now in EGEE-III, also Astronomy and Astrophysics must become a robust, independent, self-supporting entity capable of coordinating the use of EGI and of safeguarding grid-related knowledge; for this main reason astronomers are therefore strongly motivated to set up a SSC in EGI that must comply with what established for SSCs in the EGI Design Study project.
Because past experiences say that many astronomers preferably attend events organized by EGEE (both User Forums and Conferences), a session dedicated to the transition of the community to EGI while this transition is in its crucial phase appears to be of paramount importance. This session is an excellent opportunity to have a face-to-face meeting with all those actively involved in the setup of the A&A SSC to make a checkpoint on these topics: a) work already done; b) possible weakness points; c) open issues to discuss with all colleagues of EGEE-III NA4; d) planning for the remaining work to do.
