Role of the GridPP Collaboration Board Chair

The Collaboration Board is the 'Governing Body' of the project, consisting of Group Leaders of each collaborating institute, with representatives of the large experiments, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb in attendance. Its purpose is to exercise a general supervision over all areas of the project, to react to problems with available resources, as well as to ensure that the interests and priorities of the wider Particle Physics Community are fully taken into account in the construction of the Grid.

The role of the Collaboration Board Chair is:

• To chair Collaboration Board meetings.

• To sit on the Project Management Board.

• To ensure that the Collaboration Board are kept fully aware of the progress of the project and any problems that might be arising.

• To ensure that the Project Management Board is full aware of the concerns and priorities of the members of the Collaboration Board.

• To liaise between the Collaboration Board members, the Project Management Board and STFC on matters of resource, staffing and funding.