Hi to everyone in the community, I would just like to add a very big thanks to Tom and all the crew at Argonne who have developed and supported such a successful project. I am privileged to have been involved in Access Grid in the UK since 2001. I have met so many wonderful people through AccessGrid and enjoyed many collaborations between UK Cardiff and Chicago, Utah and Louisiana. In particular. Toms email came as a bit of a shock, and I hope that somehow Accessgrid will continue on in some form or other. I spend a lot of time telling people of its benefits. I wish Tom and everyone who I have met all the very best in the future. Mike
Sent from my iPad On 2 Mar 2012, at 19:32, "John I. Quebedeaux, Jr" <jo...@lsu.edu> wrote: > I 2nd, third, etc. this Brian's message. > > I too remember the meadow, the moo, AG1, etc. and all the fine helpful > people (in no particular order!): Ariella, Jennifer, Julie, Brian, Ivan, > Tom(s), Nancy?, Jeremy, Jimmy, Paul, Piers, Doug, Gurcharan, Derek, Cindy, > Paul, Ron, Many, Darin, Brian, Michael(s), Ed, Andrew(s), Jeonghoon, Jim & > Nathan, Dan, Douglas, Mike, Robert & Eric, Rhys, Monika, Jason, Christoph, > and all those I somehow missed - i'm sure there were many many more who made > this a successful in just being available, responding on the list, in the > meadow, etc. etc. to make this successful for the rest of us. I could > probably list every name in the alphabet, but those here will recognize > yourself or those who have moved on I think. But truly a GLOBAL Access Grid > community. I have contacts all over the world today - from Alaska to Korea > to Australia and everywhere in between and all have been exceptional > contacts, both professional and friend. > > The Access Grid retreats helped to cement these connections as well as the > Super Computing Conferences over the years. SC Global, etc. I feel fortunate > to have been a marginal part of it and yes, my "AG" ipod wakes me every > morning with a new song that has an inscription on it for being part of that > community. Again thanks! > > Worthy note: Louisiana has made use of this extensively as part of an NIH > grant since 2002, and is still doing so today due to a robust network > infrastructure that utilized the Access Grid as one of its example > applications for success. We broke our record of 500 events last year and > this year appears to be about as busy (just the other week we had 4 > simultaneous meetings going on on the same day with 4 different groups in > the state). So while for some this may have come and gone, for us it is > entirely a successful medium for human interaction and until I can't run it > anymore, or computing gets to where a interactive experience is more easily > had with portable devices (getting there!) I think we'll be running it for a > little longer (or until the equipment dies). > > Kudos to all now and in the past for making this a success. I'm sure many of > you I'll still be in touch with in one form or another I hope! I hope to > continue to run into those I made friends with in the meadow and beyond. > > Cheers from the Louisiana Venues (view.lbrn.lsu.edu), > > John Q. > > >> From: Brian Corrie <bcor...@sfu.ca> >> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:24:03 -0800 >> To: "<ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov> <ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov>" <ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov> >> Cc: "Michael E. Papka" <pa...@anl.gov> >> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Shutdown of Argonne Access Grid services >> >> Hi Tom, the Argonne AG Team (past and present), and the AG Community, >> >> The end of an era! >> >> I remember the first time I visited Argonne and there were all these odd >> characters chatting with each other using this thing called a MUD, >> always on line, always connected. Ahh, the meadow! >> >> The AG was a vision that embodied connecting the global research >> community, and is still actively used 15 or so years later... That is >> impressive! The AG community was always connected, always on line, way >> before that was cool... heck, even before it was possible any other way. >> >> Many thanks to the Argonne group and the rest of the AG Community. I >> consider many of you my colleagues and friends and I am sure my >> collaborations with many of you will continue on for many more years... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Brian >> >> On 3/1/2012 9:51 AM, Thomas Uram wrote: >>> Access Grid community: >>> >>> The Access Grid was created nearly 14 years ago here at Argonne National >>> Laboratory, as an open source alternative to the proprietary >>> videoconferencing systems of the day. Our goal was to build the >>> videoconferencing equivalent of Linux: a foundation for collaboration to >>> which anyone could contribute, and from which everyone would benefit. We >>> believe that the Access Grid has achieved this goal by supporting countless >>> scientific and administrative conferences in academia and research. >>> >>> The team at Argonne maintains several servers and services to support the >>> Access Grid, and can no longer continue these services. We are drafting a >>> transition plan to support the still active Access Grid community. The >>> current plan includes the following steps, which will be taken over the next >>> 3 months; services will continue until June 1, 2012, when they will become >>> unavailable. >>> >>> • Source code will be migrated to a public repository (e.g. Google code, >>> SourceForge) >>> • The Argonne Venue Server and associated services (Jabber, Bridge Registry) >>> will be turned off >>> • The AG-Dev Certificate Authority will stop issuing certificates >>> • The accessgrid.org web site will be turned off >>> • AG-related mailing lists will be migrated to a public forum (e.g. Google >>> Groups) >>> >>> Thank you for all your support and involvement over the years, >>> >>> The Access Grid developers >>> >>> (You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to one of the >>> Access Grid mailing lists, either ag-tech, ag-users, or ag-dev) >>> > >
