1. SFT Group Meeting Feb 3 rd, 2006  SFT Group News John Harvey  News from PH management Michael Doser  Report from DTF Forum Andreas Pfeiffer  Main goals for LCG/AA in ‘06 Pere Mato  AOB

2. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Staff Movements Jan Iwaszkiewicz started Dec 1 st 2005  doctoral student working on PROOF Johane Benard left end of January 2006 Richard Maunder will be leaving us end February  GL Viewer (3D graphics), demo - displays of LHC detectors, work can start on event display (hits/tracks)  thanks........... Predrag Buncic will join SFT beginning of April  ALICE, author of ALIEN, Grid middleware (IT) Torbjorn Sjostrand will join SFT again beginning of April to resume his work on Pythia 8 Ben Lloyd (Tech Student) will start July 1 st  GDML – supervisor is Witek

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6. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s Summer Students Project Supervisor/Backup 1. ROOT/GUI : Ilka Antcheva / Bertrand Bellenot 2. ROOT/Graphics: Olivier Couet / Ilka Antcheva 3. ROOT/Reflex: Stefan Roiser / Axel Naumann 4. ROOT/Math: Lorenzo Moneta / Anna Kreshuk 5. SIMU/Phys Val Alberto Ribon / Gunter Folger 6. SIMU/GDML Witek Pokorski / Gabriele Cosmo 7. Geant4/Hadronics Gunter Folger / Alberto Ribon 8. Geant4/Geometry Vladimir Grichine / Gabriele Cosmo

7. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s MAPS 2006 (1) Various improvements made to MAPS report  various routing problems fixed  easier to hand form back and forth before ‘signing off’  training section changed – enter directly course/conference  notice that proposal for change of salary band now in form 2006 CERN MAPS Timetable (N.B. timeout messages)  MAPS interview 15 th March  Assessment GL 15 th April  Staff member comments 30 th April  Advancement proposals 15 th May  Approval by DG 25 th June  Decision effective July 1 st  MAPS back to Staff Member by 15 th July

8. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s MAPS 2006 (2) PH department timetable  Deadline for advancement proposals March 1 st  Divisional Assessment Board meets March 7 th This year we will be pushed to finish in time (CHEP06) Please try to complete exercise as soon as possible

9. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s CHEP06 DepartReturn 1Apostolakis1118 2Brun618 3Cosmo1118 4Ganis820 5Mato1118 6Moneta918 7Pfeiffer1118 8Pokorski1118 9Rademakers622/23 10Ribon1118 11Roiser1118 Strongly recommend talk rehearsals Posters can be reused to update those in Bat 32 and Bat 2  see Nathalie

10. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s CDS Agenda >>> INDICO CDS Agenda system is being replaced by INDICO  same tool that was used for CHEP04 PH (including SFT) has already been migrated:  Group meetings  ROOT Meetings  Geant4 tutorial

11. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s 5 year Review To examine financial and social conditions affecting CERN’s personnel Aim – “to maintain CERN’s competitiveness as an employer” Data collected from similar organisations for comparison Management proposals under discussion  increase salary maxima in most CPs by extension of ECE zones  elimination of orange zone  periodicity of advancement maintained up to CP F x2 #steps, each new increment ~0.5 current increment  better modulation of merit (0,1,2,3,>3)  international allowance (9% or 12% of basic salary fixed -CPa0)  increase family and child allowances by 20%-30%  creation of a crèche facility  fellows : junior + senior – payment levels linked to seniority

12. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s 5 year Review Staff Association presentation Thursday Feb 9 th at 14.30 in Council Chamber As far as I know changes will be implemented for 2007 (at the earliest) Consultation with departments on-going. Feedback on anomalies being given Paper copy of slides prepared by HR available from Nathalie

13. SFT S o F T w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t f o r E x p e r i m e n t s New Contract Policy...is now in place see Admin circular No 2 (rev 3)  Nathalie has paper copy (french version only) – just published Main ingredients are :  LD contracts are normally for a period of 4 years (can be shorter)  evaluation of staff member takes place in 4 th year  department organises a review twice per year  committee comprises DL, HR, 2 reps from other departments  review may result in offer of prolongation of LD or award of INDEF In transition period staff members on LD contracts awarded under previous rules will be evaluated in their 5 th year.