1. CompuSteer Member Services

2. CompuSteer Objectives  Establish a computational steering community, especially targetting application- oriented members  Generate new proposals to funding bodies  Bring added value to existing research  Chart the computational steering literature

3. Travel Bursaries  Overall budget of £40k, with £6k committed so far on 3 grants  Guideline figure per bursary of £2k to £3k  2-page application  Anonymous review >3 assessment categories – technical soundness, feasibility, relevance to CompuSteer objectives >Marked out of 5 and summed >Threshold 10, no mark < 3

4. Bursaries - Future Priorities  Further new collaborations  Follow-on funding for existing collaborations?  Generate input to national initiatives  Establish post-network status and mechanisms

5. Workshops  Overall budget £4.5k,  £1.2k committed  Presentations by bursary holders  Keynote and invited presentations  Discussion and networking opportunities  Future events: >Hull or elsewhere? >Same format or different – a summer school?

6. Web Site  Electronic registration  Skills matrix for partner search >Searchable?  Bulletin board: RO for public, RW for members  Literature database? >Paper classification scheme?

7. Post-network (Jan 2008)  Only 15 months to go!  Need to maintain momentum and critical mass  Needs a working group >Volunteers! >Could be a travel bursary if someone leads