At the AG Retreat, we mentioned that a group had been formed to provide community input into the Access Grid effort. This group will help work on standardization of the APIs, provide input to ANL/UC effort on issues of concern to the community, and act as a general sounding board for the effort. Members of the group are leaders in the community and represent the groups from around the world. The goal is to give active, interested parties a chance to provide input to the AG architecture and design process. We'll refer to this group as the Community Advisory Board. Currently, the members of the group are:
Deb Agarwal, LBL Patrick Bristow, Microsoft Markus Buchhorn, ANU (Australia) Brian Corrie, SFU JongWon Kim, KJIST (Korea) Ivan Judson, ANL Susanne Lefvert, UC Jim Miller, inSORS Eric Olson, UC Colin Perkins, UGlasgow Tom Uram, ANL (Chair) This focused group will work on advising development of the AG, maintaining interoperability, ensuring stakeholders' concerns are addressed, etc. I expect results generated by this group to be made available publicly to inform the community. Broader (and possibly overlapping) development discussions will occur on the ag-dev mailing list. The board will maintain itself, adding and removing members based on their involvement and level of activity. The intention is that the board represent the community, and part of its charge will be to ensure that it does so effectively over time. If you would like to send mail to the collective group you can do so at [email protected]. Tom
