NPPS Leadership Team

[Gene Van Buren <gene AT bnl.gov>]

Hi, all

Sharing my two cents, with the admission that I don't generally attend these 
coffees as I'm not a morning person (and my child tends to dominate the 
mornings I have), so I may not fully appreciate the needs:

If a coffee session has a focus topic, it will be treated like a meeting: 
more people may attend as they will begin to feel an obligation to do so (I 
would personally feel obligated to attend an NP-specific coffee session). I 
think this runs counter to the "just show up if you want to chat informally" 
principle of a coffee time, as well as counter to the cross-polination that 
can come from just listening in to something that isn't specific to your 
field.

I've also got the post-work-from-home time in mind: it shouldn't completely 
replace people seeing each other and informally gathering along the halls, 
but this online coffee session could continue to be useful for those who 
aren't at the BNL offices and could be held whether or not Torre's there to 
host it.

Thanks,
-Gene