Date: 2024.06.07 Participants: Philippe, Axel, Piyali, Matthias Fabio participated for the first three points on the agenda. Agenda: 1) approval of agenda, incl co-opts 2) secretary of the meeting 3) status on PCUM 4) review of ToR; see http://norlx65.nordita.org/~brandenb/pencil-code/PCSC/ToR/ToR.pdf 5) status on elections 6) review UserMeetings/2024/agenda.txt; see http://pencil-code.nordita.org/UserMeetings/2024/agenda.txt 1) Approval of agenda The agenda was adopted 2) Secretary of the meeting Nils was selected as secretary of the meeting 3) Status on PCUM * Fabio joined for this agenda item * Only 5 people have registered for now * Meeting room for 30 people already booked * People should start thinking about accommodation * Internet connection in the institute is troublesome - due to previous attack. They need to know beforehand if people need access to resources outside the institute, but hopefully everything is OK by September. Fabio will inform participants when time approaches. Axel asks if port 2401 is open (used by CVS). Fabio will check and make sure it works. * Fabio does not know how to proceed with the agenda for the PCUM, since people have not yet informed that they want to give presentations or organize sessions. Philippe says that Fabio only has to make a rough agenda saying when there will be presentations - and an approximate schedule for the week. It is important to have enough time for discussion. Should also allocate time for coding sessions, which may require access to one or two extra small rooms (preferably with screens). * Philippe asked if there is any outlook or plan for any financial support for the meeting. Fabio informed that there is not. * It might be good to have some lectures dedicated to specific modules of the code for newcomers * Matthias would like to inform as many as possible about the GPU ability of the code, and he is therefore wondering if there is a GPU machine at the institute for such demonstrations. Fabio will check. * It was suggested that Fabio approaches specific people and encourage them to register for the meeting with personal invitations * One of the first points on the agenda should be "Summary from the PCSC", which is typically less than 30 min * Another point in the beginning will be "Opening remarks" by Axel * Since no funding is available, one should have a registration fee of around EUR 30 per person. This will cover welcome reception and coffee breaks. * In general, Fabio could use the agenda from last year to prepare a draft agenda for this year's meeting. * Fabio should recommend some accommodations for the participants 4) Review of ToR We need to decide if we should use the word administrator or owner (or something else) to identify those that have rights to add new committers. Everybody should think about a good term until next week. 5) Status on elections Matthias suggest two last weeks of June or from early August on for the next election to the PCSC. It was agreed to have the election end of August. 6) Review UserMeetings/2024/agenda.txt; see This point was done as a part of item 3) Status on PCUM