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The proposal for an inaugural face-to-face meeting for the #Scientific-WG
in Austin is being submitted.

Stig and Flanders will plan a scoping conference all to discuss how best to
use the time in Austin, which we will announce here.  Further news anon.

Please do invite fellow scientific/academic/R&D colleagues to add their
name to the list of nominated #Scientific-WG members (per institution):

https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/scientific-wg

^^ Very respectable list thus far!!!

Kind Regards,

Flanders
^^
http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/meet-openstack-s-community-wrangler-david-flanders

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:10 PM, David F Flanders <flanders at openstack.org>
wrote:

> ...going thrice...
>
> --> last call for any amendments to the name as per below?
>
> Otherwise, Stig and myself have drafted a proposal for the inaugural
> meeting of the Scientific WG at the OpenStack Austin Summit.
>
> If I may request comments and edits via this Google Doc, please:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/10d7XDC1yw3thjxMMC1EXJlfmMAcjkfj2wnhH2MJgh9k/edit?usp=sharing
>
> We'll look to submit this WG proposal next week.
>
> Warm-warm regards from Australia (too hot down here!),
>
> Flanders
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:19 PM, David F Flanders <flanders at openstack.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you John, and is Paul in agreement as well?
>>
>> If so, going twice...
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 8:17 PM, John Taylor <johntaylorsc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> No objections and apologies for the delay in responding as I waited for
>>> the User-committee@ to sync to my gmail.
>>>
>>> Thank you, David.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:34 PM, David F Flanders <flanders at openstack.org
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Excellent discussion + votes, thank you Tim, Jonathan, Stig an Stefano.
>>>>
>>>> SCIENTIFIC-WG seems very reasonable to me.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any objections?
>>>>
>>>> Going once...
>>>>
>>>> /dff
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I also would not have any objection to SCIENTIFIC if this is the
>>>>> consensus (but I'd drop a note to Fermilab to explain the context, i.e. it
>>>>> is not an OpenStack on Scientific Linux distro).
>>>>>
>>>>> The other benefit of SCIENTIFIC is that there are a number of
>>>>> companies doing clouds (such as in Life Sciences) who would be interested
>>>>> in the working group but would not consider themselves ACADEMIA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>>>
>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > From: Jonathan D. Proulx [mailto:jon at csail.mit.edu]
>>>>> > Sent: 06 January 2016 17:24
>>>>> > To: Stig Telfer <stig.openstack at telfer.org>
>>>>> > Cc: user-committee at lists.openstack.org
>>>>> > Subject: Re: [User-committee] [app] Training day (1st AppKit)
>>>>> actions from
>>>>> > Tokyo
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 02:37:47PM +0000, Stig Telfer wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > :I agree with Tim on the extra ‘OPENSTACK’ in the name, so my vote
>>>>> would
>>>>> > go for ‘SCIENTIFIC-WG’.  One reason I prefer this over option A is
>>>>> that I’d like
>>>>> > this project to embrace industrial R&D as well as academia.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Yes the 'OpenStack' is definitely redundant & I agree with Stig that
>>>>> 'Academia'
>>>>> > is limiting in ways we probably don't want.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'd choose RESEARCH-WG as "research computing" is what that function
>>>>> is
>>>>> > called around my world but I don't have any opposition to
>>>>> SCIENTIFIC-WG if
>>>>> > that's the consensus choice.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -Jon
>>>>> >
>>>>> > :
>>>>> > :So my vote’s for SCIENTIFIC-WG.
>>>>> > :
>>>>> > :Many thanks,
>>>>> > :Stig
>>>>> > :
>>>>> > :
>>>>> > :> On 6 Jan 2016, at 12:51, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> David,
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> How do we vote ? With an e-mail ?
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> (While I would not want to put people off B., it could cause
>>>>> confusion with
>>>>> > Scientific Linux) :> :> I’d thus vote for A (as I think we could try
>>>>> to avoid
>>>>> > OPENSTACK in the title and it is similar to ‘Telco’ as an industry
>>>>> focused WG)
>>>>> > :> :> Tim :> :> From: David F Flanders [mailto:
>>>>> dff.openstack at gmail.com] :>
>>>>> > Sent: 06 January 2016 13:23 :> To:
>>>>> user-committee at lists.openstack.org
>>>>> > :> Cc: Stig Telfer <stig at telfer.org>
>>>>> > :> Subject: Re: [User-committee] [app] Training day (1st AppKit)
>>>>> actions from
>>>>> > Tokyo :> :> Happy New Year One and All, :> :> With renewed vigour,
>>>>> I'd like
>>>>> > to submit the following application-template on behalf of Stig, John
>>>>> & Paul
>>>>> > [1] for a newly formed working group:
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/academia-wg
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Prior to officially minting the WG (on the
>>>>> > Governanace/Foundation/UserCommittee page), we do require a vote from
>>>>> > you our esteemed user-committee members.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> VOTE: What shall we call this new WG?!
