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. 020701.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 38 - 1st July 2002
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Present: Steve Lloyd, Dave Britton, Robin Middleton, Nick Brook, Pete Clarke.
Apologies: Tony Doyle, John Gordon, Neil Geddes, Tony Cass.
Standing Items
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SI-1 : ALL : Continual review/improvement/update of the GridPP website
Vision Summary uploaded to website. (reword 'deliver' to 'deploy')
SL has put contents of JG's talk on a web page under Tier 1.
SI-2 : ALL : to provide any new items to SL (who will pass on to PPARC)
SL said there had been no news items for a while. He had made contact
with Steve Fisher on the OGSA Early Adopters Workshop.
SI-3 : ALL : supply SL/TD with meeting dates for the web page
TB/EB dates to be put on website - CB date to be entered.
RM confirmed that Budapest date has not been changed after all and will
remain the 1st week in September clashing with the "all hands" meeting.
SI-4 : EB & TB : to improve their areas of the web.
PC reported that he had looked at the technical area and said that it was
now very good. NB said he would follow up the EB side.
Review of Actions
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ACTION 17.14 : JCG revise Tier 1/A staffing plans
---ongoing - no further progress.
ACTION 33.6 : RM to define and implement budget codes for this FY.
---done
ACTION 35.2 : JG to value additional kit used at RAL and other sites.
---ongoing
ACTION 35.3 : DB to pull additional effort from reporting spreadsheet.
---ongoing - to receive info on Q6 spreadsheets from RM
ACTION 35.4 : TD to contact sites which do not yet have a "green dot"
---ongoing - Liverpool and Lancaster now confirmed as "green".
ACTION 35.6 : TD to update draft document describing PM role.
---done
ACTION 35.7 : TD to update other role descriptions.
---done
ACTION 35.9 : NG to confirm funding for Tier 1/A by July
---done - email just received from NG which states that GridPP could spend
up to 400k this FY with the remainder next FY.
ACTION 35.10 : JG to form HAG2
---ongoing - staff to be confirmed.
ACTION 35.11 : JG to arrange meetings to discuss testbed rollouts.
---ongoing - JG has sent PC a copy of email being sent to TB support list
to engage interest in such meetings.
ACTION 36.2 : RM to appoint new staff member for WP3.
---ongoing - an advert has been prepared. Closing date end of July,
interviews in August.
ACTION 36.3 : RM/PC/JG to initiate middleware submissions for e-science
hands-on meeting in September by 12th July.
---ongoing - PC confirmed that Robin Tasker will submit a network
monitoring paper and that there will also be a submission from MB-NG
(EPSRC-PPARC Networking Project).
ACTION 36.4 : NB/RB to initiate experiments submissions for e-science
hands-on meeting in September by 12th July.
---ongoing - Babar and CMS experiments will be presented.
ACTION 36.5 : TD to initiate GridPP overview submission for e-science
hands-on meeting in September by 12th July.
---done - but PMB agreed that wording should be changed from 'GridPP will
deliver Grid software' to 'GridPP will deploy Grid software' (this will be
changed on the vision statement as well).
ACTION 37.1 : RM to send e-mail to UKHEPGRID informing them of new codes.
---ongoing - can now be done after completion of Action 33.6.
ACTION 37.2 : RM to finalise/distribute Q6 reports to PMB.
---ongoing
ACTION 37.3 : JG to review deputy job description.
---ongoing - to include other tasks as well as deputising for PL.
ACTION 37.4 : RM to send email to PMB giving status of each WP.
---ongoing - sent emails last Thursday concerning this but no replies as
yet. Will follow up.
ACTION 37.5 : NB to send email to PMB giving status/intention of each
experiment.
---done - has received information and has now to collate it.
NEW ACTION 38.1 : NB to circulate information from experiments to PMB and EB.
ACTION 37.6 : TC to identify a web page for lxshare 2002.
---ongoing - TC has sent email listing a web page but this does not have
the elements required. Need to know the schedule of each one and the
coordination between lxshare and experiment data challenges.
A.O.C.B
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TD requested (prior to mtg.) that the PMB members minute their thanks to
RB for the BaBar demo at the DTI office last month.
NB said that CMS has nominated Peter Hobson to take over from Dave
Britton as EB rep.
RM had received an email requesting slides for Fab later this month
NEW ACTION 38.2 - TD to provide slides for Fab
SL made reference to NG's email which confirmed GridPP spending this
financial year. NB said that BaBar was committed to £450K this year on
BaBar experiments. SL asked NB to clarify spending on BaBar.
NEW ACTION 38.3 - NB to clarify spending on BaBar experiments.
PC asked NB if he could try to contact RB on his behalf as he needed
information quite urgently on experiment deliverables.
NEW ACTION 38.4 : RB to provide PC with info on Babar project planning.
ACTIONS AS AT 1ST JULY 2002
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ACTION 17.14 : JCG revise Tier 1/A staffing plans
ACTION 35.2 : JG to value additional kit used at RAL and other sites.
ACTION 35.3 : DB to pull additional effort from reporting spreadsheet.
ACTION 35.4 : TD to contact sites which do not yet have a "green dot"
ACTION 35.10 : JG to form HAG2
ACTION 35.11 : JG to arrange meetings to discuss testbed rollouts.
ACTION 36.2 : RM to appoint new staff member for WP3.
ACTION 36.3 : RM/PC/JG to initiate middleware submissions for e-science
hands-on meeting in September by 12th July.
ACTION 36.4 : NB/RB to initiate experiments submissions for e-science
hands-on meeting in September by 12th July.
ACTION 37.1 : RM to send e-mail to UK Hepgrid informing them of new codes.
ACTION 37.2 : RM to finalise/distribute Q6 reports to PMB.
ACTION 37.3 : JG to review deputy job description.
ACTION 37.4 : RM to send email to PMB giving status of each WP.
ACTION 37.6 : TC to identify a web page for lxshare 2002.
NEW ACTION 38.1 : NB to circulate information from experiments to PMB and EB.
NEW ACTION 38.2 : TD to provide 2 slides for FAB
NEW ACTION 38.3 : NB to clarify spending on BaBar experiments.
NEW ACTION 38.4 : RB to provide PC with info on BaBar project planning.
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