Dear Jason and all,
First of all, I would like to add my thanks to the Argone crew and others who have been developing and supporting AccesGrid community and software. A big thanks to all of them from Spain. Going now to Jason's point, I must say that within Spain there is also a healthy community of AG users, some of them already asked me about the impact of this news on their production AG infraestructure. I welcome your effort, Jason, to coordinate the transition to a "community supported AG central infraestructure". Please, count on us for that. To go on with the details you mentioned AG-DEV. Thats ok for me, I just need to suscribe before :) Many thanks again to all the team who made this AG thing posible. As pure adopters it has been a pleasure to deploy such technology, our users love it. Best Regards Vicente. University of Vigo Spain JB> With the recent announcement "Shutdown of Argonne Access Grid JB> services", I would like to start some discussions on ways we can JB> "move forward" and ensure the Access Grid community and services JB> continue. It is my opinion and hope, that with international AG JB> community engagement, we can work towards solutions to ensure JB> longevity and continual usage of the Access Grid. JB> Within Australia, the Access Grid is used extensively and we are JB> planning on continuing to support and use the Access Grid in years to come. JB> In an effort to ensure that many of the transitioning AG services JB> are not duplicated on an international scale (preventing a JB> "everyone does their own thing"), I would like to invite JB> interested parties to join me in discussion on the AG services and JB> how we might be able to implement a "community fork"! In my JB> humble opinion, if we do this correctly, "we", as an international JB> community, should be able to create an environment that assists in JB> improving "openness" and collaboration on the development and use of the Access Grid. JB> I will be moving this discussion to the AG-DEV mailing list (see JB> http://www.accessgrid.org/community for information on mailing JB> lists), in an effort to centralise discussion, in which I invite JB> anyone interested to participate. JB> Some of the feedback I think would be useful in knowing, includes: JB> . What groups depends on the use of the Access Grid JB> o What sort of usage are we talking about? JB> . I would like to see an international team (especially those JB> involved in local AG support), that assist with maintaining and JB> operating some of these services in the future. Does this sound like the best way to operate? JB> o Are there any other suggestions? JB> o Any nominations? JB> . Which services/aspects of the AG are of importance: JB> o Source code JB> o ANL Venue Server JB> o ANL Jabber Server JB> o ANL Bridge Registry JB> o AG-Dev Certificate Authority JB> o The accessgrid.org web site (Documentation, Node JB> Listing, QA results, Software downloads) JB> o AG-related mailing lists JB> For the services listed above, do you have any suggestions or JB> recommendations for these services? Whist we are talking a good JB> look at these services, is there anything else we should be JB> including? Are there any services we think are no longer required? JB> Many thanks for your time, JB> Jason. JB> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- JB> Jason Bell, B.I.T. 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JB> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Un Cordial Saludo / Best Regards -- Vicente Goyanes de Miguel Coordinador Asistencia Técnica Multimedia Tel: +34 986 811937 / Skype: vicente.goyanes Pza Miralles s/n Universidad de Vigo 36310 Vigo mailto:vg...@uvigo.es [IMPORTANTE] La información que pudiera contener este comunicado, relacionada con datos de carácter personal, se encuentra amparada en la Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos 15/99, que compromete a no utilizar estos datos para fines que no sean los estrictamente necesarios para la realización de su cometido, añadiendo además la absoluta confidencialidad y exclusividad, quedando prohibida a cualquier persona su revelación, copia, distribución o el ejercicio de cualquier acción relativa a su contenido. Si recibe este correo electrónico erróneamente, ruego lo elimine de todos sus archivos. [#]