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Options:
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> A.) ACADEMIA-WG
>>>>> > :> B.) SCIENTIFIC-OPENSTACK-WG
>>>>> > :> C.) OPENSTACK4RESEARCH-WG
>>>>> > :> D.) Some other combination or wording therein?!
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> It is worth noting that this WG will amalgamate help to promote
>>>>> the
>>>>> > HPC/HTC Working Group, ideally meeting together and/or proximally.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Other key topics which this WG will look to address (esp re
>>>>> discussion in
>>>>> > Austin):
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :>   * HPC Infrastructure, i.e. enabling researchers to have "on
>>>>> tap" compute
>>>>> > resources for research experiments in parallel, simulation and high
>>>>> > throughput jobs.
>>>>> > :>   * Application infrastructure, i.e. ease of working
>>>>> collaborative with fellow
>>>>> > researchers, scientists and lab colleagues, such as conducting cloud
>>>>> native
>>>>> > data analysis experiments (via RStudio, iPython, Matlab, etc.)
>>>>> > :>   * Social infrastructure, i.e. communities emerging in academia
>>>>> which are
>>>>> > promoting use of cloud computing for collaborative research and
>>>>> science,
>>>>> > such as #swcarpentry #ResBaz #ClimbAcUk etc.
>>>>> > :>   * Data infrastructure, i.e. large data science experiments and
>>>>> their
>>>>> > usability via cloud applications such as data from DNA sequencers,
>>>>> > MRIs/CT/XRay, Defraction, -Omics,  etc.
>>>>> > :>   * Last but not least, promoting the amazing things which
>>>>> Academia is
>>>>> > doing with OpenStack... about time a University got a SuperUser
>>>>> award, no?!
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> [1]= Many thanks to John, Paul and Stif for the guidance and
>>>>> advice, along
>>>>> > with all the other nominated members of this WG.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Go on, one little letter is all it takes to vote 🔤
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Warm Regards from Australia,
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Flanders
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Stig Telfer <stig at telfer.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > :> Hello Adam -
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Thanks for your interest, that is tremendous.  At this stage the
>>>>> working
>>>>> > group is taking shape, please by all means do add your name to the
>>>>> etherpad
>>>>> > - and your input.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Best wishes,
>>>>> > :> Stig
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> On 25 Nov 2015, at 11:32, Adam Huffman <adam.huffman at gmail.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Hello
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Not wishing to hijack the thread, but I'm very interested in
>>>>> participating in
>>>>> > the academia working group.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> May I just add myself to the list on the Etherpad, or do I need
>>>>> to ask to be
>>>>> > nominated? I do know a couple of the people on there already...
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Cheers,
>>>>> > :> Adam
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:14 AM, David F Flanders
>>>>> > <dff.openstack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > :> Brilliant to hear Matjaz!
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> I've added your name to the proposed OpenStack in Academia Working
>>>>> > Group at the below etherpad, if you could please have a look over it
>>>>> and add
>>>>> > your comments directly:
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/academia-wg
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Stig (Cc'd) and myself have been trying to announce far and wide
>>>>> to all
>>>>> > interested academic institutions, please do help us spread the word
>>>>> :D :> :>
>>>>> > I'm also very interested to hear about what training you have
>>>>> started in on, it
>>>>> > would be great to compare as we have created a training for
>>>>> researchers
>>>>> > (aka PhDs and Postgraduates) on how to use our OpenStack as their
>>>>> research
>>>>> > operating system of choice:
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> https://github.com/resbaz/nectar-cloud-lessons
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Naturally, the first app guide is also something we are keen to
>>>>> promote...
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> So much to do!
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Kind Regards,
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> David F. Flanders <david.flanders at unimelb.edu.au> :> Research
>>>>> > Community Manager, Digital Infrastructure Services :> University of
>>>>> > Melbourne.  @DFFlanders :> :> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:55 PM,
>>>>> Pančur,
>>>>> > Matjaž <Matjaz.Pancur at fri.uni-lj.si> wrote:
>>>>> > :> Hi all,
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> I’m the lead of the Docs Training guides Speciality team [1]. We
>>>>> already
>>>>> > update the material for Upstream Training (slides that are used
>>>>> there and
>>>>> > intro pages that explain them a bit more) [2] and we’re also working
>>>>> on the
>>>>> > Training slides material (currently a WIP published under draft docs
>>>>> pages).
>>>>> > Everything is written in RST (slides too - we use Hieroglyph+Sphinx)
