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Brief GGF.org downtime Saturday, 12 August
by Joel Replogle 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

All - Tomorrow (Saturday, 12 August) there will be a brief period of downtime for the GGF websites to correct a hardware issue (a packet- dropping network interface). The downtime will be between 8:00-10:00am CDT (13:00-15:00 GMT) and likely will not last the whole scheduled time. Effected systems are Gridforge (forge.gridforum.org) and www.ggf.org and www.ogf.org websites. These systems will most likely remain up, but will lose database access during this period and so will have degraded functionality. Thanks, Joel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- Joel Replogle - Manager of Standards, Global Grid Forum replogle(a)ggf.org http://www.ggf.org

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GGF eNewsletter
by Steve Crumb 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

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(a)ggf.org. Steve Crumb Executive Director, OGF scrumb(a)ogf.org +1 312-895-5931 (new)

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FW: Open Grid Forum At-Large Board Nominations
by Steve Crumb 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Dear GGF/EGA Participant, By now you have seen the formal announcement of the completion of the GGF/EGA merger and the creation of the Open Grid Forum (OGF). As the new Executive Director of OGF, I welcome your continued participation in the core processes of the new organization, including the call for nominations for new "at-large" Board of Director members. 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. Participation on the 15-seat board of directors is open to all OGF members via one of two paths - Organizational or At-large. Members that sponsor at the Platinum level are eligible for one of up-to-10 Organizational board seats. All members (including individual members) can nominate candidates for the up-to-5 At-large seats and all members (except Platinum members) are eligible to serve as At-Large directors. 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. For more information on the entire Board appointment process, please visit http://www.ogf.org/merger_docs/OGFBoardInitialAppointmentAgreement.pdf. Thanks, Steve Crumb Executive Director, OGF scrumb(a)ogf.org

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Open Grid Forum At-Large Board Nominations
by Steve Crumb 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Dear GGF/EGA Participant, By now you have seen the formal announcement of the completion of the GGF/EGA merger and the creation of the Open Grid Forum (OGF). As the new Executive Director of OGF, I welcome your continued participation in the core processes of the new organization, including the one we are initiating today - the call for nominations for new "at-large" Board of Director members. 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. Participation on the 15-seat board of directors is open to all OGF members via one of two paths - Organizational or At-large. Members that sponsor at the Platinum level are eligible for one of up-to-10 Organizational board seats. All members (including individual members) can nominate candidates for the up-to-5 At-large seats and all members (except Platinum members) are eligible to serve as At-Large directors. 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. For more information on the entire Board appointment process, please visit http://www.ogf.org/merger_docs/OGFBoardInitialAppointmentAgreement.pdf. Thanks, Steve Crumb Executive Director, OGF scrumb(a)ogf.org

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OGF At-Large Board Nominations
by Steve Crumb 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Dear GGF/EGA Participant, By now you have seen the formal announcement of the completion of the GGF/EGA merger and the creation of the Open Grid Forum (OGF). As the new Executive Director of OGF, I welcome your continued participation in the core processes of the new organization, including the one we are initiating today - the call for nominations for new "at-large" Board of Director members. Participation on the 15-seat board of directors is open to all OGF members via one of two paths - Organizational or At-large. Members that sponsor at the Platinum level are eligible for one of up-to-10 Organizational board seats. All members (including individual members) can nominate candidates for the up-to-5 At-large seats and all members (except Platinum members) are eligible to serve as At-Large directors. 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. Thanks, Steve Crumb Executive Director, OGF scrumb(a)ogf.org +1 630-252-8610

