2023-08-02 Communications WG Meeting notes

Date

Aug 2, 2023

Attendees

Name	Organization	Role	Present?

Name	Organization	Role	Present?
Andrea Pitkus	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Steering Committee member	No
Eric Crugnale		Steering Committee member	Yes
Nanguneri Nirmala		Steering Committee member	Yes
Mehdi Nassiri	Indiana University	Steering Committee member	No

Agenda

Workgroup Leadership
- All chosen Workgroup leaders are to be Co-Chairs (as per Shield Community Charter). At least one selected leader must be a Steering Committee member.
·Review/Develop Workgroup Charge
- Workgroup charges shall include the Workgroup's purpose, leadership, objectives, scope, deliverables, timeline, and proposed Member participation
- Draft purpose: The Branding and Communication Workgroup is responsible for communicating information, recommendations, accomplishments and other work product of the SHIELD Community. The Workgroup will strive to deliver these communications in a consistent, effective and professional manner through various communication channels including, web, email, industry publications, industry conferences, webinars, white papers and other means as required.
Discuss Recruiting additional Workgroup members
Review/Modify list of potential initiatives
- First initiative: IVD Vendor Outreach as per Steering Committee
Prioritize initiatives
Set initial goals/deliverables
Meeting cadence and schedule

Discussion topics

Only 2 members were in attendance.

Discussed need to attract additional membership to this workgroup in order for it to be effective
Discussed creating a one-page SHIELD overview document
Discussed meeting cadence and settled on bi-weekly meetings at this point
Discussed idea of creating Calendar/Event page within Confluence where members can find all SHIELD-related meeting invites.
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Time	Item	Presenter	Notes

Time	Item	Presenter	Notes

Action items

Create one-page SHIELD overview - Eric to begin to look into this based upon existing content that is already available

Create Meeting Calendar Page - Check for Confluence templates, ask Riki - Eric will investigate

Contact IVD Vendors to solicit greater representation in SHIELD - Eric to followup with Riki on scope of this request (came out of last Steering Committee)

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