Welcome, opening remarks by Dr. Bekkala. Comments by participants. Sharing of ideas, cost effectiveness, cross disciplinary content, wide range of experience and knowledge levels, variety of resources. Participants could share lists of needs and match with others' expertise.
Issues cover a broad range.
Common interests will be more clearly identified after subsequent meetings. Dr. Bekkala suggested a training session comparing standard ladder logic and structured language programming methods for a specific problem. Identify a few needs and solve them. List problems and resources and match. Matching needs and resources may be the most attractive to prospective members.