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Hello Edgar - 

Scientific WG checking in.

Blair Bethwaite and I have been co-chairs since the group’s formal inauguration at the Austin summit.

A brief summary of where we are:

* We had about a hundred people present at the Austin session for the WG.  The summit etherpad [1] shows how the WG brings together a wide group of institutions.  The discussions were all too brief but the social connections made have flourished.

* There is plenty of outreach to the scientific computing community, including various events planned for the Supercomputing conference in November:
  - In large part due to Bill Boas and other WG members, there will be a panel session on OpenStack.
  - Thanks to Jon Mills and other WG members a BOF session application is undergoing preparation.
  - WG members from institutions with booths have also offered to host OpenStack content at the show.
  - WG members are assisting the Foundation with a white paper on OpenStack and HPC.

* WG members have also been very active in the HPC / Research speaker track at the summits.

* The WG has a wiki page[2] and a page under construction listing scientific/research OpenStack clouds.

* We meet weekly on IRC[3].  The focus of discussion tends to be on knowledge sharing rather than co-ordination of work, and this seems to work well for our members.

I don’t think we have specific plans for the Barcelona summit at this point - other than that we are looking forward to participating.

Best wishes,
Stig and Blair

[1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/scientific-wg-austin-summit-agenda
[2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Scientific_working_group
[3] http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/#Scientific_Working_Group


> On 8 Jul 2016, at 03:13, Edgar Magana <edgar.magana at workday.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Working Groups Chairs,
>  
> As you know WGs present an opportunity to consolidate and increase the Community around OpenStack from the User and Operator perspective. One of the goals of the User Committee is to help WGs to have the resources needed to achieve their specific goals and exactly as the TC validates and accepts development projects the UC needs to validate and accept WGs before they be granted with resources and support from UC and the OpenStack Foundation. (https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Procedure_for_Creating_a_New_Working_Group)
>  
> In order to validate the current work and progress of the existing WGs under:https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/UserCommittee#Working_Groups
> The UC would like to have all chairs to reply to this thread with the status of the WG and their plans for the Barcelona summit. This is also an opportunity to have a space allocated to get together and discuss about work and activities. This is only for existing WGs not for new ones. If we do not hear from WG Chairs, we will assume that those WGs are no longer active and therefore they will be removed from UC documentation.
>  
> Please, reach out to us with a short report of the activities (wikis, etherpads, repos, etc).
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Edgar, Shilla and Jon
> UC Members.
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