Plenary session in GGF14

Fri Apr 22 14:45:08 CDT 2005

Hi Fred,
Thanks for the details - please consider this note as acknowledgement of 
your proposal.  I suspect we'll have a draft program available the first 
week of May so we'll be in touch with specifics around that time.
Thanks!
Julie

At 06:03 PM 4/21/2005 -0700, Fred Maciel wrote:
>Geoffrey, Julie,
>
>      I can say that there is a "management" community in the GGF, which
>was centered in the CMM-WG and the CGS-WG. These WGs have become the
>Resource Management design team in the OGSA, and management will be an
>integral part of the OGSA, not an afterthought, which should become
>clearer as the OGSA specs become concrete. We hope that a community
>session in GGF14 will raise the awareness of management within GGF (more
>precisely, of standard forms of management, instead of "ad-hoc
>management using students as argents"). Showing stuff working will also
>help to make people understand that it's real. This kind of education is
>the objective of the session that we are requesting. The details of how
>this session is done, and the style to apply to it, will depend on the
>format, and I'd like to hear the details about it later from you.
>      Anyway, please consider this as a formal request for one of the
>community sessions. I'd be grateful if you could for now just
>acknowledge this request.
>      Finally: when will you have an idea of the date of this session (if
>accepted)? The WSDM participants have crowded schedules, and knowing the
>dates early helps getting people to commit.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Fred Maciel
>OGSA-WG RM design team leader
>ex-CMM-WG co-chair
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Heather Kreger [mailto:kreger at us.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:04 AM
> > To: gcf at indiana.edu
> > Cc: d.snelling at fle.fujitsu.com; Fred Maciel; gcf at indiana.edu;
> > hiro.kishimoto at jp.fujitsu.com; Craig Lee; Steve Crumb; Julie
> > Wulf-Knoerzer
> > Subject: Re: Plenary session in GGF14
> >
> >
> > Hi Geoffrey,
> > Sounds we might have a match then, the WSDM TC would like to
> > propose a session to demonstrate the use of the WSDM
> > specifications between several vendors.  This will include,
> > necessarily, demonstrating how WS-RF and WS-Notifications are
> > used as part of WSDM.
> >
> > Do you see these 'community' sessions as being similar in
> > attendance and scheduling as the plenary sessions usually
> > are? We'd like the opportunity to reach out to a broad range
> > of GGF members.
> >
> > What do we, WSDM, need to do?
> >
> > Heather Kreger
> > STSM, Web Services Lead Architect for SWG Emerging Technologies
> > Author of "Java and JMX: Building Manageable Systems"
> > kreger at us.ibm.com
> > 919-543-3211 (t/l 441)  cell:919-496-9572
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Geoffrey Fox <gcf at grids.ucs.indiana.edu>
> >
> > 04/18/2005 11:31 PM
> > Please respond to
> > gcf
> >
> > To
> > Fred Maciel <Fred.Maciel at hds.com>
> > cc
> > Steve Crumb <scrumb at ggf.org>, d.snelling at fle.fujitsu.com,
> > Heather Kreger/Raleigh/IBM at IBMUS,
> > hiro.kishimoto at jp.fujitsu.com, gcf at indiana.edu, Julie
> > Wulf-Knoerzer <wulf at ggf.org>, Craig Lee <lee at aero.org>
> > Subject
> > Re: Plenary session in GGF14
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please tell me if I can help -- We are trying to put together a set of
> > 45/90 minute vignettes that
> > together tell us about Grids and Communities of the future.
> > People interested in managed enterprise Grids (my naive view of WSDM)
> > are certainly a
> > community we are interested in supporting and highlighting
> >
> > Steve Crumb wrote:
> >
> > > Fred,
> > >
> > > The GGF14 "plenary" is  more of a "community track", highly
> > focused on
> > > high-end research and technology innovation subject matter.
> >  Geoffrey
> > > Fox (gcf at indiana.edu) and Julie Wulf-Knoerzer (wulf at ggf.org) are the
> > > two you should contact.  There was a recent email (from me) with a
> > > Call for Participation.  It's also on the website:
> > > http://www.ggf.org/Meetings/GGF14/GGF14.htm.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > At 06:27 PM 4/18/2005, Fred Maciel wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Steve,
> > >> (Cc: Dave, Hiro, Heather)
> > >>
> > >>      I'm being told that, to get a plenary (kind of)
> > session in GGF14 I
> > >> have to contact the program committee. Is that correct?
> > Who should I
> > >> contact?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance,
> > >>
> > >> Fred Maciel
> > >> Hitachi
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Fred Maciel
> > >> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:18 PM
> > >> To: 'd.snelling at fle.fujitsu.com'; 'kreger at us.ibm.com'
> > >> Cc: 'hiro.kishimoto at jp.fujitsu.com'
> > >> Subject: Planning WSDM activities in GGF14
> > >>
> > >> David, Heather
> > >> Cc: Hiro
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >>      David: we just had a successful WSDM interop in the last three
> > >> days, and yesterday we discussed what the WSDM TC should
> > do in GGF14. If
> > >> I got everything correctly there are some things that we want to do
