OSG Council Website

The OSG Council is the governing body of the Consortium responsible for the program of work and ensuring effective benefit to the scientific mission of the stakeholders. The Consortium includes all contributors to OSG; the Council is made of those Consortium members making significant contributions and commitments to the success of OSG. It makes and endorses all strategic decisions, which are typically discussed first in and recommended by the Executive Board.

OSG Council Meetings (Monthly Teleconferences and Face-to-Face)

Telephone meetings of the OSG Council are organized for the second Tuesday of each monthly starting at 10AM Pacific and usually last one hour.

Teleconference Dial-In Instructions:

• Date: Second Tuesday of each Month (unless notified differently in advance)
• Time: 10:00AM Pacific, 11:00AM Mountain, Noon Central, 1:00PM Eastern
• Teleconference Phone Number: 1-510-665-5437
• Meeting ID: 1111

Teleconference Meeting Agenda and Minutes

Calendar Year 2009

• December 8th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• November 10th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• October 13th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• September 8th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• August 11th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• July 14th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• June 9th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• May 12th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• April 14th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• March 19th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• February 10th, 2009 Agenda/Minutes?
• January 13th, 2009: Agenda/Minutes?

Calendar Year 2008

• December 9th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• November 11th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• October 14th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• September 9th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• August 12th, 2008: (replaced by Face-to-Face Mtg in Chicago)
• July 8th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• June 10th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• May 13th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes
• April 8th, 2008: Agenda/Minutes

OSG Council Face-to-Face Meetings

• March 5th 2009? OSG Council Face-to-Face Meeting at LIGO Livingston Observatory
• August 5th 2008 OSG Council Face-to-Face Meeting in Chicago.
• March 6th 2008 OSG Council Face-to-Face Meeting at UNC-CH
• August 17th 2007 OSG Council Face-to-Face Meeting in Berkeley.
• March 8th 2007 at the OSG Consortium Allhands meeting at UCSD.
• Council meeting 24th August 2006 in Seattle

OSG Executive Director Reports to the OSG Council

The OSG Executive Director nominally submits a report to the OSG Council every two weeks. These reports will be posted here.

• December 19th, 2008 Executive Director Report?
• December 9th, 2008 Executive Director Report?
• November 21st, 2008 Executive Director Report?
• November 7th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• October 28th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• October 14th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• September 23rd, 2008 Executive Director Report
• September 9th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• August 26th, 2008 Executive Director Report?
• August 12th, 2008 Executive Director Report?
• July 22nd, 2008 Executive Director Report?
• July 8th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• June 24th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• June 10th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• May 13th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• April 8th, 2008 Executive Director Report
• February 6th, 2008 Executive Director Report

Link to Reports sent to the Joint Oversight Team

OSG Council Subcommittees

From time to time the Council establishes ad-hoc subcommittees to work with the Council Chairs and the OSG Executive Board to address strategic planning needs. Activities of these subcommittees are captured here.

• Re-Organization of OSG Council Subcommittee: Webpage
• At-Large VirtualOrganizations?/VOInfo Representation Subcommittee: Webpage

OSG Council Contact Information

OSG Council Co-Chairs:

• Paul Avery, University of Florida
• Kent Blackburn, California Institute of Technology, LIGO Laboratory

OSG Council Members:

Members

Send email to osg-council @ opensciencegrid.org

Major updates:

-- Revised.Kent Blackburn - 3/31/08

-- Main.Ruth Pordes - 3/4/07