We are the members of the iPres Working Group convened at the iPres 2018 conference. We are writing to share an update about some iPres 2018 activities and outcomes with you, the iPres community:

·       the iPres 2018 Organizing Team hosted the first iPres Community Open House with an extended discussion that included the existence and status of the iPres Charter that the Steering Group adopted when it started in 2009

·       the iPres 2018 program included the iPres 15th Anniversary Panels including suggestion and observations about iPres looking ahead, including how the iPres community might become more involved

·       after discussing these issues during its annual meeting at the iPres 2018 meeting, the iPres Steering Group approved this working group to review the iPres Charter, seek community feedback, and develop recommendations to be shared with STG and the iPres community

 

Our working group will seek feedback from the iPres community in a number of ways:

·       share the current version of the charter for community review and comment

·       develop and share a brief survey to gather additional information  

·       coordinate with interested individuals or groups by email, internet call, or other means to ensure that issues and concerns are heard and included

 

We are seeking two volunteers from the iPres community to join the working group.

If you are interested, please send a message by January 25 with the following information to [log in to unmask]:

Full Name:

Affiliation:

Country of Residence:

Preferred email address:

Number of iPres conferences attended:

Please provide a brief explanation of why you would like to join iPres Working Group.

Check here if you would like to join the new iPres Interest Group [   ]  

 

iPres Interest Group: We are hoping to hear from lots of community members and we can only pick two volunteers to keep the group to a workable size, so everyone who expresses interest will be added to the iPres Interest Group (or you can opt out). We hope the iPres Interest Group will provide another channel for feedback and start an ongoing community discussion about the future pathway for iPres. We will share joining information for the iPres Interest Group when we have established the communications channel(s) for the group.

 

Look forward to hearing from you!

 

iPres Working Group:

Nance McGovern (Co-Chair)

Seamus Ross (Co-Chair)

Helen Tibbo

William Kilbride