SouthGrid Terms of Reference
To oversee the implementation and operation of the Tier-2 centre, a top-level Steering Committee will have the following terms of reference:
- Ensure, through the Manager, whose appointment is ratified by the Committee, the delivery and operation of a functional Tier 2 Centre according to the specifications and timescales set by the agreement with the GridPP2 Project Management Board.
- Ensure, through the members of the Steering Committee, effective integration of the Southern Tier-2 Centre with the other Tier-2 and National Tier -1 Centres.
- Collect and specify requirements for the Centre.
- Define priorities.
- Define basic strategy to construct and operate the Southern Centre.
- Oversee GridPP e-Science and Grid activities within the area and ensure there is cohesion and cooperation, in particular with the e-Science Centres represented.
- Take management responsibility for the resources invested in the Southern Tier-2, both from PPARC and from the universities.
- Establish a Technical/Operations Committee and User Committee when needed.
- Liaise with the Technical/Operations Committee and receive regular reports.
- Liaise with the User Committee and receive regular reports.
- Liaise with the constituent experiment collaborations.
- Ensure effective dissemination within the area and to industry.
- Report through its manager to the GridPP2 Project Management Board and to the respective e-Science Centres and to particle physics departments.
- Membership will be consist of representatives of the particle physics groups and e-Science Centres of the constituent institutions.
- Meet once every 3 months, and conduct periodic progress reviews.
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