I am working on the session form for OGF-19 for the BoF we would like to have on the OGSA-AuthN charter to set its initial direction and specific deliverables. Anyone who would like to give a talk, keeping in mind that the session is short, is welcome. A draft charter in short form for this group is at: http://www.ggf.org/gf/group_info/charter.php?review&group=OGSA-AuthN-WG and other related documents will be published shortly. If you are interested in working on the topic of authentication for OGSA grid services, please do contact me. All interested parties are welcome to this effort so we can keep grid services architecture authentication on a good design basis and in touch with the best current and future practices in the field. I am also specifically recruiting help in the form of co-conveners to help with the leadership of this work group. Please also welcome our new OGF Security Area Directors Blair Dillaway and David Groep, and give them the benefit of your communication on various related topics, and every possible cooperation, suggestions, work on documents and standards, etc. If you are going to be in North Carolina for the OGF-19 conference and are interested in these topics, I would like to hear from you. Best, Alan Alan Sill, Ph.D TIGRE Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center Adjunct Professor of Physics TTU ==================================================================== : Alan Sill, Texas Tech University Office: Admin 233, MS 4-1167 : : e-mail: Alan.Sill@ttu.edu ph. 806-742-4350 fax 806-742-4358 : ====================================================================