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Lois Purcell is working on a tabular inventory of procedures for use by both institutions and has chatted with Irina about platforms for documentation. There is a tension related to the question of flexibility in documentation methods with the need to archive TSI project information centrally. We will invite Lois to the next JSMIN meeting (on Nov. 13th) to pursue discuss further the state of our plans for documentation.
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We talked a bit about whether the need for measurement and assessment, especially through empirical methods, has changed since our change in perspective on TSI. The answer seems generally to be no, but ; we still want to be careful not to pursue collaborative work that yields no clear net value for the 2CUL institutions, apart from the "intangibles" we stand to gain through relationship-building during the project period.
The Phase 2 functional working group charges, which date back to last spring, are starting to become out of date as we move forward with TSI as initiative. We should probably review them systematically in the new year. In the meantime, working groups should feel free to flip their charges – that is, to let their progress in with the new TSI model generate their goals rather than vice versa. Since we see our current work as more "natural" and fluid, as well as experimental, working groups should feel comfortable engaging in this kind of tinkering.