This has been an interesting discussion. I have done some thinking about it and wonder if the differentiation between PI and CI methods is about the end result.
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It makes sense to look at the world based on experience; however, I'm not sure that I am convinced of the logic that all practitioners need the same things from SCIP.
My question is:
Does a CI vendor with 5 or 10 years of experience (perhaps runni…
The biggest challenge that I see before SCIP is developing a plan to address the various stakeholders in the membership. There are distinct groups and they have different needs and requirements from the organization. For example, academics have a di…
It seems that in this thread, people (myself included) are discussing whether to keep SCIP as an umbrella organization or whether we as a community will splinter into a myriad of competing organizations. I wonder if that decision has not already bee…
I've read this thread pretty closely and this question continues to resonate. What does F&S Institute get from "bailing out SCIP"? And if nothing is changing at SCIP, how is the money situation going to get any better, won't the money run out again?
I really like the idea of getting other professionals into the room to talk CI. We spend so much time talking about how to make CI valuable to our organizations and things we can do as CI professionals to raise our profile, it would be great to have…
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