Workshop structure
For those who arrive by dinner time Friday, we'll organize an informal get-together dinner at a restaurant close to the Silver Cloud Inn. People should congregate in the Silver Cloud's lounge around 7pm.

Saturday morning will consist of presentations by selected participating VIGRE sites, discussing what has worked, what they have discovered (perhaps even accidentally), and what things have not turned out as well as originally planned. We'll also hear from Tom Russell at DMS about the NSF's prespectives.

After a break for lunch, we'll discuss future directions for efforts to increase participation in the mathematical sciences, in the context of upcoming NSF initiatives. One goal is to supply DMS with "nuggets" of successes from VIGRE sites. Another is to make constructive suggestions to NSF for improving VIGRE and its relatives.

The Workshop will conclude on Saturday evening with a no-host social hour and dinner at Ivar's Salmon House, a Seattle tradition.