------ Forwarded Message From: Richard Graham <rlgra...@ornl.gov> Reply-To: "mpi...@mpi-forum.org" <mpi...@mpi-forum.org> List-Post: users@lists.open-mpi.org Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:48:04 -0400 To: "mpi...@mpi-forum.org" <mpi...@mpi-forum.org> Conversation: SC'07 MPI Forum organization meeting Subject: [mpi-21] SC'07 MPI Forum organization meeting
As previously announced, we will be holding a meeting on Wed. Nov. 14th, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in room D6 at the Sparks convention center in Reno - site of SC'07. The intent of the meeting is to organize for an active period of the MPI forum. The proposed agenda is: * Introduction: why restart the forum discussions * Scope of effort - discussion. There is a wide range of opinions on how to proceed, with a clear need for clarifications and simple corrections to the 2.0 standard (such as changing the size of the length parameter used in MPI send functions), as well as a desire for larger changes to the standard, such as adding functionality to support process fault tolerance. We need to decide if to consider both types of of changes in a single standard change, as parallel but distinct set of changes to the standard, or some other approach. * Form of effort - all electronic, mix of electronic and periodic face-to-face meetings, or some other manner. * Voting procedures - who can vote, how are votes conducted, etc. * Organizational structure - Identify those who will handle forum logistics. If time permits: * List of initial topics of interest. I will compile a list of initial items, so please send topics of interest to mpi...@mpi-forum.org . Please feel free to comment on the agenda, and more important, please plan to attend. Thanks, Rich Graham ------ End of Forwarded Message
