EGIIn SPIRE Funding Global Tasks EGIIn SPIRE RI261323

EGI-In. SPIRE Funding Global Tasks EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Current Model • Funding non-EGI. eu: – 25% EGI. eu – 50% Partner – 25% EC • Funding EGI. eu (approx): – Yr 1 & 2: 75% EC & 25% participants – Yr 3 & 4: 25% EC & 75% participants EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Costs - Community • Community Coordination: € 1, 472, 542 – Project, Technical, Administrative, Planning – Approx 1/3 refunded at 100% • Community Building: € 888, 242 – Marketing, Technical Outreach, Events • Community Service Development: € 253, 343 – Training Marketplace, App. DB, CRM (VO Services) – What is the split between development & operation? EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Costs - Operation • Management & Coordination: € 1, 024061 – Coordination, Central Oversight, Interoperation, Documentation – Criteria Definition, Staged Rollout, Security Coordination, Op Tool Development • Support: € 271, 571 – 1 st Line, DMSU • Tool Development: € 667, 285 – Some JRA 1 activity contributing to Global Tasks • Tool Operations: € 728, 711 – SA 1 part EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Some Questions… • Do we make changes in PY 3 & PY 4? – Effort levels around 1 st Line, Interoperation & Documentation? – Activity around Central Oversight? – New Global Tasks – middleware support? • What is our strategy beyond 2014? – Changing the funding structure • What gets funded and the refund rates? – Structural Changes • More cost effective and efficient use of assets? EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Possible Funding Streams • Support Project: Community Building – Marketing, Dissemination, Events, Outreach • Innovation Project: Community Collaboration Services – New services or new functionality – Not the operation or maintenance of the services – e. g. Training marketplace, App. DB, etc. • Innovation Project: Operations Services/Tools – New services or new functionality – Not the operation or maintenance of the services EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Possible Funding Streams • EGI. eu Fees: Operation Coordination & Services – Operate & host the community & operations services – Coordination staff – 100% funded by the resource providers to coordinate their resources – Physical infrastructure independent of the EC EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Discussion • Concern about having a clear separation between: – Innovation & development in a service – Maintaining and operating a service • How to manage inter-project relations? – Between the operation of the service and the innovation in the service EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Discussion • Multiple projects: – Community Collaboration Services – Operational Services & Tools • Other projects beyond this – National Operations (EGI-In. SIRE II? ) – Network of campus & community champions • Grow and spread knowledge network – Network of local technical experts EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu

Platform Integration • Getting software into production – Requires effort – where from? • How to reuse software between communities? – Science. Soft? EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 www. egi. eu