Dear All,
Please find attached the weekly GridPP Project Management
Board Meeting minutes. The latest minutes can be found each week in:
http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/pmb/minutes/this-week.txt
(as well as being listed with other minutes e.g. 020408.txt).
Cheers, Tony
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Tony Doyle, GridPP Project Leader Telephone: +44-141-330 5899
Rm 482, Kelvin Building Telefax: +44-141-330 5881
Dept of Physics and Astronomy EMail: [log in to unmask]
University of Glasgow Web: http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~doyle
G12 8QQ, UK Video - IP: 194.36.1.234
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GridPP PMB Minutes 28 - 8th April 2002
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Present: Tony Doyle, Tony Cass, John Gordon, Nick Brook, Peter Clarke,
Robin Middleton.
Review of Actions
=================
17.9 : SLL with Andrew McNab; improve website (CONTENTS)
--- done - becomes a standing item
ACTION 28-1 : EB & TB to improve their areas of the web (some progress
already noted for both - for TB-WP specifics need looking at)
ACTION 28-2 : PECL/BW - add first version of Gantt chart on the web
17.14 : JCG revise Tier 1/A staffing plans
--- ongoing - some progress, but not yet ready to report
17.19 : DB process spreadsheet from PC and use in reporting
--- ongoing
20.1 : PC & TD to produce integrated risk assessment document & GANTT
charts for OS meeting in April
--- ongoing - awaiting first version of Gantt chart (TD & PC to meet
(virtually) this coming Friday)
24.1 : RM to get information on recruiting from experiments
--- done - noted that owing to a serious illness, the LHCb work at Oxford
is likely to suffer delays
25.1 : RM collate TB Q5 reports and provide summary document
--- ongoing (version needed in time for PMB in Glasgow on 1st May)
25.4 : ALL to provide input on news each week: SLL to select a news item
and put up on the web
--- done - becomes a standing item : News-this-week : Tier-1 centre now
running under test and plans being formed for first users
25.5 : TD to contact WP11 on the NeSC opening
--- done. A4 format of info most appropriate for inclusion in the NeSC
folder..
ACTION 28-3 : RM : ask Glenn Patrick to bring RAL Grid A0 posters from
Lawrence to NeSC for the official opening
ACTION 28-4 : JCG to circulate main EDG testbed sites on being available for
demo support for NeSC opening (the LHCb demo)
LHCb and BaBar demos are very likely to be included - only 10 spaces
available
25.6 : RB (BaBar), NB (LHCb) and TD (query optimiser) to make handouts for
NeSC opening demonstrators
--- ongoing
26.1 : TD devise snappy, PR-friendly mission statement
--- ongoing
26.2 : TD build a document from the GANTT chart in the form of Daron's
request
--- ongoing
26.3 : SLL send news items for the website to NIG and Julia Maddock to
assess suitability for a PPARC press release
--- this is a standing item - create new section in the minutes for these.
done.
26.4 : RM to discuss with Dave Morrell the carry-forward of GridPP travel
funds
--- done - no problems foreseen, though the transition between FY should
be monitored.
26.5 : RM determine estimates of travel expenses in each category based on
last year's spends and devise accounting budget codes according to agreed
categories for the next FY
--- ongoing - define categories and proposed budget breakdown for next
year before 1st May meeting in Glasgow
27.1 : RM to circulate latest recruitment information
--- done
27.2 : SLL/TD to produce draft version of GridPP poster for April 5th
--- done
27.3 : RM to update Tier-1/A poster
--- done - thanks due to Lawrence Field
27.4 : TD to put meetings on Meetings Web-page
--- becomes a standing item.- give items to SLL/TD
27.5 : DB Pre-announcement of IC collaboration meeting to HEPGRID
--- ongoing.
Standing Items
==============
It was decided to launch a new section of "Standing Items" for review at each
meeting, thus avoiding the loss of indefinite ongoing actions from the minutes.
EB Report - Nick
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Met just before Easter at UCL. At Manchester collaboration meeting Nick and
Roger will report back on the experiments (LHC and non-LHC respectively).