>>>>> and
>>>>> > we’re continuously publishing all training material under Training
>>>>> guides
>>>>> > section on the Docs pages [3], with standard Docs contribution
>>>>> process with
>>>>> > patches&bugs for slides too.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> This effort you guys started here for the 1stAppKit Training is
>>>>> really great, I
>>>>> > too have a lot of feedback about the need for this from my contacts
>>>>> in the
>>>>> > Academia and from our partners in the industry.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> I would like to help with developing training materials for it.
>>>>> Can we reuse
>>>>> > the tools/processes already established for the Upstream training? I
>>>>> think
>>>>> > that it would be good to gather together all community made training
>>>>> related
>>>>> > stuff under the same Docs Section [3] - this would increase the
>>>>> visibility of it
>>>>> > for all.
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> Matjaz Pancur
>>>>> > :> University Of Ljubljana
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/SpecialityTeams
>>>>> > :> [2] http://docs.openstack.org/upstream-training/
>>>>> > :> [3] http://docs.openstack.org/#training-guides
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :>
>>>>> > :> > From: David F Flanders
>>>>> > :> > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:13 AM :> > To:
>>>>> > :> > user-committee at lists.openstack.org :> > :> > Cc: Anni Lai ;
>>>>> John ;
>>>>> > Stefano Maffulli ; Rainya Mosher (ramosher) ; 张淳 ; :> >
>>>>> kenny.johnston at
>>>>> > rackspace.com :> > :> > Subject: [User-committee] [app] Training
>>>>> day (1st
>>>>> > AppKit) actions from Tokyo :> > :> > :> > My Dear Fellow Application
>>>>> > Ecosystem Working Group, :> > :> > I hope your return travels home
>>>>> have
>>>>> > treated you well.
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> > As per ​my action from ​our WG meeting in Tokyo[1], I'm
>>>>> emailing you'll ​to
>>>>> > ​request some info to help roll out the 'My First App Guide +
>>>>> Training"? ​!​ :> >
>>>>> > :> > If the following people would be so kind as to provide me with
>>>>> the
>>>>> > following information:
>>>>> > :> >     a.) contact details for the developer wranglers who help
>>>>> provide
>>>>> > internal training events/activities at your companies, random leads
>>>>> welcome,
>>>>> > :> >     b.) name of an app developer who has or is interested in
>>>>> developing
>>>>> > cloud native applications,
>>>>> > :> >     c.) [optional] where we might help advertise the "my first
>>>>> app guide"
>>>>> > and training day(s)?,
>>>>> > :> >     d.) [optional] opinions on what we need to do with
>>>>> > developer.openstack.orgto make it valuable for visiting app
>>>>> developers?
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> >   a.. @Michael/Carol could you provide the above (a)(b),
>>>>> optionally (c)(d)
>>>>> > for Intel?
>>>>> > :> >   b.. @John could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally
>>>>> (c)(d) for HP?
>>>>> > :> >   c.. @Kenny could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally
>>>>> (c)(d) for
>>>>> > Rackspace?
>>>>> > :> >   d.. @Shamail could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally
>>>>> (c)(d) for
>>>>> > IBM?
>>>>> > :> >   e.. @Rainya/Nicky could you provide the above (a)(b),
>>>>> optionally (c)(d)
>>>>> > for Cisco?
>>>>> > :> >   f.. @Annie could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally
>>>>> (c)(d) for
>>>>> > Huawei?
>>>>> > :> >   g.. @Chun could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally
>>>>> (c)(d) for 99
>>>>> > Cloud?
>>>>> > :> >   h.. @Stefano could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally
>>>>> (c)(d) for
>>>>> > Dreamhost?
>>>>> > :> > ​...​
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> > ​​@All I would really also appreciate your ideas for what your
>>>>> organisation
>>>>> > might expect in terms of an "app kit" for training days, ​e.g.
>>>>> training curricula
>>>>> > outline, training support, partnership with local meetup & user
>>>>> groups,
>>>>> > engagement opportunities with up and coming talent from
>>>>> Universities, swag
>>>>> > (stickers, shirts), prizes for "best app pitches", etc. ​ ???​ :> >
>>>>> :> > Once
>>>>> > compiled, I'll l ​liaise with you all to help take forward
>>>>> ​training opportunities
>>>>> > of the my first app guide ​ training #AppKit.​ If interested in
>>>>> being a guinea pig
>>>>> > please do reply on list :) :> > :> > Getting very excited to see
>>>>> cloud native apps
>>>>> > grow in our community!
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> > ​​ ​[1]=
>>>>> > :> > https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/TYO-app-eco-wg​​
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> > Kind Regards,
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> > Flanders
>>>>> > :> > ======
>>>>> > :> > ​​David F. Flanders, Research Community Manager :> > University
>>>>> of
>>>>> > Melbourne > University Services > Research Platforms :> > @ResPlat -
>>>>> :> >
>>>>> > http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/researchplatforms/
>>>>> > :> >
>>>>> > :> > We ❤ the 'Research Bazaar' community, join today! #ResBaz :> >
>>>>> :> > :> >
>>>>> >
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>>>>> > :> --
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>>>>> > :> Skype: david.flanders
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