User Community Board (UCB) The UCB is an advisory body responsible for 
coordinating the collection of feedback from the user communities on 
the human or technical services that they use from EGI. 
It includes high-level representatives from structured user communities VRCs 
(e.g. ESRFI, WLCG), NGIs and collaborating projects who:

 * Advise the EGI.eu Director on strategic and managerial issues concerning 
the evolution of EGI.eu‘s user facing services and production infrastructure.

 * Gather feedback from the user community relating to the quality of the production infrastructure and prioritise issues requiring 
management attention for resolution through the OMB.

 * Gather, define and prioritise requirements relating to new functionality in the production infrastructure or the user facing operational tools. These requirements to be passed on to the 
OMB and TCB for their integration into their respective roadmaps and eventual delivery.

 * Select the location of the annual User Forum and Provide high-level objectives to the appointed 
programme committee chair and selected local organising committee chair on the format and content of the meeting.

 * Improve the cohesion of the VRC activities through coordination between 
the different projects and VRCs and SSCs.

 

The UCB is tasked with and the broader support offered by EGI to the user communities. It has no involvement in the day-to-day activities of the user-community services (NA3 & SA3). 
The detailed technical discussions are delegated to the User Services Advisory Group (USAG).

Organisational Task Force (OTF)