> > >> (Heather: correct me if I'm wrong. And also read the
> > announcement in the
> > >> end of the e-mail):
> > >>
> > >> (1) We want like get a plenary kind of session ("invited
> > talks" below?)
> > >> to give a simple introduction of what WSDM is and to show the stuff
> > >> working. It should be more or less the same components
> > that we had in
> > >> the interop (Web service, Blackberry, server), with an improved
> > >> scenario. This will target the GGF as a whole. Notice that I'm not
> > >> proposing a tutorial or a workshop -- these are usually in separate
> > >> days, and few people would show up (the 1-day tutorial that the CIM
> > >> folks gave, with two or three participants only, is a good
> > example of
> > >> what I want to avoid).
> > >>
> > >> (2) We want to do a normal GGF session to explain things
> > in more detail,
> > >> as we did in Hawaii. This would target the people interested in
> > >> management in the GGF. I can book that one as a OGSA-WG RM
> > design team
> > >> session -- no special bureaucracy needed.
> > >>
> > >> (3) We are thinking about doing a face-to-face in Chicago.
> > Heather: now
> > >> I remember that if we host it in GGF, the WSDM TC members
> > would have to
> > >> pay GGF registration fees. We got a discount in Hawaii, but now I'm
> > >> wondering if we should host it somewhere else in Chicago.
> > Say, Argonne?
> > >> (Argonne is very boring but very cheap).
> > >>
> > >> (4) Some people were thinking about getting a booth.
> > Heather: did we
> > >> decide to do this?
> > >>
> > >> David: who do we have to talk to in GGF to get (1), and to see the
> > >> availability and fees for (3)?
> > >>
> > >> Heather: who do we need to talk to in OASIS? Jamie Clark?
> > >>
> > >> Both: in fact, do we move this forward as a WSDM-only
> > thing, or include
> > >> OASIS, or do it as OASIS?
> > >>
> > >> BTW, feel free to forward this e-mail.
> > >>
> > >> That's all for now, just to get the ball rolling. Need to
> > do this soon,
> > >> since GGF is often first-come first-serve.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance,
> > >>
> > >> Fred Maciel.
> > >>
> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> Call for Community Participation
> > >> GGF14
> > >> June 26-29, 2005
> > >> Chicago, Illinois USA
> > >>
> > >> The primary focus of GGF14 will be the Working and Research Group
> > >> sessions.
> > >> Groups will focus on the continued development of shared
> > approaches,
> > >> grid
> > >> specifications and best practices for grids. Several
> > critical drafts
> > >> will
> > >> be discussed and advanced toward publication during this event.
> > >>
> > >> In addition to these group sessions, GGF will offer a
> > series of 30-60
> > >> minute invited talks and panels on the current and future status of
> > >> Grids
> > >> in different communities such as sectors of research
> > (e.g., Astronomy)
> > >> and
> > >> industry (e.g, Telecommunications).  New areas such as
> > education are
> > >> also
> > >> solicited. This "community track" seeks to build new and strengthen
> > >> existing communities of interest in GGF. Both new and existing
> > >> communities
> > >> are encouraged to submit a brief abstract for presentation in this
> > >> community track.  GGF14 attendees will gain unique insights from
> > >> applications and technology experts discussing innovative
> > approaches to
> > >> deploying and using grids.  A community track overview document and
> > >> slides
> > >> will be posted on the GGF14 website.
> > >>
> > >> GGF also welcomes proposals for traditional workshops to be held at
> > >> GGF14.  Proposals will be evaluated by essentially the same process
> > >> (GROC)
> > >> as in previous GGF meetings.  Please email
> > communities at ggf.org for more
> > >> information if you are interested in proposing a GGF14 Workshop.
> > >>
> > >> The community activities described above may run in
> > parallel with other
> > >> GGF
> > >> activities but every attempt will be made in scheduling these to
> > >> minimize
> > >> unnecessary clashes.
> > >>
> > >> Attendee feedback and participation will be helpful in shaping the
> > >> community activities for GGF15, which will be held on
> > October 3-6 in
> > >> Boston. Please send us your opinions!
> > >>
> > >> GGF COMMUNITY ACTIVITY KEY DATES &  DEADLINES
> > >> Workshop Proposal submission deadline - May 6, 2005
> > >> Community Track Abstract submission deadline - May 11, 2005
> > >> Acceptance notification - May 16, 2005
> > >> Community Track slide deadline - June 17, 2005
> > >> Workshop Summary document deadline - TBD (post-GGF14)
> > >>
> > >> All proposals, comments and questions should be sent to
> > >> communities at ggf.org.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Steve Crumb
> > >> Executive Director, Global Grid Forum
> > >> +1 630-252-8610 (Office)
> > >> +1 630-915-3324 (Cell)
> > >> scrumb at ggf.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Crumb
> > > Executive Director, Global Grid Forum
> > > +1 630-252-8610 (Office)
> > > +1 630-915-3324 (Cell)
> > > scrumb at ggf.org
> > >
> >
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> >
> >

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