[AG-TECH] Continual of AG services

[Philippe d'Anfray]

Bonjour,

We have also in France a (small) community of Ag users with a focal
point within
the "Aristote" association which offers a venue server (with its own
jabber server
because of various Python issues... ), a bridge and all kind of  support
to the users.

We might be able (and are willing) to offer some ressource for the whole AG
community.

Cordialement

Philippe

p.s. oouuppss I'll move to ag-dev too




Le 11/03/2012 10:45, vgoya at uvigo.es a écrit :
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> First of all, I would like to add my thanks to the Argone crew and
> others who have been developing and supporting AccesGrid community and
> software. A big thanks to all of them from Spain.
>
> Going now to Jason's point, I must say that within Spain there is also
> a healthy community of AG users, some of them already asked me about
> the impact of this news on their production AG infraestructure.
>
> I welcome your effort, Jason, to coordinate the transition to a "community
> supported AG central infraestructure". Please, count on us for that.
>
> To go on with the details you mentioned AG-DEV. Thats ok for me, I
> just need to suscribe before :)
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> Many thanks again to all the team who made this AG thing posible. As
> pure adopters it has been a pleasure to deploy such technology, our
> users love it.
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>
> Best Regards
> Vicente.
>
> University of Vigo
> Spain
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> JB> With the recent announcement "Shutdown of Argonne Access Grid
> JB> services", I would like to start some discussions on ways we can
> JB> "move forward" and ensure the Access Grid community and services
> JB> continue.  It is my opinion and hope, that with international AG
> JB> community engagement, we can work towards solutions to ensure
> JB> longevity and continual usage of the Access Grid.
>
> JB> Within Australia, the Access Grid is used extensively and we are
> JB> planning on continuing to support and use the Access Grid in years to come. 
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> JB> In an effort to ensure that many of the transitioning AG services
> JB> are not duplicated on an international scale (preventing a
> JB> "everyone does their own thing"), I would like to invite
> JB> interested parties to join me in discussion on the AG services and
> JB> how we might be able to implement a "community fork"!  In my
> JB> humble opinion, if we do this correctly, "we", as an international
> JB> community, should be able to create an environment that assists in
> JB> improving "openness" and collaboration on the development and use of the Access Grid.
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> JB> I will be moving this discussion to the AG-DEV mailing list (see
> JB> http://www.accessgrid.org/community for information on mailing
> JB> lists), in an effort to centralise discussion, in which I invite
> JB> anyone interested to participate.
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> JB> Some of the feedback I think would be useful in knowing, includes: 
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> JB> . What groups depends on the use of the Access Grid
> JB>         o What sort of usage are we talking about?
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> JB> . I would like to see an international team (especially those
> JB> involved in local AG support), that assist with maintaining and
> JB> operating some of these services in the future.  Does this sound like the best way to operate?
> JB>         o Are there any other suggestions?
> JB>         o Any nominations?
>
> JB> . Which services/aspects of the AG are of importance:
> JB>         o Source code 
> JB>         o ANL Venue Server 
> JB>         o ANL Jabber Server
> JB>         o ANL Bridge Registry
> JB>         o AG-Dev Certificate Authority
> JB>         o The accessgrid.org web site (Documentation, Node
> JB> Listing, QA results, Software downloads) 
> JB>         o AG-related mailing lists
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> JB> For the services listed above, do you have any suggestions or
> JB> recommendations for these services?  Whist we are talking a good
> JB> look at these services, is there anything else we should be
> JB> including? Are there any services we think are no longer required?
>
> JB> Many thanks for your time,
> JB> Jason.
>
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> Un Cordial Saludo / Best Regards
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