P&S Telecon - February 18, 2014

Attendees

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

Vision: Innovation & Collaboration
Goals for the year
- Reactivate process of Testbed project solicitation funding
- Educate on and encourage adoption of Testbed project use & documentation
  - Champions who intentionally sit on cluster calls and advocate/educate on Testbed as a resource
  - Should be a networking goal: socialize the testbed when you attend other ESIP calls/meetings
  - Data Stewardship - a real need for tech pull; here is an environment for them to try out identifiers, provenance...
  - Technology Pull: finding out cluster needs; the RFP could be a matchmaker between needs and projects.
- Re-envision FUNding Friday
  - Technical innovation and collaboration
  - Run the session at the Summer Meeting
  - See some excellent projects result
Think about where NASA & NOAA fit into Testbed activities, since history of Testbed idea came from NASA being interested in an environment to try out ideas before they are operational
Think about EOSDIS WG activities, and connections between ESIP & EOSDIS WG

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

Testbed Portal
- Where to document Testbed projects
- Capture and showcasing project outputs
- http://testbed.esipfed.org
Testbed Projects
- Resource: provides environment for ESIP members to try projects/ideas out and vet with larger community
- 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)