e-Science News 5th Meeting of the Policy Board of the European Grid Initiative 5th Meeting of the Policy Board of the European Grid Initiative
- 20/01/2009
The 5th Meeting of the Policy Board of the European Grid Initiative (EGI) was held on 20 January 2009 in Prague, the Czech Republic.
The President of Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) and Professor Gaspar Barreira, Director of LIP – the Experimental Particle Physics and Instrumentation Laboratory, joined the EGI Policy Board as representatives of the National Grid Initiative.
The EGI Policy Board, initially designated as the EGI Consultative Board, elected Professor Gaspar Barreira as its interim President upon initiating its activities in 2007 for the period in which it was being set up and its statutes approved. Given that this stage concluded with the meeting of 1 July 2008, it was decided to elect the President of the Policy Board at the meeting of 22 September 2008 for a regular term of office, and Professor Gaspar Barreira was once more elected to the post.
The main decision taken by the EGI Policy Board was the approval of the EGI Blueprint specifying guidelines concerning the setting up of and activities for the future European Grid Initiative. The Policy Council also discussed the assessment process for candidatures presented concerning the headquarters of the services of the new organisation.