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Minutes of AVO Project Meeting: Dec. 11, 03
Participants
Chair: Peter Quinn
Minutes: Markus Dolensky
Program
New Action Items
| Action | Who | Description |
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| ACTION 01-11/12/03 | Law.+Pir. | WP3.1; redo network test after upgrade to 155 Mbit/s at ESO |
| ACTION 02-11/12/03 | MD | find out timeline for ESO network upgrade |
| ACTION 03-11/12/03 | PQ | follow up GEANT activities and potential for AVO |
| ACTION 04-11/12/03 | MD | make numbers of network connectivity available within project |
| ACTION 05-11/12/03 | Mann+MA | publish WP2.2 paper more widely, for instance A&A |
| ACTION 06-11/12/03 | MD | highlight on AVO web how to give credit when using our tools |
| ACTION 07-11/12/03 | ALL | Year 2 cost statement reports ASAP to Martine Peltzer dmdsec@eso.org |
| ACTION 08-11/12/03 | ALL | Written WA reports no later than end of Jan. 04 and keep to style of 1st year report |
| ACTION 09-11/12/03 | PQ+ALL | Internal audit of staff costs to Nov. 2004 for each WA |
| ACTION 10-11/12/03 | ALL | Think of how to use H/W budget of 30K Euros in 3rd year |
| ACTION 11-11/12/03 | PP | Timeline of SWG activities for 3rd year |
EURO-VO Action Items
- EURO-VO-Action: to secure ESO funding for 4 new staff to start CDA, VO-TC and vVO-FC functions at ESO in Q1 2004 (closed)
- EURO-VO-Action: encourage all EURO-VO members to identify EURO-VO manpower for DCA activities no later than July 2005
- EURO-VO-Action: hold AVO demo for ESA in March/April 2004 with a view to increase ESA support
- EURO-VO-Action: Membership MOU signed by July 2004
- EURO-VO Action: Euro-VO Exec to discus Euro-VOTC bid to EU FP6 Infrastructures-4 call (design studies element) (deadline 4 March 2004)
Notes
ad 1) reminder on contractual obligations towards EC
ad 2) Action Items from previous Exec Meeting
ACTION 01-14/05/03: SWG report
closed.
ACTION 02-14/05/03: SWG feedback from 1st light event
closed.
ACTION 03-14/05/03: about bandwidth
1.5 MB/s bandwidth between IoA and ESO. Repeat tests after upgrade to 155 Mbit/s at ESO in 2004.
closed.
ACTION 04-14/05/03: IAU demo done.
closed.
ACTION 05-14/05/03: closed.
ACTION 06-14/05/03: closed.
ACTION 07-14/05/03 Science goals were set:
closed.
ACTION 08-14/05/03: Set priorities to meet requirements of Jan. 04 demos.
closed.
ACTION 09-14/05/03: Withdrawal from GRIDSTART in favour of GGF research group (first time at GGF9, Chicago).
closed.
ACTION 10-14/05/03: Organize next AVO Exec.
closed.
GR reports on GGF research group:
Role: Assessment and recommendation of emerging technologies. GGF is keen on having applications groups who are feeding back their experience in terms of reports. The Astronomy group is becoming an official one at GGF10.
ad 3)
- PQ important: raise VO awareness early in the lifetime of big projects like SKA
- FG suggestion: introduce links from AVO to such project pages
ad 4)
- Euro-VO should not be made dependent solely on EC support
- EURO-VO Exec is determined to start project in July 2004
- NW: Suggests to put in a proposal in response to the EGEE design study call.
- PQ: Conflict of interest to ESO who's leading ELT design study; and there is heavy oversubscription of other large projects like SKA; it will be agenda item for Euro-VO telecon before Xmas.
- EURO-VO Partners are: ESO, ESA, ULP/CNRS (VO France), UEDIN (Astrogrid), MPE (GAVO), INAF (Italy), NOVA (Netherlands), INTA (Spain)
- PQ reports about IVOA Small Projects Meeting 2003 in Beijing, Nov. 03
ad 6)
ad 7)
- PQ opts against putting more effort into demos since there is an established cycle within IVOA context, SWG meetings and AVO demo.
- There is an opportunity to show the Jan 04 demo to ESA officials though
Calendar
- IVOA Exec meeting, Jan. 29, 2004 at ESO
- GGF10, Mar. 9-12, 2004,
- TBD SWG post demo follow up meeting in March-May 04
- TBD Interop meetings in May 04, Boston; and maybe Sep. 04 in Puna
- CODATA/ERPANET Archiving Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 15-17, 2003
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