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===An Invitation to Users===

The growth of cluster computing has been nurtured by a strong
community of designers, users, and vendors. Current cluster
technology however, is not without it's challenges. Issues such as
best practices, standards, benchmarking, education, and third party
software are often cited as "hold backs" to the continued
growth of the market.

Meeting these challenges as individuals is a daunting task.
However, as a community, we have the ability to identify and address
these issues. ClusterMonkey.net has teamed with community leaders
as a first step toward advancing the cluster market and community.

Our goal is to produce a document, called "The Cluster
Agenda", which will begin to address the needs of the community.
The "Agenda" is expected to be a living document updated
each year by the community. Used as a guide, the Agenda will benefit
both the current cluster community and those who wish to enter the
community (i.e. Industrial Users, Independent Software Vendors, and
Others).

The Agenda will become a road map that details best practices and
help navigate the important choice points facing users of cluster
technology. The Agenda will not be an attempt to standardize or pick
winners.

Community input will be critical to the success of this
initiative. We will be soliciting further input from the community very soon.
Our goal is to include everyone and focus on what the community
needs. The following are the milestone events that will be used to
develop the Agenda document (tentative do to re-scheduling).

* September 2005: Launch Wiki and create the document
* November 2005: Draft Version "The Cluster Agenda 2006" will be available.
* January 2006: General Release at this time.

As a member of the community, your
action item is to join the conversation. Initial discussions will be
collected from the on-line [http://www.clustermonkey.net/agenda/agendaform.html form]
and will culminate in a community release of the document. The
[http://www.clustermonkey.net/ Cluster Monkey] Website and
Beowulf mailing list will also serve as a source of announcements and
discussion. Once the framework is established, we will begin to build
out the content for a final release at the end of the year.
The Cluster Agenda will be a freely available
document.

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 develop the Agenda document (tentative do to re-scheduling).
-* '''December 2005:''' Launch Wiki and create the document.
+* '''December 2005:''' Launch Wiki and start creating the document.
 * ''' August 2006:'''  Draft Version "The Cluster Agenda 2007" will be available.
 * ''' November 2006:''' General Release of the 2007 printed version at SC06 in Tampa.

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 develop the Agenda document (tentative do to re-scheduling).
-* December 2005: Launch Wiki and create the document.
+* '''December 2005:''' Launch Wiki and create the document.
-* August 2006:  Draft Version "The Cluster Agenda 2007" will be available.
+* ''' August 2006:'''  Draft Version "The Cluster Agenda 2007" will be available.
-* November 2006: General Release of 2007 printed version at SC06 in Tampa.
+* ''' November 2006:''' General Release of the 2007 printed version at SC06 in Tampa.
 As a member of the community, your

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