P&S Telecon - February 18, 2014
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Attendees
- Carol Meyer
- Erin Robinson
- Ken Keiser
- Nancy Hoebelheinrich
- Hook Hua
- Christine White
Actions
- 'Erin': update Drupal 'Testbed' pages such that all testbed project info goes to Drupal site, not ESIP Wiki
- 'Christine': integrate feedback/comments on RFP and send note to Testbed Config Board to read over/final review
- 'Carol': confirm if Cloud Resource Calculator is updated with latest types of machines and pricing; if not, then we should be careful of referencing it as a scaling tool for project proposers
Agenda
Products & Services Committee Housekeeping
- Vision: Innovation & Collaboration
- Goals for the year
- Reactivate process of Testbed project funding
- Educate on and encourage adoption of Testbed project use & documentation
- Re-envision FUNding Friday
- Technical innovation and collaboration
- Run the session at the Summer Meeting
- See some excellent projects result
Testbed Configuration Board
- Group that vets and approves proposals submitted as a response to Testbed RFP
- May also be called upon for FUNding Friday decisions
- Board Members: Ken Keiser, Hook Hua, Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Carol Meyer, Erin Robinson, and Christine White
Overview of the Testbed
- Testbed Portal
- Where to document Testbed projects
- Capture and showcasing project outputs
- http://testbed.esipfed.org
- Testbed Projects
- Can be run on ESIP Amazon instances (but don’t have to be)
- Explore best practices (E.g. data identifiers)
- Provide a forum for innovative collaboration across ESIP
- High level of quality
- Lifecycle of Testbed Projects
- Document project on ESIP Testbed Portal
- If using Amazon Services during project, have a plan and share it as part of documentation
- Mature projects eventually are moved elsewhere off the Amazon instances at completion of project
- All projects archived on GitHub upon completion (at latest)
Review of RFP Draft
Link to google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cyGzqaeuQaN2uq0m-_Hi5FaLKc5whZ4HVW-7gCJ27M
