SSC Workshop Orsay - 1st July 2009

The next SSC Workshop will take place in Orsay on 1 July 2009. The preliminary agenda is available here:

http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=60563

We will continue the planning and preparation of the SSCs during this workshop. PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER on the web page so that we can plan the coffee breaks and lunch.

I've have updated the guidelines for the SSCs in response to the information we have concerning the call and feedback from various quarters. The SSC coordinators should prepare a description of their SSC following those guidelines (v6) and distribute it to this mailing list BEFORE the meeting.

The guidelines can be found in EDMS:

https://edms.cern.ch/document/989620/1

These are more geared towards scientific SSCs, but the support activities should also prepare a description of their work plans and state of their preparation.

Goals

There are two primary goals for this workshop:

* Understand the types of support to be provided in EGI and the desired support model.
* Understand the scope and work plans of the SSCs.

For the second point, the information in Section 3 of the SSC Guidelines documents should be collected and sent to the list a couple of days before the workshop. If possible, a preliminary list of partners in each SSC should be provided, along with a description of each partners role in the work plan and whether their activity will likely be funded or unfunded.

Participation

Participation in this meeting is open. However, the meeting will be geared toward those looking to define, to create, and to organize an SSC for EGI. If you will only be part of a user community served by an SSC, this meeting is probably not for you. All participants must register for the meeting.
Join Email List

To receive emails regarding this meeting and to participate in discussion of the SSC formation, you should join the email list egi-ssc-preparation@cern.ch. To join this list, provide the list name and your email address to loomis (at-nospam) lal.in2p3.fr. Then either log in with an existing CERN account or create an external CERN account to confirm your subscription.

Getting there

The Laboratoire de l'Accelerateur Lineaire (LAL) is located about 25 km south of the center of Paris and is easily accessible via the RER B (Metro). The LAL website contains detailed information about how to get to LAL from the Paris airports and train stations.