[pnfs] pNFS BOF at SC06?

[Garth gibson]

The SC06 deadline for BOFs is Monday July 31 (sc06.supercomputing.org/ 
techprogram/bofs.php).  BOFs are open to all attendees including  
exhibits-only badge holders.

There is a web submission form that requires:
- title
- session leader(s)
- preferred time (Tues or Wed lunch, Tues, Wed or Thurs 5:30-7)
- expected attendance
- keywords
- 150 word summary of proposed BOF (for the web and printed program)

I am already chairing a panel session in the technical program on  
High Performance NFS and I have invited a number of NFS CTOs and  
members of this pNFS community, but there will be little opportunity  
for a deep Q&A in that forum.

I am also chairing a Petascale Data Storage Workshop that will be all  
day on Friday Nov 17 that will certainly be a forum for pNFS,  
although I have not yet defined the contents or program for this  
workshop (and I am open to suggestions).

Still I think that a BOF in the middle of the conference would be a  
great way to reach the potential user community that would not be  
staying for a storage workshop on the day after the exhibits close.

Any volunteers to act as organizer or co-organizer?

Thanks
garth