Fwd: FYI: Grid Forum Conf Call Minutes

[Rick Stevens]

FYI.. the appropriate place to plug into the Grid Forum for the AG
is in the applications working groups..


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>Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 15:56:15 -0500
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>Subject: FYI: Grid Forum Conf Call Minutes
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>A conference call involving Grid Forum WG chairs was held on September
>28th to discuss the organization of the October 19-21, 1999, meeting.
>The enclosed are the minutes for this call.
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>* Goals of the Oct 19-21 meeting
>     - The primary purpose is for synchronization among groups, via
>       the presentation at the meeting of WG goals (and, subsequently,
>       progress) in a forum that allows critique by the community
>     - Secondary purpose is for individual groups to meet face-to-face
>
>* WG tasks *prior* to the October 19-21 meeting
>     - Develop a proposed charter + clearly stated Year 1 goals,
>       ready for presentation in plenary session
>
>* Review of WG progress (see www.gridforum.org for details of
>   WGs and how to sign up for one)
>     - Scheduling
>         - met at HPDC, has identified some early goals: architecture
>           picture, resource resv terms, advance resv
>     - Information Infrastructure
>         - no-one present on call
>     - Remote Data Access
>         - some early goals idnenfied, including definition of
>           resource terms for storage (Parkson Woo), storage APIs
>     - End-to-end user services
>         - some uncertainty as to whether there is a short-term mandate
>         - trouble tickets as a possible initial item
>     - End-to-end performance
>         - data format definition as a short-term project
>         - develop taxonomy for categorizing existing tools
>         - identifying grid resources and services that should be
>           monitored
>     - Account Mgmt
>         - paper has been circulating on accounting
>         - no working group email list yet established: to do
>         - resource fungibility
>     - Prog. Models
>         - no-one present on call, but discussion has been happening
>     - Security
>         - good progress is being made in various areas
>     - Application requirements
>         - usage models are being defined
>        - concerns: how to measure success?
>
>* We discussed how to respond to a request from a European
>   representative to talk at the meeting.  We agreed that while
>   we were avoiding having project presentations, we would love
>   to hear from someone who could talk to the subject of how
>   European initiatives can be involved in the Grid Forum.
>
>* We discussed whether we want to support remote access via
>   MBONE.  We decided that this was premature.
>
>* Format of Oct 9-21 meeting (see separate email)
>
>* Ian Foster volunteered to circulate requirements and proposed
>   approaches to Grid Forum organization.
>
>* All were encouraged to encourage participation in the meeting.
>