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In the XSEDE context, the SP Forum is a valuable organization for Service Providers to share information with each other and to provide feedback and advice to the XSEDE project on a variety of topics.
The SP Forum, while chartered/tasked by XSEDE, self-organizes and operates independently of XSEDE (and unfunded).
Members of the SP Forum have agreed that it is worthwhile and are willing to continue to participate in the SP Forum or its successor organization under the ACCESS context.
There are some XSEDE staff that are funded to participate/engage with the RPs via the SPF, including SP Coordinator. Also, XSEDE deputy project director attends to represent the project.
Meetings are currently scheduled bi-weekly for 1 hour.
The Chair of the SP Forum is on the XSEDE Senior Management Team.
T3/CONECT, anticipating a large degree of contact with RPs due to technical integration requirements between RPs and ACCESS, T3/CONECT defined a funded role for RP Coordinator (Tim Boerner) to facilitate between T3 and the RPs on their integration with ACCESS, and to engage with new RPs/RP types to collect needs and promote participation in ACCESS.
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Are there any concerns to a formal relationship between ACCESS and the RP Forum similar to XSEDE? If so, how should it change?
What kind of participation do the ACO and other tracks want to have with the RP Forum?
How should we coordinate our interactions with the RP Forum?
e.g., perhaps it is sufficient that we each send a representative to the RP Forum to participate in those conversations.
Is there anything that we need from the RP Forum that it doesn't provide to XSEDE as the SP Forum?
How should ACCESS approach the SP Forum and request that they continue as the community transitions from XSEDE to ACCESS?
Should the RP Forum have representation in governing/advisory bodies for ACCESS as in XSEDE? (e.g., in some capacity with the EC)
What challenges do we expect as we expand the number and type of RPs with ACCESS?
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