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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Following our discussion at the last MCT meeting, I said I would follow up by email regarding the next steps for Deliverable D3.2, which is
<u>due in M12</u>. The deliverable is titled <b>“Operations, Interoperability and Training”</b> and is intended to provide a progress update on how PIXEurope will operate in practice, including the centralised Gateway, Open Access and operational procedures,
 KPI monitoring, interoperability between partners, and training and knowledge transfer to ensure that all partners are working to common procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Operations is quite a broad topic, so my suggestion is that we structure the deliverable into three main sections:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Operations (with sub-sections on Gateway, Open Access, and Data Management)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
Interoperability<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
Training<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">I believe we can pull quite a bit of material for this deliverable from the intermediate reports and other existing documents, but we will probably need some new content, particularly around the plans for the
 Gateway, as I don’t think this has been described in detail anywhere yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">In terms of gathering the content, I was thinking we could divide responsibility roughly as follows, with one lead partner per section and specific partners supporting and contributing to those sections:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b>Gateway:</b> <u>ICFO</u> to lead, with support and input from Tyndall, TU/e and AMIRES<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<b>Open Access:</b> <u>TU/e </u>to lead, with support and input from ICFO, Tyndall and AMIRES<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<b>Data Management:</b> <u>AMIRES</u> to lead (this was my understanding from the Steering Committee discussion in Barcelona, but please correct me if I have that wrong), with support and input from ICFO, Tyndall and TU/e<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<b>Interoperability:</b> <u>Tyndall</u> to lead, with support and input from ICFO, TU/e and AMIRES<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<b>Training:</b> <u>Tyndall</u> to lead, with support and input from ICFO, TU/e and AMIRES<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Tyndall would then take responsibility for pulling the full deliverable together and submitting it, based on the inputs from each section lead and supporting partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Could you let me know if you are happy with:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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The overall structure<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo9">
The proposed leads for each section, and whether specific inputs are needed from any other partners<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#2F5496;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo9">
Whether you think anything important is missing at this stage<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">If it would be helpful, I am happy to set up a short meeting to align on the content and responsibilities. I know everyone is busy, so it may be easier to handle this over email, but I am very happy to arrange
 a call if that would be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Once we are aligned on this, I will draft an outline of the report from one of the recent templates and will contact the relevant section leads so that we can start gathering the material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Thanks all. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Padraic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Padraic Morrissey</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Senior Technology Programme Manager</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;background:#FCFCFF;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Photonics Packaging and Systems Integration Group</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">
<span style="background:#FCFCFF">| Tyndall National Institute </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 021-234 6106</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:padraic.morrissey@tyndall.ie"><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">padraic.morrissey@tyndall.ie</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/padraicm"><span style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">www.linkedin.com/in/padraicm</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tyndall.ie "><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">www.tyndall.ie </span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"> |  </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#2F5496;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Lee
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