1. 6 March 2006 G4NAMU Organizational Issues J. Perl 1 SLAC - Redwood Room 6 March 2006 http://geant4.slac.stanford.edu/g4namu/ Geant4 North American Medical Users Organization - G4NAMU Discussion Topic: Geant4 Organizational Issues

2. 6 March 2006 G4NAMU Organizational Issues J. Perl 2 Membership G4NAMU's current membership includes 70 members from 32 institutions throughout Canada and the United States. Current subscribers to the mailing list (page 1 of 3): SLAC: Joseph Perl, Makoto Asai, Jeremy McCormick, Dennis Wright, Abner Soffer SLAC: Joseph Perl, Makoto Asai, Jeremy McCormick, Dennis Wright, Abner Soffer Harvard & Mass General: Harald Paganetti, Xing-Qi Lu, Christina Jarlskog, Joao Seco Harvard & Mass General: Harald Paganetti, Xing-Qi Lu, Christina Jarlskog, Joao Seco UCSF: Bruce Faddegon, Inder Daftari, Philippe Després UCSF: Bruce Faddegon, Inder Daftari, Philippe Després ULaval: Jean-François Carrier, Luc Beaulieu, Louis Archambault, Vincent Hubert Tremblay ULaval: Jean-François Carrier, Luc Beaulieu, Louis Archambault, Vincent Hubert Tremblay CHUQ: Luc Gingras CHUQ: Luc Gingras UPenn: Steven Avery, Dickson Goulart, Jim McDonough UPenn: Steven Avery, Dickson Goulart, Jim McDonough Stanford: Todd Pawlicki, Gary Luxton, Lei Xing Stanford: Todd Pawlicki, Gary Luxton, Lei Xing Louisiana State University: Blair Smith Louisiana State University: Blair Smith Fox Chase: Charlie Ma, Jiajin Fan, Jinsheng Li Fox Chase: Charlie Ma, Jiajin Fan, Jinsheng Li (continued on next slide…) (continued on next slide…)

3. 6 March 2006 G4NAMU Organizational Issues J. Perl 3 Membership (continued) Current subscribers to the mailing list (continued): McGill: Emily Poon, Frank Verhaegen, Jan Seuntjens McGill: Emily Poon, Frank Verhaegen, Jan Seuntjens Triumf: Peter Gumplinger, Frederick Jones Triumf: Peter Gumplinger, Frederick Jones Memorial Sloan-Kettering: C. Ross Schmidtlein, Assen Kirov, Sadek Nehmeh, Christopher Danford Memorial Sloan-Kettering: C. Ross Schmidtlein, Assen Kirov, Sadek Nehmeh, Christopher Danford Johns Hopkins: Ben Tsui, Jingyan Xu, Eric Frey, Mikhail Shilov, Yong Du Johns Hopkins: Ben Tsui, Jingyan Xu, Eric Frey, Mikhail Shilov, Yong Du University of Arkansas: Hongyu Jiang, Xuejun Weng, Yulong Yan University of Arkansas: Hongyu Jiang, Xuejun Weng, Yulong Yan Jefferson Lab: Paul Gueye, Stan Majewski, Mark Smith, David Hamlette, Michael Epps, Marion MacCormic Jefferson Lab: Paul Gueye, Stan Majewski, Mark Smith, David Hamlette, Michael Epps, Marion MacCormic Advanced Laser Light Source: Jean-Claude Kieffer, Jean-Philippe Moreau Advanced Laser Light Source: Jean-Claude Kieffer, Jean-Philippe Moreau University of Wisconsin – Madison: Hazim A Jaradat University of Wisconsin – Madison: Hazim A Jaradat INRS: Francois Vidal, Sylvain Fourmaux, Ludovic Lecherbourg, Rémy Toth INRS: Francois Vidal, Sylvain Fourmaux, Ludovic Lecherbourg, Rémy Toth Université de Sherbrooke: Daniel Houde Université de Sherbrooke: Daniel Houde (continued on next slide…) (continued on next slide…)

4. 6 March 2006 G4NAMU Organizational Issues J. Perl 4 Membership (continued) Current subscribers to the mailing list (continued): University of Alberta: Robert Fedosejev, Craig Unick University of Alberta: Robert Fedosejev, Craig Unick Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Dan Fry Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Dan Fry Texas A&M: Yong Chen Texas A&M: Yong Chen University of Washington: Ruth Schmitz University of Washington: Ruth Schmitz Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont: Brigitte Reniers Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont: Brigitte Reniers University of Minnesota: Lihong Qin University of Minnesota: Lihong Qin Xoft Inc.: Steve Axelrod Xoft Inc.: Steve Axelrod Rensselaer Polytechnic: Bryan Bednarz Rensselaer Polytechnic: Bryan Bednarz Giorgia Tech: Ioannis Sechopoulos Giorgia Tech: Ioannis Sechopoulos University of Arizona: Don Wilson University of Arizona: Don Wilson EXELAR Medical Corp & Rush Univ: Gocha Khelashvili EXELAR Medical Corp & Rush Univ: Gocha Khelashvili University of Florida: Yuxin Feng University of Florida: Yuxin Feng

5. 6 March 2006 5G4NAMU Organizational Issues J. Perl Organizational Issues As you can see from the previous slides, we have a large group of people who want to be in touch with each other. What do we want to do with this organization? Should we form into working groups? Brachytherapy External Beam Therapy Imaging Validation - for example, to respond to the ANS CMPWG Benchmark Activity? Other organizational issues?