Hi PGI team,
-- If I do not receive significant objections until the end of next week (2010- -- 07-02), I see this setup as being agreed by the group.
-- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- -- Von: Riedel, Morris [mailto:m.riedel@fz-juelich.de] -- Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Juni 2010 15:13 -- An: pgi-wg@ogf.org -- Cc: grimshaw@virginia.edu -- Betreff: PGI additional co-chair election process -- -- Dear PGI members, -- -- as Balazs recently stepped down as a co-chair we have now two
-- vacant for these roles to support me in chairing the activities of the -- group. Although I'm still keen in supporting this group as co-chair, some -- new roles within JUELICH (e.g. becoming deputy division head) will have -- potentially an impact in the time I can invest in this group and thus we -- need urgently a backup for me - the sooner the better. -- -- -- The election of the new co-chairs is an open process and the group decides, -- but keep in mind that we have a tough time schedule and these positions -- should be filled as soon as possible to maintain progress. -- -- -- Hence, to support a faster election process, I already discussed group -- setups with members of OGF and PGI folks, I would therefore like to take
-- opportunity to recommend the group setup as follows: -- -- -- -- (1) -- I recommend that Johannes Watzl (LMU, Munich, Germany) would be one of
-- additional co-chairs. -- -- Johannes is active in GIN since years and participated in PGI since it's -- beginning as being an effective secretary. Furthermore, his technology- -- neutral position makes him even more a suitable candidate for chairing -- sessions/workshops with delicate decisions among the technology
-- that contribute to PGI. -- -- I already discussed this with Johannes and he is willing to take this role -- once selected by the group. -- -- -- -- (2) -- The selection of Johannes would leave the secretary position as vacant. -- -- Given the past and current efforts of Etienne Urbah (LAL, Paris, France) via -- posters/e-mails/wiki-pages/etc., I would recommend that he should be elected -- for the secretary role. -- -- I already discussed with Etienne his contributions and he is keen to support -- the group as well in a more formal position. -- -- -- -- (3) -- One further additional co-chair position is still open. -- -- I'm in discussion with GIN/PGI members from outside of Europe to promote PGI -- as an international activity! -- -- Until these discussions will come to a fruitful state with folks that are -- willing to give the time required, I'm still open to receive recommendations -- from the community. -- -- -- -- -- Finally, please send me any serious objections (privately) to the
(1) Johannes Watzl as additional co-chair: Until today I got no objections to the proposed setup that Johannes might be an additional co-chair. The group process thus elects Johannes Watzl as one additional co-chair of the PGI group. Also our AD was in CC and thus I believe from this side are also no objections. @Joel: Please change the gridforge page accordingly. Many thanks! (2) Etienne Urbah as secretary: Etienne unfortunately stated that he is finally not able to pursue this position. (3) Hence, the secretary position and one further additional co-chair position is vacant. I'm already in discussions with a possible additional non-EU co-chair and I hope to propose him soon. In the meanwhile please feel free to send my any suggestions and thanks for those individuals that have done already. Finally, I'm looking forward to work with Johannes in order to bring the PGI group forward. Take care, Morris positions the the providers proposed
-- setup. -- -- If I do not receive significant objections until the end of next week (2010- -- 07-02), I see this setup as being agreed by the group. -- -- -- Afterwards, I will be once again in contact with our area director Andrew -- Grimshaw to officially confirm the above recommended setup. -- -- -- -- Your co-chair, -- Morris -- ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Morris Riedel -- Distributed Systems and Grid Computing Division -- -- Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) -- Info: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/JSCPeople/riedel