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Enterprise Grid Alliance and Global Grid Forum Complete Merger To Form Open Grid Forum
by Linesch, Mark 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Dear GGF and EGA Members, Today we announced that EGA and GGF have signed a definitive agreement to form an exciting new organization called the "Open Grid Forum" (OGF). Also announced was my appointment as President and CEO of our new organization. I am deeply honored to be leading this effort and wanted to personally welcome each of you to the new organization. With today's announcement, we are now ready to complete the final phase of our merger process. During the summer months, we will be working to complete our integration activities including: * Finalizing the Board of Director and Operational leadership * Transitioning toward a single legal, financial and IT infrastructure * Developing the information that best describes our organizational structure and processes * Welcoming new and existing members to our new membership program and benefits * Developing our 2nd half '06 plans and priorities that deliver tangible results to stakeholders As we complete the integration over the next few months, I need each of you to continue the work that you are doing in support of our mission together. Existing GGF and EGA leaders remain in place to facilitate progress during the integration phase. We will continue all technical work and anticipate little if any disruption to group activities. Group chairs will remain group chairs and groups will remain groups and I will continue to place our emphasis on accelerating results. The merger announcement press release and FAQ are available at www.ogf.org. Information regarding our integration progress will be available throughout the summer so check back often. You can also email me directly at Linesch(a)ogf.org if you prefer. We are also planning extensive outreach activities and a review of the new organization at our "coming out party" during GridWorld/GGF18, September 11-14, 2006 in Washington D.C. Thanks to all our members for your ongoing support and encouragement! Sincerely, Mark

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GGF scheduled outage
by Joel Replogle 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

All - We are planning an outage for most GGF machines Tuesday from 11:00 CDT through early Morning Wednesday. During this time www.ggf.org and forge.gridforum.org will be offline. This will *not* effect email traffic to/from ggf.org or gridforum.org. The outage is for the physical relocation of GGF server equipment to a new location, and may not take the entire scheduled outage to complete. Thanks, Joel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- Joel Replogle - Manager of Standards, Global Grid Forum replogle(a)ggf.org http://www.ggf.org

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Gridforge downtime & update this weekend
by Joel Replogle 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

This weekend we will be performing the long-awaited update to GGF's Gridforge software, bringing it to version 4.3 of the Sourceforge package on which Gridforge is based. The new version has improved usability and capabilities, including a new interface and integrated wiki support. The migration will begin Saturday morning (US Central time), and run through Sunday. While forge.gridforum.org may be available during some of this time, please be aware that changes made to the old version after Saturday at 9:00am CDT may not be reflected in the new version. So please consider access you may have at this time to be read-only. More information on the gridforge update can be found here: http://testforge.ggf.org/sf/go/wiki1148 Thanks, Joel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- Joel Replogle - Manager of Standards, Global Grid Forum replogle(a)ggf.org http://www.ggf.org

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Another new document in public comment
by Greg Newby 28 May '06

28 May '06

Apologies for the series of messages - a few documents just had their status resolved, and I wanted to get the word out immediately. Usually I try to send notices in larger batches. This informational document received no public comments, so is re-submitted for a further 30-day public comment period: 1. Report for the GGF 15 Community Activity: Leveraging Site Infrastructure for Multi-Site Grids, V. Welch Information track document You can view the document and make comments here: http://www.ggf.org/gf/docs/?public_comment These other documents, previously announced, have another few weeks in public comment. Please consider reading them and providing feedback to the authors via the public comment tracker: 1. Usage Scenarios for a Grid Resource Allocation Protocol K. Czajkowski et al., via GRAAP-WG 2. A Requirements Analysis for a Simple API for Grid Applications S. Jha, A. Merzky, via SAGA-RG. 3. Grid Information Retrieval System for Dynamically Reconfigurable Virtual Organization. Y. Kim, via GIR-WG 4. OGSA (TM) Basic Security Profile 1.0 - Core T. Mori, F. Siebenlist, via OGSA-WG 5. OGSA (TM) Basic Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel T. Mori, F. Siebenlist, via OGSA-WG -- Greg Newby, GGF Editor

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New document in public comment
by Greg Newby 26 May '06

26 May '06

This informational document received no public comments, so is re-submitted for a further 30-day public comment period: 1. Usage Scenarios for a Grid Resource Allocation Protocol K. Czajkowski et al., via GRAAP-WG You can view the document and make comments here: http://www.ggf.org/gf/docs/?public_comment These other documents, previously announced, have another few weeks in public comment. Please consider reading them and providing feedback to the authors via the public comment tracker: 1. A Requirements Analysis for a Simple API for Grid Applications S. Jha, A. Merzky, via SAGA-RG. 2. Grid Information Retrieval System for Dynamically Reconfigurable Virtual Organization. Y. Kim, via GIR-WG 3. OGSA (TM) Basic Security Profile 1.0 - Core T. Mori, F. Siebenlist, via OGSA-WG 4. OGSA (TM) Basic Security Profile 1.0 - Secure Channel T. Mori, F. Siebenlist, via OGSA-WG -- Greg Newby, GGF Editor

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