Attendees:
RAMPS: Stephen Deems (v), Dave Hart
MATCH: Shelley Knuth (v)
CONECT: Tim Boerner (v), Leslie Froeschl
MMS: Tom Furlani (v), Joe White
OpenCI:
John Towns(v), Shawn Strande, Ron Payne, Lavanya Podila, Lisa KaczmarczykNSF: Tom Gulbransen
Guest Speaker:
(v) indicates a voting member
Agenda/Notes
Working Group Updates
New working group being proposed by the roadmaps WG: “Storage Futures.” Tim Boerner
Purposes:
Clarifying what the current ACCESS-integrated storage resources are and becoming more specific about how they’re integrated with ACCESS
Creating space for new kinds of ACCESS-integrated storage resources in light of campus research computing storage, NSF CC* data storage awards, object storage systems like OSN and Jetstream-2 Storage, etc.
Approval of summaries from prior EC meetings Shawn Strande (5 mins)
Confusion regarding decisions made in EC vs Working Groups Shelley Knuth (10 mins)
EAB prep Shawn Strande (10 mins)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Lsxr1jEF_4E4LC8Pa_m4fKhNfZabhNwr
What additional materials to provide to the EAB? E.g., link to Confluence site, link to award descriptions, link to ACCESS website, EAB Charter.
Informational Items (10 mins)
RAMPS Stephen Deems
MATCH Shelley Knuth
CONECT Tim Boerner
Recruitment for STEP is coming along nicely. 17 applicants thus far.
Ticketing system migration to Jira Service Management is in full swing heading towards an April 1 deployment date. Team is offering several options for RPs to join calls to see the new system, ask questions, etc.
MMS Tom Furlani
OpenCI Shawn Strande
Misc Topics
a. ACCESS-wide concierge services to new users from AI Institutes. How/who would we like to offer to help with their inquiries? How can we compile their traffic to anticipate effort to scale up?
Reference: EC Backlog & Action Items
Next EC Meeting: 28 February 2023