EGCF

The European Globus Community Forum

Michael Krieger, EGCF Speaker

Matthias Hofmann, EGCF Officer

What awaits you today?

EGCF magazine “Layer 8” renaming award– by email to egcf2012@ige-project.eu until March

29, 6pm

Discussion about the future of EGCF

EGCF election

Social Event

Social Event

„Weisses Bräuhaus“

address: Tal 7

subway: U6 or U3

exit at Marienplatz

Q&A

What is the EGCF?

How is the EGCF currently organized?

Why be a member of EGCF?

How to become a member of EGCF?

What happened during the last year?

What are the future tasks of EGCF?

INTRODUCTIONWhat is the EGCF?

Introduction to the EGCF

European Globus Community Forum (EGCF)– founded in April 2011 in Garching– strongly supported by IGE (backoffice, …)

Purpose of the EGCF

Organizational body for the Globus Community in Europe– bring together users, administrators and

developers– arranges and coordinates meetings and

workshops– informs about developments in the wider context

of Globus software and services

Fosters cooperation within Europe and beyond– connects projects and communities within

Europe and beyond for exchanging knowledge and sharing experience with Globus software

ORGANIZATIONHow is the EGCF currently organized?

Organization of the EGCF

Member base:– User, developer, administrator, fellow Globus

enthusiasts and experts

Representatives (recruited from member base):– Speaker (currently: Michael Krieger, RISC Software

GmbH, Austria)• Elected by the members once a year• represents EGCF as a member of the IGE Advisory Board

– Secretary (currently Matthias Hofmann, TU Dortmund University)• supports the Speaker, takes care of EGCF services

Relationship: EGCF and IGE

MEMBERSWhy be a member of the EGCF?

EGCF Members benefit…

Add ideas to the one European voice to communicate EU requirements to the US Globus team– Get a privileged account for the IGE Request

Tracker• Submit requirements and bug reports

Receive first-hand news and updates about Globus developments in the US and in Europe– Grab the EGCF magazine “Layer 8”• Recent Globus-related news• Community reports• Tipps & tricks, Q&A‘s

– IGE Newsletter

EGCF Members benefit…

Network with fellow Globus enthusiasts and experts, and exchange experience and know-how– Attend face to face meetings and profit from

workshops– Join the EGCF Discussion Board

Get voting rights for the EGCF speaker election– If you belong to an institution located within the EU

PARTICIPATIONHow to become a member of EGCF?

Registration

Go to http://www.egcf.eu/site/?page_id=12

Please fill out the registration form– only a couple of questions!

Congratulations! You are a member of EGCF now

REVIEW 2011What happened during the last year?

Review 2011

EGCF has about 60 registered members

Website:– http://www.egcf.eu/

Discussion Board online:– http://www.egcf.eu/forum/

FIRST EVER: GlobusEUROPE 2011

First edition of the EGCF magazine „Layer 8“– currently about 60 people registered

SUSTAINABILITYWhat are the future tasks of EGCF?

Sustainability

Through in-kind contributions:– EGCF meetings once per year– GlobusEurope– European Globus Hub (Website, discussion board,

software download, training hub, tools market, mailing list)

– Information Provisioning– Contact Point for Enquiries– Coordination with Globus US team and European

Grid Infrastructures– ONE VOICE– Request tracker– European statistics collector

Sustainability

Funding through per-instance Charges– Targeted training sessions

Funding through Subscription– Globus middleware provider for EGI/UMD– Access to Globus Testbed– re-packaging of Globus for Europe– 3rd level support for Globus

Sustainability

Funding through follow-up EU project– software development / adaptations– social networking– community magazine as printed version– Globus mirror service– Globus Training Market– Tools Market

Product possibilities

3rd level support

Training

European Packages for Resource Providers

Globus Appliances

European globus online instance

Participate

and

Let‘s work together!

Thank you.