July 26, 2006 1. GridWorld Registration and Programs 2. Nominations for At-Large Board Members 3. OGF Update ---------------------- 1. Early Bird registration for GridWorld/GGF18 (Sept. 11-14, Washington DC) ends July 28, so please register today to obtain the maximum savings. This year's GridWorld is comprised of multiple programs including a business-level Solutions program, a more in-depth Technology Program, and GGF's well-established Community and Standards program. To register for the GGF18 portion of the event, browse to http://www.gridworld.com/live/42/register and select the Community and Standards program. The Community Program content may be reviewed at: http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/. The Standards sessions will be posted soon to this page. GGF/EGA have teamed with IDG and GlobusWorld to provide high-quality content in the Technology and Solutions program as well. You should consider upgrading your registration package to include these programs as well. The content of these programs may be viewed at http://www.gridworld.com. 2. The deadline for At-Large Board member nominations is July 31. Members appointed to the board provide guidance and oversight through their active leadership and participation. At-large board members represent essential voices from our community - helping to provide balance, insight and expertise during board deliberations to enable the success of our mission. I invite you to participate in this essential process by visiting http://www.ogf.org/bod_election/nomination.php before July 31 and nominating individuals (self-nominations are accepted) to be considered as At-large members of the board. For more information on the entire Board appointment process, please visit http://www.ogf.org/merger_docs/OGFBoardInitialAppointmentAgreement.pdf. 3. On July 1, Open Grid Forum officially opened its doors and much has been accomplished in the last month. Over 1/3 of the former GGF and EGA organizational members have already committed to membership in OGF with more committing each week. Nine of these organizations have given written or verbal commitments to Platinum (highest) level membership. Several merger integration projects are in progress ranging from a website upgrade to the formation of the Technical Strategy Committee (TSC) to planning for our formal "launch" at the GridWorld/GGF18 event. Standards Area Directors are meeting today and tomorrow in London to discuss near-term direction and how to increase the momentum that has made GGF's document series grow significantly in the last 12 months with high-quality specifications. Community leadership is refining its strategy for high-impact activities at GridWorld including a great community program as well as a new effort to engage grid vendors in the adoption of grid specifications. In short, OGF is continuing the good work GGF has done for the last several years and, with the infusion of EGA leadership, technical groups and enterprise focus, is becoming an organization that will deliver results faster, communicate more clearly, and enable better collaboration. Stay tuned for more updates in the near future. If you wish to unsubscribe from these updates, please send a note to postmaster@ggf.org. Steve Crumb Executive Director, OGF scrumb@ogf.org +1 312-895-5931 (new)