GGF eNewsletter May 2005 1. New Groups Approved 2. GGF14 3. Telco Focus Session at Supercomm 4. GGF Operating Model Enhancements 5. Spring Grid Connections Newsletter 6. NOMCOM Update 1. New Groups Approved Two new groups have been approved by the Grid Forum Steering Group (GFSG). First, the OGSA-D-WG was formed to develop the data architecture associated with OGSA. Spawned from the OGSA-WG Data design team, Dave Berry (National eScience Center, UK) and Allen Luniewski (IBM) will co-chair this new working group. The email list is ogsa-d-wg@ggf.org and the GridForge project will be available soon: http://forge.ggf.org/projects/ogsa-d-wg. Second, the ByteIO-WG was formed to define a Web Service interface for reading and writing sequences of bytes into various sources and destinations. Also spawned from the OGSA-WG Data design team, Mark Morgan (University of Virginia) and Neil Chue Hong (EPCC, University of Edinburgh) will co-chair this new working group. The email list is byteio-wg@ggf.org and the GridForge project will be available soon: http://forge.ggf.org/projects/byteio-wg. 2. GGF14 June 26-29, 2005 are the dates for GGF14 in Chicago, IL, USA. Registration will open on May 3 for this standards and community oriented event. The call for participation for workshops is open until May 6 and for community-oriented talks, May 11 (see http://www.ggf.org/Meetings/GGF14/GGF14.htm). Plan now to attend. 3. Telco Focus at Supercomm 2005 GGF will continue its focus on grid technologies and their impact on the Telecommunication industry with a focus session during the upcoming Supercomm 2005 (Chicago, June 6-9). The Monday, June 6, session will feature representatives from numerous regional and national telco operators and vendors. Details of the meeting and the agenda will be made available soon on the GGF website (www.ggf.org). For more information, contact communities@ggf.org. 4. GGF Operating Model Enhancements Introduced by Mark Linesch at GGF13 in Seoul, the GFSG has recommended a set of enhancements to the current GGF operating model. A document describing these recommendations is available for download at: http://www.ggf.org/documents/Drafts/GGF_Prop_Op_Model.pdf Comments are welcome and can be sent directly to Mark at linesch@ggf.org. 5. Spring Grid Connections In the Spring edition of the Grid Connections newsletter (attached), Mark Linesch, David Snelling, and Geoffrey Fox discuss the Standards and Community aspects of the GGF mission. 6. NOMCOM Update The Global Grid Forum (GGF) Nominations Committee is soliciting nominations for the open positions on the Grid Forum Steering Group (GFSG). You can read the details at http://www.gridforum.org/nomcom. A unique opportunity exists now to become part of the new leadership team of GGF during 2005. In addition to continuing our important standards efforts, we are working to strengthen and expand communities of interest in GGF. Also, we are introducing new opportunities for leadership in the GGF operations. Please consider who you would like to see in the GGF leadership and send nominations to nomcom@ggf.org. Self nominations are also encouraged. The deadline is Friday, May 20, 2005. Steve Crumb Executive Director, Global Grid Forum +1 630-252-8610 (Office) +1 630-915-3324 (Cell) scrumb@ggf.org