SURAgrid Governance Committee Art VandenbergMike Sachon SGC ChairSGC Co-Chair September 27, 2007

SURA Board Support Recognized the importance of grid computing for scientific research and education within SURA region Recognized SURAgrid role Endorsed growth of the SURAgrid Program –through creation of strategic partnerships –addition of staff resources May 3, 2006 SURA Board of Trustees meeting

Brief timeline March 2006 –SURA Board of Trustees endorsement November 2006 –begin SURAgrid Project Planning Working Group (transitional) March 2007 –vote on SURAgrid Governance & Decision-Making Structure approved by SURAgrid May 31, 2007 –SURAgrid Governance Committee established –SGC begins 1 year term (to May 31, 2008)

SGC members John Connolly, U. Kentucky Gary Crane, SURA Steve Johnson, Texas A&M U. Daniel S. Katz, Louisiana State U. John-Paul Robinson, U. Alabama at Birmingham Mike Sachon, Old Dominion U. Phil Smith, Texas Tech U. Art Vandenberg, Georgia State U. Victor Wong, U. Michigan

Forming, storming, norming… 7 bi-weekly meeting calls First call: Review SGC responsibilities –Governance process –Membership definition and criteria –SURAgrid Strategic Advisory Group liaison –SURAgrid working groups relation with SGC –Overall SGC communications…

Performing… governance process Established bi-weekly call schedule Determined SGC process to elect Chair, Co-Chair Invited SURA technical staff to join calls –Mary Fran Yafchak –Linda Akil –Dali Wang SURA IT Steering Group liaison is responsibility of SGC Chair (SGC co-Chair…) Developed structure for calls –Notes (not minutes), scribes, topics… Web site:

SGC key decisions SURAgrid Governance and Decision-Making Structure Mar 21, 2007 current governing document SURAgrid members will provide to SGC an annual report of their activities SGC’s SURAgrid Annual Report will be timed to synch up with SURA Board Meeting (May/Nov) Membership classes need definition –Contributing, Participating, Partnership –Better defined criteria… –Possibly peer review mechanism…

SURAgrid membership classes SURAgrid membership is defined as participatory involvement on some level –minimum requirement to designate SURAgrid Lead when applying to join SURAgrid Use version of “site participation matrix” in SURAgrid member application process –Initial application filled out to “join SURAgrid” –Re-submitted annually as part of site report

Pause: SGC decision on quorum “All actions [of the SURAgrid Governance Committee] will be passed by a simple majority of the nine (9) SGC members.” –Approved by a vote of 7-0 (2 members not present) –Meetings may take place without a quorum, but decisions can’t be reached

SURAgrid membership defined Contributing Member –A higher education institution or related association or organization that contributes resources to the SURAgrid community for the advancement of regional cyberinfrastructure –Must designate a SURAgrid lead –SURA is by definition a Contributing Member Participating Member –A higher education institution or related association, organization or individual participating in SURAgrid activities other than as a Contributing Member Partnership Member –Any organization, commercial entity, or other non-higher education group that establishes a strategic relationship with SURA related to the SURAgrid program.

Contributing member participation Contribute a resource or service to SURAgrid –computation, storage, Certificate Authority, portal, visualization… Contribute staff time –support of grid management, maintenance, deployment, etc. Participate –SURAgrid working groups –Governance –in-person meetings –conference activities Work with SURAgrid node sites to deploy an application, improve application deployment strategies for SURAgrid

Membership criteria examples Active participation is the key: –Resource in SURAgrid portal –SURAgrid web site, SURAgrid Portal, other portal or wiki –Myproxy server, Bridge CA, CA for SURAgrid entities –SURAgrid Management Tools usage –SURAgrid listserv or service –Staffing focused on SURAgrid –SURAgrid working group participation –Application deployment (advancing SURAgrid infrastructure) –SURAgrid grant funding preparation, participation –SURAgrid All Hands, In-Person meetings –SURAgrid Conference, workshop, program committees

SURAgrid VOTE CALLED SURAgrid Membership Proposal, 9/17/2007 –SGC approved 8-0 (one absent) Next step, SURAgrid vote –Voting by SURAgrid Contributing member leads – instructions to be sent to –Submit Membership Renewals by Nov 30, 2007 Application to Join SURAgrid as Contributing Member Application to Join SURAgrid as Participating Member Application to Join SURAgrid as Partnership Member

SGC strategic plan, annual report All Hands meeting (5 of 9 SGC members) –Draft SURAgrid Strategy –Draft SURAgrid Annual Report –For December SURA Board meeting –Along the way, revisit: SURAgrid Strategic Advisory Group liaison SURAgrid working groups relation with SGC Overall SGC communications… Goals: –Good progress May-November 2007 –Establish topics, goals December 2007-May 2008

SGC Strategic Plan elements SURAgrid Strategic Advisory Group input Nov 2006 –Strategic Advisory Group for high level input into SURAgrid –Review governance structure to establish formal model –Investigate strategy for alignment with other grids –Expand SURAgrid by corporate partnerships –Inventory data collections, recommend SURAgrid strategy –HPC networking –Community building, collaborative joint funding proposals –Outreach/awareness via workshops/research applications –Metrics to evaluate success of SURAgrid –Annual review of goals and objectives –SUSTAINABILITY

SGC topic queue Policy related to 20% of resources acquired per MOU EPSCoR states & SURAgrid survey NSF petascale award to NCSA (SURAgrid outreach) SURAgrid Community Conference

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