Here are some provocative questions that are seen as relevant for EGI to drive the discussion (please suggest additional questions):
- Is the ROC model the appropriate one? This is a very European view, what steps will be taken to include partners from other regions?- Assuming that the ROC model is the right way to go; Why are all ROCs led by European partners? Should these ROCs be hosted in Europe or in the other regions?
- Is the level of interaction and scale of deployment equal in each region?
- Are the active user communities in each region similar or completely different?
- What changes are needed in the CHAIN vision or implementation model?
- What is the overlap between March’09 proposals and CHAIN?
Key questions for current projects – Are the issues encountered in each region the same?
- Kind of issues encountered
- User Communities support
- Level of interaction/deployment
- Current status of interoperability
- Collaboration with CIS region: Will this be included?
Existing collaboration with CIS countries: Armenia (EGEE, SEE-GRID-SCI), Azerbaijan, Belarus (BalticGrid-II), Georgia (SEE-GRID-SCI), Kazakhstan (EGEE), Kyrgyzstan (?), Moldova (SEE-GRID-SCI), Russia (EGEE), Tajikistan (?), Ukraine (EGEE), Uzbekistan (EGEE)