NUGEX Elections

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NUGEX Elections
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The Process

• Email soliciting nominations
• Wait for a while
• Email soliciting nominations
• Contact SC Program Managers
• Contacted several
• Response from Bill Kirchhoff
• 3 candidates contacted recently

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Who is up for re-election?
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Issues for Service

• No time too busy.
• Active participation.
• Some current members never attend.
• Travel
• Not high on the list of priorities.
• Wrt SciDAC, Ultrascale, other initiatives,
  meetings
• NERSC
• Is responsive
• Does a good job dealing with issues
• Monthly Phone calls
• Individual contacts with support infrastructure.

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ASCR Candidates

• Ahmed Ghoniem
• Current member from MIT
• David Turner
• From Ames Laboratory (not NERSC ?)
• Phillip Mucci
• From University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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BER
?
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BES

• Feng Liu
• University of Utah
• Theresa Windus
• Current member from PNNL
• Need at least 1 more really 2
• Contacted (from Kirchhoff suggestions)
• Larry Curtiss ANL.
• Hoabin Wang - New Mexico State University.

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FES

• Don Sprong ORNL current member
• Jeff Candy General Atomics
• Stephanie Ethier PPPL
• Carl Sovinec University of Wisconsin
• Bill Dorland University of Maryland
• Thanks to Steve Jardin for the help!

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HENP

• Don Sinclair Argonne National Lab
• For an At Large spot

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What else is needed?

• Assistance in getting remaining nominations
• Obtain short bios
• Have some not all
• Run election
• NERSC does this!
• Post results
• Find a new elections-chair

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Participation Issues

• Have existed for 10 years
• Dont know if there is a solution.
• How do we increase participation?
• Program Manager solicitation?
• Travel Funds?
• All Access Grid Meetings?
• Do we need an Executive Users Group?