I was a Data Acquisition expert in Run I and I'm doing it again for Run II.
Committee work anyone? I don't know if this counts as physics but it is certainly time-consuming and certainly is a service. At some level, it is at least an honor to be selected. Here's the clip from my Curriculum Vitae:
"Provided service to the DØ Collaboration by serving on several committees: Data Tier committee (designing the DST and thumbnail formats), L3 tracking review committee, tracking algorithm review committee. Editorial Board (EB128) for 630 photon cross section analysis."
These minbias Monte Carlo event generators don't get much use. Everybody just asks to use the data I've already generated...
This was the software filter for Run I. In Run II, the analogous system is dubbed "Level 3".