Introductory Meeting
by Brian Bird

Attendees

• Members: Rick Archibald, Brian Bird, Bong-Sik Kim, Jimmy Mopecha, Leslie Shelton, Shelly Smith, and Victoria Vakarchuk

• Leaders: Deiter Armbruster, Matthias Kawski, and Debbie Olson

• Guests: Horst Thieme, Tim Lant and Cristina Negoita

Things Discussed

• Deiter gave an overview of the program and went over the schedule for the next year.

• Tim and Cristina talked about their experiences from last year (they were both PFMF 1999-2000).

• We had a general question and answer session.

Things Decided

• Brian would prepare this meeting’s minutes

• Jimmy would prepare next meeting minutes

• Leslie and Shelly will work on the website

• We would all share the duties hosting the graduate seminars. The seminars should focus on bringing in speakers from industry to talk about jobs.

• We should have a Fall party for graduate students.

Things To Do

• Find a location for the Fall party.

• Read materials for the September 8^th meeting, 2:00-5:00 p.m., NUR 004