There will also be a WP8 report. Future collaboration meetings should if
possible be outside term time to allow attendance (though it was noted that
out of term a clash with other meetings is more likely). Recruitment had been
discussed. Operating systems and compilers were also discussed - FNAL will
soon only maintain RH7.1. BaBar would like to move to RH7.2. CERN have a
constraint from Objectivity and are obliged to support experiments needing
this. Configuration of system config on the fly was discussed, especially on
the RAL Tier-1/A. People were happy with the reporting procedures proposed,
though the PIs should be told about this.
ACTION 28-5 : RM to send list of PIs to TD who will send out consolidated
reporting procedure to the PIs
EB accepted the proposal for parallel EB and TB in the morning and joint
plenary in the afternoon as the format for future meetings.
ACTION 28-6 : RM & NB to suggest joint EB/TB dates up to end of 2003
EB will act in "Cocotime" mode for policy and resource allocation at the RAL
Tier-1/A. Coupling of allocation to data challenges at CERN is important (no
clashes foreseen for rest of 2002 though). EB will be first port of call for
issues on operations at the Tier-1/A.
CERN News
=========
Currently shortlisting candidates with a view to making 15 appointments.
Interviews will be on 29th and 30th April at CERN.
AoB
===
- noted that the draft report from the EU on the first review has been
received. An initial evaluation has been circulated by Bob Jones and a
response to the recommendations and associated plans is needed by the EU
on or before 30th April.
- all Tier-1/A equipment has arrived at RAL and is being commissioned by the
suppliers. CPU test loadings were carried out over the weekend.
ACTION 28.7 : JCG to circulate draft plan for rollout of the Tier-1/A resources
- Next meeting 1pm on Monday 15th April
Actions as at 8-Apr-02
======================
Standing Items
==============
SI-1 : ALL : Continual review/improvement/update of the GridPP website
SI-2 : ALL : to provide any new items to SLL (who will pass on to PPARC
Press Office as appropriate)
SI-3 : ALL : supply SLL/TD with meeting dates for the web page
Actions
=======
ACTION 17.14 : JCG revise Tier 1/A staffing plans
--- ongoing - some progress, but not yet ready to report
ACTION 17.19 : DB process spreadsheet from PC and use in reporting
--- ongoing
ACTION 20.1 : PC & TD to produce integrated risk assessment document &
GANTT charts for OS meeting in April
--- ongoing - awaiting first version of Gantt chart (TD & PECL to meet
(virtually) this coming Friday)
ACTION 25.1 : RM collate TB Q5 reports and provide summary document
--- ongoing (version needed in time for PMB in Glasgow on 1st May)
ACTION 25.6 : RB (BaBar), NB (LHCb) and TD (query optimiser) to make
handouts for NeSC opening demonstrators
--- ongoing
ACTION 26.1 : TD devise snappy, PR-friendly mission statement
--- ongoing
ACTION 26.2 : TD build a document from the GANTT chart in the form of
Daron's request
--- ongoing
ACTION 26.5 : RM determine estimates of travel expenses in each category
based on last year's spends and devise accounting budget codes according to
agreed categories for the next FY
--- ongoing - define categories and proposed budget breakdown for next
year before 1st May meeting in Glasgow
ACTION 27.5 : DB Pre-announcement of IC collaboration meeting to HEPGRID
--- ongoing.
ACTION 28.1 : EB & TB to improve their areas of the web (some progress
already noted for both - for TB-WP specifics need looking at)
ACTION 28.2 : PECL/BW - add first version of Gantt chart on the web
ACTION 28.3 : RM : ask Glenn Patrick to bring RAL Grid A0 posters from
Lawrence to NeSC for the official opening
ACTION 28.4 : JCG to circulate main EDG testbed sites on being available for
demo support for NeSC opening (the LHCb demo)
ACTION 28.5 : RM to send list of PIs to TD who will send out consolidated
reporting procedure to the PIs
ACTION 28.6 : RM & NB to suggest joint EB/TB dates up to end of 2003
ACTION 28.7 : JCG to circulate draft plan for rollout of the Tier-1/A resources
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