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. 031222.txt).
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Tony
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Tony Doyle, GridPP Project Leader Telephone: +44-141-330 5899
Rm 478, 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
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GridPP PMB Minutes 109 - 22nd December 2003
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Present : Tony Doyle, Steve Lloyd, Dave Britton, Roger Jones.
By phone: Peter Clarke & Tony Cass
Apologies : Robin Middleton.
PROFORMA-4 REPORTS
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TD had sent DB comments on the most recent version of Proforma 4 and these
were discussed in detail. On Q2, TD said that if the posts were broken
down into specific roles, it would not be possible to give an overall
summary and suggested identifying in percentage terms the major tasks each
person does. DB said the answers for Q3 would assist with completing Q4
but he had added that Q3 answers would not be used for evaluation. An
assessed average time spent on each job would suffice if the recipient
were unsure. TC said it would be difficult to complete Q4 if you were not
familiar with the area and therefore there would be a danger in
under-reporting. It was agreed however, that the process was a difficult
one and hard to break down but it could not be made any easier. TD said
it was very important that the samples be split into two: PRSC and
non-PRSC so that comparisons could be made and the differences
highlighted. He also said that the proposed average output from PMB
mechanism should be used to provide feedback to the PIs. PC said that
input received from WP managers should be reviewed by someone outside that
area. TD agreed and said that external statements could be requested from
certain areas. TD stated that Tier-2 should preferably respond as a whole
on the specialists posts. TD said he would draft a clarification e-mail
on specialist support deliverables and future definitions of service
levels giving a joint statement on context to SL (NEW ACTION).
All Proforma-4s have to be returned to DB by 9th January.
PPARC FUNDING - GRIDPP PRESS ANNOUNCMENT
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TD reported that ~10 sites had followed up on the PPARC press release that
had been made last Tuesday and suggested that we link to these from our
own site. (This was done later by SL and included reports in Spanish,
'Cockney' and even the Terminator!) See
http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/news/-1072118161.092936.wlg
UK e-SCIENCE PARTICLE PHYSICS GRIDS MEETING - 18TH DECEMBER 2003
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TD said that Tony Hey had arranged the meeting of GridPP/LCG/EGEE and the
UK e-Science Community, as it was important that they work together. Tony
Hey had discussed UK Production Grids and had defined a plan for a merger
between the UK e-Science Production Grid with the EGEE Grid. Andy Parker
gave a presentation on overlapping grid work and how this programme could
be initiated. JG representing GridPP2 and e-Science would be in charge of
this convergence leading the Grid Operations Centre. work on the
production grid. The Production Grid would be GT2-based and operate
throughout 2004. OMII would be responsible for establishing an OGSA-based
Grid in the UK on a timescale of 2005.
Review of Standing Items
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SI-2 : ALL: to provide any news items to SL.
Reactions to PPARC press release were posted to the site.
REVIEW OF ACTIONS
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102.2: JG to make Tier-1 more prominent on the web.
ongoing
102.3: JG to come up with a plan as to who the 9.5 EU posts are matched
against.
ongoing
105.1: RM to prepare abstract/proposal for All Hands organisers
by 19th December.
done
108.1: DB to prepare final Proforma 1 Assessment Report Spreadsheet,
following discussion with SL and TD.
TD noted that there was no end date on the spreadsheet but DB said there
that 95% of staff were still in post and this could be discerned from the
reports anyway.
(DB circulated the final proforma on Tuesday)
Done
NEW ACTION 109.1: TD to draft a clarification of service levels and
deliverables giving a joint statement on context to SL
(SL circulated an e-mail to UKHEPGRID shortly after the meeting)
Done
Standing Items
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SI-1 : ALL: Continual review/improvement/update of the GridPP website.
SI-2 : ALL: to provide any news items to SL.
SI-3 : ALL: supply SL/TD with meeting dates for the web page.
SI-4 : EB & TB to improve their areas of the web.
ACTIONS AS AT 22ND DECEMBER
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102.2: JG to make Tier-1 more prominent on the web.
102.3: JG to come up with a plan as to who the 9.5 EU posts are matched
against.
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