NT1/SG-Meeting-2021-09-09

NT1 meeting 2021-09-09, 11:30 - 12:30 CEST, online

Invited: Mattias Wadenstein (Technical lead (TL), acting Activity lead), Oxana Smirnova (HEP), Tomasz Malkiewicz (Activity Owner (AO->PO))

Agenda

1. Presence and approval of agenda
2. Personnel changes - for information
   1. Activity Manager recruitment process
3. NT1 evaluation - for discussion
   1. Further steps
4. Meeting with EGI - for information
5. Open Action points
6. Next meetings
7. AOB

Minutes

1. Presence and approval of agenda

• Present: Mattias Wadenstein, Oxana Smirnova, Tomasz Malkiewicz
• Decision: The agenda is approved.

2. Personnel changes

• Temporary solution: TL appointed an acting PM, effective 2021-06-23, until the new PM is recruited
  • HEP and PO stand-ins when PM not available
• Activity Manager recruitment process
  • Goal is to have it concluded as soon as possible, ideally in Sep 2021

3. NT1 evaluation - for discussion

• Further steps: external evaluation, currently on hold
  • Possible candidate: https://www.jlab.org/about/leadership/cio
    • JLab doesn't provide services to WLCG

4. Meeting with EGI - for information

• Minutes from the meeting being reiterated
• US (OSG) or Japan (kind of EGI) are not paying the fees either
  • NeIC is an organization in a same way
• Since we don't know what happens, we should prepare for an exit strategy
  • Previous WLCG director opposed discontinuing NT1 services in the past

5. Open Action Points

• AP TL: keep following-up with EISCAT-3D.
  • New budgetary limits
  • NeIC Director to be involved, primarily through NT1 Activity Owner

• • EISCAT_3D director is changing on 2023-01-01:
    • https://eiscat.se/news/new-eiscat-director-selected/

• AP TL: Make operational procedures again public and up to date so it can be referred to (transferred to PM)
  • Waiting for the new Activity Manager
    • New Activity Manager might want to make some changes

6. Next meetings

• F2F 2021-11-25 in Oslo
  • 11-12 CET or 10-12 CET, depending on the agenda