31 August 2006: First Meeting of ScotGrid Partners to develop Pan-Scottish Grid.

31st of August saw a wide range of interests represnted at the first meeting to develop the Scottish Grid Service. Following an earlier Expression of Interest, SFC asserted that this project provided a strategic need for Scotland. Eight partner universities contributed. There followed wide-ranging discussions regarding the scope of ScotGrid, its use to researchers, and its practical application to help individual institutions.

A drafting committee was formed with the following constitution:

• Colin Allison (St Andrews)
• Geoff Barton (Dundee)
• Greg Michaelson (Heriot Watt)
• Richard Sinnott (Glasgow)
• Ken Turner (Stirling)
• Gian-Luca Oppo (Strathclyde)
• Peter Clarke (Edinburgh)
• Pete Edwards (Aberdeen)
• Tony Doyle (chair)
• Suzanne Scott (secretary)

This committee will develop the full funding proposal to SFC.

Minutes and presentations from the meeting are available here (password protected).