Report from Group 3

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Report from Group 3
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Discussion Points

• Adding people
• What kind of folks?
• How to select? white papers?
• How soon? the next PI meeting?
• Composition of the meeting
• What kinds of talks?
• How to run efficiently as the size grows?
• Co-locate other workshops?

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Adding People

• Need people who will build out of proposed FIND
  ideas
• Find people who will do things we cannot do today
• Co-locating FIND presentations with conferences
  could be good idea
• International guest speakers?
• What is the profile of the people we want to
  include?
• What is OUR profile?
• Before expanding the community, need to know that
  we ARE a community, and define it

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Composition of Meeting

• Meetings need to be smaller, shorter
• Perhaps regional meetings - less travel
• Can bring students
• Also a vote for longer, secluded meeting
• Combine with 2 small 1 plenary
• Parallel sessions
• Meetings need to have better deliverables/agenda
• Part of the agenda could be crisp, and part
  serendipity
• Again, define what we need to accomplish
• Interactivity is key
• Need more time

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Common Issues

• On-line community?
• Seminars, webinars, eventually courses as
  reachout?
• Get students to study/present other groups work
• Incentives - fund pool of joint students
• Time is the fire