Project Scientists Meeting
Monday, April 12, 4pm, FL2-1003

Exec cmte met with ECSA.
PS are large part of ECSA.
Up to us PS to offer goals.
Exec cmte foresees that eventually PS will be majority of staff.

Attending:
Jim H, James D, Daran, Jason K, Doug K, John Williams, , , Jordan, Julia, Simone, guy on phone (Jascourt?).

Still need to define PS.
Will PS still be “position based” in the future?
How much institutional commitment is there, really?
PS position seems to vary a lot across divisions, labs, …
Pros and cons of flexibility.

Changing from PS to S.

Topics:
• Transition to S?
• Will there be PS4?
• Codify evaluation criteria
• long-term commitment, core funding?
• How to pay for PS to work on PS issues.