GridPP PMB Minutes 21 - 11th February 2002 ========================================== Present: Dave Britton, Nick Brook, Tony Cass, Tony Doyle, John Gordon, Steve Lloyd. Apologies: Robin Middleton, Roger Barlow. Review of Actions ================= ACTION 15.2 TD to iterate with Oversight (OS) committee on understanding management of the Tier-2 centres. Ongoing. ACTION 17.9 SL with Andrew McNab; improve website. Ongoing. ACTION 17.11 TD Contact Astrogrid project manager and see what we can learn. Tony still hasn't heard from him. Neil had said he could help. ACTION 17.14 JG revise Tier 1/A staffing plans. This has started. There is nothing to report yet. ACTION 17.19 DB process spreadsheet from PC and use in reporting. DB has looked at the spreadsheet and is learning how to use Excel macros to make a database of work segments from it. ACTION 17.23 PC, RM , NB and Frank Harris to improve communication of TB and EB with WP8. Stephen Burke is double booked on WP8 and so Frank will give his input at the Collaboration meeting. ACTION 17.26 PC & TC to get grid certificates and learn how to update the GridPP website. JG can down add people to the list of webmasters. PC is getting Ben West to look after the TB are. Ben is in contact with SLL. ACTION 17.28 RB Provide BaBar+Intergrid slides for Robin. There is a BaBar meeting on Tuesday and the slides will be sent on Wednesday. ACTION 17.30 NB and RB to finalise EB meeting at end of March. NB needs to chase up replies to his email. ACTION 18.3 SLL to get GridPP personnel details on website. SL has had 33 replies to his call for details so far. ACTION 20.1: PC & TD to produce integrated risk assessment document & GANTT charts for OS meeting in April. Ongoing. ACTION 20.2: PC will produce a draft document outlining procedures and help available for installing Grid middleware/EDG testbed releases. A document was produced for last Friday's meeting. There are different levels of users - 'core' (RAL, Manchester, IC and Bristol) and those that rely on a more production service. Some sites could have users in both categories. NB confirmed that Bristol is happy to be a core site. The question of where CERN fits in was raised. ACTION 20.3: PC will also raise issue of MDS/R-GMA at this week's TB meeting. There was no information available about this. ACTION 20.4: JG to find out what WP3 tools are being used & deployed in EDG, liaise with Antony Wilson. JG confirmed that the current situation is that no-body is using the MDS tree information, for various reasons. A new GIS is being set up at CERN and who is able to input to it will be controlled. ACTION 20.5: NG to finalise written document describing how PPARC controls unfunded EU effort with Fab. Ongoing. ACTION 20.6: SLL to provide NG with GridPP personnel details. It was thought that this was more a question of putting names against work areas. Possibly it is something that could be discussed at Cambridge. ACTION 20.7: SLL to send formal email to PMB reporting CB response to RAL recruitment with copies to appropriate PPARC people. This was done. SLL is not expecting a formal reply from the PMB. Collaboration Meeting ===================== TD needs a couple of slides from TC. PC has already sent some. NB will send some when he gets input from the EB. The agenda needs updating and the web site linking from GridPP pages. (done by SLL during the meeting). The meeting ended early because of audio problems. Actions 11/02/02 ================ ACTION 15.2: TD to iterate with Oversight (OS) committee on understanding management of the Tier-2 centres. ACTION 17.9 SL with Andrew McNab; improve website. ACTION 17.11 TD Contact Astrogrid project manager and see what we can learn. ACTION 17.14 JG revise Tier 1/A staffing plans. ACTION 17.19 DB process spreadsheet from PC and use in reporting. ACTION 17.23 PC, RM , NB and Frank Harris to improve communication of TB and EB with WP8. ACTION 17.28 RB Provide BaBar+Intergrid slides for Robin. ACTION 17.30 NB and RB to finalise EB meeting at end of March. ACTION 18.3 SLL to get GridPP personnel details on website. ACTION 20.1: PC & TD to produce integrated risk assessment document & GANTT charts for OS meeting in April. ACTION 20.5: NG to finalise written document describing how PPARC controls unfunded EU effort with Fab. ACTION 20.6: SLL to provide NG with GridPP personnel details as a function of e-Science Project mapping areas.