The problem that has been discussed previously in SC meetings and at the May 2025 IDS Face-to-Face Meeting is that the IDS WG needs to revitalize itself. We have been discussing the problem as a regular topic at SC Meetings since then, but we have not come to any real solutions.
Right now, the only IDS Meetings are the IDS Sessions that are part of the quarterly PSG Face-to-Face Meetings and the only topics we discuss is IDS involvement in the work of the HCD iTC. This is important tangentially to PWG, but the IDS WG is not at present doing anything directly related to the goals of the PWG. To be sustainable IDS has to expand into new areas, and the need for new blood to do this is important because at some point my involvement in IDS will be fazing back as I fully embrace retirement.
I am asking the current IDS membership to be included in this discussion one more time via email if they have any thoughts on how to revitalize the IDS Working Group, and more importantly if they want to be involved in the IDS Working Group in some capacity.
Towards that end, the August 2025 PWG Virtual Face-to-Face Meetings will be held next week on Tuesday - Wednesday, August 12-13,2025. There will be an IDS Session as part of those meetings from 10 -11A - 12N on Wednesday, August 13th. If time permits, we will have a discussion of the IDS future. The link to the meeting can be found at this URL - https://www.pwg.org/chair/meeting-info/august-2025-virtual.html.
Alan
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