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
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