[userserv-wg] Re: [pgm-rg] Merged Group Name?

[Laura F. McGinnis]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Bruce Barkstrom wrote:

> Of the three suggestions in the body, the one that strikes me as
> most appropriate is Grid Operations Management - although
> putting "Operations" and "Management" in the name of a group
> is likely to be a killer in terms of attracting people.

Good point.

Does anyone have any other ideas, that capture the essence of what we're
focussing on?

thx
LM

> Bruce Barkstrom
> Head, Atmospheric Sciences Data Center
> NASA Langley Research Center
> ph: (757) 864-5676
>
> Laura McGinnis wrote:
>
> > We have most of the material ready to send to the GGF Steering Group
> > to request the merger of the Production Grid Management and Grid User
> > Services Research Groups.  The last this we need is a really good
> > group name.
> >
> > At GGF13, we referred to the merged group as "Production Grid
> > Services", which was an easy combination of the two original group
> > names. On reflection, though, I'm concerned that this might imply some
> > sort of grid or web services code base, which is exactly NOT what this
> > group is about.
> >
> > So here are a few other ideas I wanted to bounce around:
> >
> > Grid Operations Management (GOM-RG)
> > Grid Management Forum (GMF-RG)
> > Grid Management and User Issues (GMAUI-RG)
> >
> > Are any of these obvious winners? Or does anyone have any other ideas?
> >
> > Prompt response to this would be appreciated,  so we can get the
> > rechartering request into the Steering Group quickly. It would be nice
> > to have the merger completed before GGF14.
> >
> > thx
> > LM
> >
> >
> > Laura F. McGinnis
> > Project Coordinator: Data & Information Resource Services
> > Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center        4400 Fifth Avenue, #
> > 409D       Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> > email: lfm at psc.edu                      voice:
> > 412-268-5642             fax: 412-268-5832
> >
> >
>

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Laura F. McGinnis, Project Coordinator
Data & Information Resource Services
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center                      email: lfm at psc.edu
4400 Fifth Avenue, # 409D                            voice: 412-268-5642
Pittsburgh, PA  15213                                  fax: 412-268-5832
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