<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">First of all, I hope everyone is doing well. I imagine most of you are under some kind of limitations and/or in home office and I hope you were able to adjust well!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With the current situation regarding Corona/COVID-19 we have to face the fact that our planned MPI Forum meetings may not be happening as planned, which of course impacts our timeline for MPI 4.0, as well as related activities. On the other hand, things are too unsure to sit this out and only wait for things to get better, and hence we need to find a way to keep moving forward, even if this is only virtual. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill, Wesley and I met on Wednesday (over the web, of course) and discussed some options, which we would like to bring to the whole forum. The core is a proposal to hold, if necessary, the next meeting, worst case the next two meetings, virtually. This would, of course, require some rule changes, but we think we found a way to do this while still preserving the spirit of our rules and the usual “way of the MPI Forum”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Wesley has put together some text for this under the following PR:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/mpi-forum/procedures/pull/5" class="">https://github.com/mpi-forum/procedures/pull/5</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will discuss these new rules in the next virtual meeting (see below for more on that) and then - if applicable - vote on it in one of the following meetings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Whether we need to hold a virtual meeting instead of a real face to face is more or less dictated by our associated events: the Munich meeting will be virtual depending on ISC and whether people can travel to that, and the Austin meeting will be dependent on EuroMPI/USA (although we really hope, that things are back up and running again by then).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for meetings until then, we will restart our regular Wednesday meetings (at 10am CT) as of next week. The meeting next week, i.e., April 1st (not meant as a joke :) ) will have the following agenda:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Discussion on holding virtual meetings and the necessary rule changes</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Wesley has prepared a presentation to show the options</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Discussion on structure and agenda for the June meeting if it is virtual</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- We have a proposal on length, scope, timing and structure</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Check-in on Chapter Committee progress (see Bill’s latest email)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- This is a prerequisite before we can do any other changes or merges</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Please prioritize this and complete the reviews by Wednesday!</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Plan to move the smaller changes for MPI 4.0 forward</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Mainly based on the list of the 120+ issues Bill found</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Collection of topics for future virtual meetings</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Pre-readings, possible errata discussions</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Other WG discussion topics?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If time remains and for the following Wednesday meetings (unless other topics needed for MPI 4.0 are suggested) we will then just work ourselves through all open issues, focusing first on ticket 0 and errate items. Completing these will hopefully make the ratification process a much easier one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If there are any other topics that should be added to the agenda, or if there are any concerns, please let me know. Otherwise, talk to you all next Wednesday,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks and stay safe and healthy!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martin (plus Bill and Wesley)</div><div class=""><span class="tab" style="white-space: pre;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="tab" style="white-space: pre;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="tab" style="white-space: pre;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="">
<div>—<br class="">Prof. Dr. Martin Schulz, Chair of Computer Architecture and Parallel Systems<br class="">Department of Informatics, TU-Munich, Boltzmannstraße 3, D-85748 Garching<br class="">Member of the Board of Directors at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)<br class=""><a href="mailto:schulzm@in.tum.de" class="">Email: schulzm@in.tum.de</a></div>
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