The Committee discussed at some length the formal of the session, issues in mixing Macintosh and PC users, the continued crippled status of the PC network, the mixed audience of novice and expert users, and so on. We decided to begin the colloquium with small group discussions designed to generate issues and share knowledge and complete the colloquium with presentations followed by discussion. Knutson and Hesse will draft a more specific plan and bring it to the next meeting. Home Page Hesse asked the Committee for ideas in developing an official Writing Program Home Page, perhaps building on work the Mark Haas and Ginger Mooney have done previously. Someone needs to devote considerable work to developing the page and coding materials on it.
Someone needs regularly to update and oversee the page materials.
The Writing Committee needs to review and approve the page. The committee would be pleased to assign the task to an interested volunteer or group of volunteers, but it's chancey the work would be completed in a timely fashion. A full time research assistant, perhaps following the justification for the publications unit, would be most desirable but probably isn't financially feasible. Perhaps the Committee can hire someone out of Stipes funds to develop the page initially. Hesse will explore options and report at a future meeting.