GridPP PMB Minutes 23 - 25th February 2002 ========================================== Present: Roger Barlow (RB), Nick Brook (NB), Tony Doyle(TD), John Gordon (JG), Steve LLoyd (SL), Robin Middleton(RM) Progress on Actions ------------------- ACTION 15.2 TD to iterate with OC on understanding of management of Tier2 Centres TD had made contact with Paul Jeffreys and was trying to fix a date to meet. Ongoing ACTION 17.9 SL with Andy McNab, improve website. AmcN plans a visit to QMUL to work on this - Ongoing ACTION 17.11 TD Contact AstroGrid project Manager. Ongoing. ACTION 17.14 JG Revise Tier1/A Staffing levels. Ongoing. ACTION 17.19 DB process spreadsheet from PC and use in reporting. No progress, DB away. This prompted discussion on reporting. Aim is that the current EDG framework of WPs and contacts should form the basis for reporting through the WP contacts with additions only where necessary. Obvious additions were: experiments for the round2 posts, RAL Tier1 and management. Core funded CS posts and RAL/PPD people should be integrated into middleware. The reporting of the round2 posts through EB reps needs agreeing with EB. PC and RM have started discussing how to include the experiments ACTION 23.1 NB Agree reporting of experiment posts with EB ACTION 17.23 PC, RM , NB and Frank Harris to improve communication of TB and EB with WP8. No progress - should happen this week at CERN. ACTION 17.30 NB and RB to finalise EB meeting at end of March. Still provisional for 26/3 at UCL as room not confirmed. ACTION 20.1: PC & TD to produce integrated risk assessment document & GANTT charts for OS meeting in April. No progress. Set aside an evening in Paris to discuss. ACTION 20.3: MDS/R-GMA discussion at TB meeting. The recent OGSA announcements in Toronto cast doubt on the future of MDS so this is a hot issue. GLUE = iVDGL and DataTAG had agreed to consider the CE and SE schemas of EDG as a starting point for discussions on a common schema. EDG ATF will discuss this and the impact of OGSA in Paris. ACTION 20.5: NG to finalise written document describing how PPARC controls unfunded EU effort with Fab. Ongoing. NG has produced a draft. ACTION 20.6: SLL to provide NG with GridPP personnel details. TD sent our summary of relevant contacts against eSC subject areas. DONE Other Business -------------- Quarterly Report - input due rom workgroup contacts before TB meeting mid March LCG Kickoff - JCG's input to Guy Wormser's talk was discussed. Should not expose long list of UK sites wishing to be Tier2 sites. TD has to give a 4 slide summary of GridPP to Larry Price for his talk. Should also mention Tier1. Less obvious how to refer to CERN part of GridPP. GGF - RM had produced a personal summary but didn't want it ciculated too widely; only to TB and EB. InterGrid - GRIT has been renamed GLUE = Grid Laboratory Universal Environment. There will be an Intergrid meeting on 21st July before GGF5 in Edinburgh. NeSC Opening 25/4. We should aim for a spread of demonstrations. The GridPP map needs fixing. AOB --- SL had received a CV from someone who had worked PP looking for Grid job. He would circulate for possible matching against current vacancies. ACTION 23.2 SL to circulate CV RPM their was a BOF at GGF4 about Databases and the Grid. It had strong UK represenatation and looked likely to lead to a working group. Outstanding Actions ------------------- ACTION 15.2 TD to iterate with OC on understanding of management of Tier2 Centres ACTION 17.9 SL with Andy McNab, improve website. ACTION 17.11 TD Contact AstroGrid project Manager. ACTION 17.14 JG Revise Tier1/A Staffing levels. 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 17.30 NB and RB to finalise EB meeting at end of March. ACTION 20.1: PC & TD to produce integrated risk assessment document & GANTT charts for OS meeting in April. ACTION 20.3: MDS/R-GMA discussion at TB meeting. ACTION 20.5: NG to finalise written document describing how PPARC controls unfunded EU effort with Fab. ACTION 23.1 NB Agree reporting of experiment posts with EB ACTION 23.2 SL to circulate CV