Thanks to All of the Sponsors: –APAC, QPSF, AARNET, Grangenet, SGI, Nexium, ReefHQ, Sun Local Coordinators: Ian Atkinson and his many helpers Kathryn Ottaway Martin and Jackie Lack, Steven Turner Program Committee

Bernard Pailthorpe Fang-Pang Lin Yoshio Tanaka Shinji Shimojo Kai Nan Joe Piyawut Srichaikul David Abramson Osamu Tatebe Mason Katz Karpjoo Jeong Ian Atkinson Stuart Kininmonth

Report from the Steering Committee 28 March 2006

Agenda for Steering Committee Role of PRAGMA in the Grid Interoperations Now (GIN) activity Application of Potential New Members Dates for PRAGMA 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, … Expansion of Steering Committee Working Group

PRAGMA in the Grid Interoperations Now (GIN) activity PRAGMA Steering Committee endorses PRAGMAs involvement in the newly formed Grid Interoperations Now (GIN) group, Request the Resources Working Group to take the lead in this effort

Institutions Accepted for Membership Institute of High Performance Computing (iHPC) Terrance Hung Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) Raul Hazas Izquierdo Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS) Mashkuri Yaacob

PRAGMA Future Meetings PRAGMA 11 –Osaka University, 15 – 17 October 2006 PRAGMA 12 –NECTEC, KU, ThaiGrid, likely week of 19 – 23 March 2007 PRAGMA 13 –NCSA, Fall 2007 PRAGMA 14 –NCHC, Spring 2008

Expansion of the Steering Committee Originally founding members Operating Principles and Procedures anticipated changes, but did not address Process: –Subcommittee will review issues and formulate principles –Proposal by time of Osaka Meeting

Working Group Data Working Group mentioned challenges Overall movement towards a model of –Applications - several –Resources - one Criteria for a working group –At least 3 institutions involved –At least one concrete project –An individual (or two) to lead

Reappointments by Steering Committee Deputy Chair –Fang-Pang Lin will serve one more year Chair –Peter Arzberger will serve three more years

Final Thanks All of the people who put time/energy into the making this meeting a watershed event –Many new participants –New activities –Strong collaborative foundation