Hi all, I expect to have a better idea of space available for the community track and/or workshops at GGF-14 shortly but in the meantime, it is my understanding that the community council is 'endorsing' the following workshops thus far (please let me know if there are others): *Life Sciences (1/2 day), *Science Gateway Portal (full day). Something that I would like clarification on is the GGF-14 process for handling workshop submissions from other Research Groups. Amidst this transitional phase, it is important that we inform the RG Chairs/GFSG of our plans as soon as possible. In Geoffrey's absence, I will be reporting the community council activities on next week's GFSG call and if possible, I would like to have a proposal for GFSG discussion before then. Should we use the GROC model for GGF14? Your insight is greatly appreciated. According to my notes from our face-to-face, below are the Community Council's short-term actions: *Act as GGF-14 Program Committee with the goal of exposing the applications community to grid solutions, specifically: -Create a set of rooms (or, 2 one-day academic tracks), -Recruit groups (software providers?) for a 'SUPER WORKSHOP' track by a) reviewing where we are with RGs, b) identify candidate areas, c) hope that they pan-out for GGF-14. *DAVE, CHARLIE, SATOSHI, CRAIG are prepared this week to begin looking at this track concept for GGF14 with Julie providing support where needed. *By Early June: Area leaders write a community charter doc for their area. *By Late June: GCF compile charter docs to formulate into GGF Participation Guide for GGF14. More comprehensive notes to follow (Geoffrey and I are currently iterating them) but I just wanted to be sure that you had the near-term portion. In other news, on Tuesday's GFSG call, there was discussion of an events committee telecon (involving Mark, Geoffrey, Malcolm, Steve and Ann). I do not believe this has happened yet but I expect the community council's role in GGF-14 and GGF-15 programs to become more defined in the near future. Thanks, Julie +++++++++++++++++++ ***New contact information as of 16-Feb*** Julie Wulf-Knoerzer Manager of Community Development wulf@ggf.org ph. 630/252-7163 fax 630/252-4466