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I am interested that not a single person from UNICORE, gLITE or ARC are able to attend? If this is the case then OGF should raise this matter with their leadership to find out why etc.
Of course co-chairs are not the only representatives of ARC, gLite and UNICORE in PGI-WG. Absence of any of them does not (should not) mean absence of the respective m/w representative. I personally would propose to keep the schedule, and if a chair-person is not available, they should appoint a deputy, on a case by case basis, to lead the call and take notes of decisions and actions. As of PGI importance for the 3 middlewares listed above - it's no exaggeration to say that the PGI-WG outcome is of vital importance for them, and quite obviously this is why they initiated this acivity. I am confident they could have converged on a common set of specifications even without OGF umbrella. The very fact that this initiative was brought into OGF shows its openness. Cheers, Oxana P.S. is it common for OGF leadership to monitor WG activities _that_ closely, or is it just a coincidence that PGI has so many high-ranking OGF people inside?