Production Grid Management (PGM-RG)
Session 1 - Group Business: Status, Logistics, etc.

PGM-RG: Session 1 - Agenda
	Merger
	New charter review
	Old business resolution
	Merger next steps and commitments
	Open Documents
	Grid Constitution
	Tools and Requirements
	Next steps and commitments
	Workshop Planning
	Brainstorm topics & co-sponsors
	Workshop next steps and commitments 
	GGF13 Open Session
	Agenda Review
	Meeting Management
	Follow-up Strategies
	Other topics?
	Review and wrap-up

PGM-RG + GUS-RG = ?

[The name "Production Grid Services" was recommended for the merged group. Other ideas are welcome and will be put to the mailing list for consensus.]

	Grid User Services has asked us to consider merging with them
	Areas of focus have strong overlap
	Both groups lack critical mass of active participants
	Need to:
	Approve New Charter
	Resolve old issues from both groups
	Request and receive approval from GGF management

PGM+GUS: New Charter

[Document is available on the mailing list. Put it on the gridforge site, also]

Purpose: The purpose of this group is to bring together grid practitioners to document experiences, identify best practice and develop informational documents. These documents are offered as suggested guides to organizations moving a grid to the persistent level. This group also explores new paradigms in supporting grids that aspire to become large-scale grids with a large user/application base, while not excluding the small grid efforts. In addition, this forum can be used to discuss problems and concerns that are likely to be encountered, technical as well as non-technical, when moving grid testbeds to production environments. This group should have an ongoing presence in GGF, serving a SIG/UG purpose in the grid community.

[Identity of the group converged on the ideas that the group serves as a clearinghouse for organizational knowledge, and exists to make sure users & site people have a voice in grid mgt & development]
Goals:
G-1) Identify technical and non-technical issues that need to be addressed for a production grid installation to be successful.
G-2) Develop "common practices" documents for critical issues as they are identified.
G-3) Facilitate opportunities for grid users and practitioners to share experiences in bringing grids to production.
G-4) Spin off Working Groups when the need for detailed GGF documents (e.g. recommendations) is identified.

Milestones:
M-1) Grid Constitution Document - spin off WG to complete
M-2) PGM Survey
M-3) Tools Document - to be completed by current team (had been submitted to GGF Editor)
M-4) Trouble Ticket Document - reevaluate interest, identify authors for this document; spin off WG if warranted
M-5) Workshops

Chairs: 
	David Wallom, University of Bristol, UK
	Judith Utley, USA
	Laura McGinnis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, USA


PGM+GUS: Open Documents

	Grid Constitution
[96% complete; David Wallom will finish, with input from the mailing list]
	Tools and Requirements
	Next steps and commitments

PGM-RG: Workshop Planning

[What about doing workshops on the access grid?
	Can get ppl from the trenches who generally are unable to travel, especially to GGF meetings, since they're busy doing 
the "real" work. ]

[It was also recommended that we consider offering workshops at non-GGF events (e.g UK All-Hands Meetings]

	Brainstorm topics & co-sponsors
[New Ideas:
	Cost modeling workshop  Bruce Barkstrom (bruce.r.barkstrom@nasa.gov; from NASA Langley)  could do a tutorial for GGF next spring (GGF16)
	Usage Record Format  Authors + Sites that are using it
	Site Testing for Production Environments]

	Workshop next steps and commitments
[Next workshops:
	Apps-RG has asked us to work with them on a workshop for GGF14; details will be sent out to the list shortly
	GGF Usage Record Format: Implementations & Issues (GGF15)
	Cost Modeling (GGF16)]

GGF13: Session 2 Prep
	Open session for "new" members
	Tuesday, 14 March
	5:00-6:30pm
	Sapphire Ballroom...