No common venue

•  UMSFP does not have a common venue for the ten groups to congregate; meetings are held at different locations
• Lack of visiting center is communication barrier 

No faculty representative

• 6 graduate students involved, but no permanent staff facilitator 
• Poor communication across sub-groups
• One representative from each group
• Group representatives communicate via email
• Information gap

Lack of support

• No independent access to funds
• Projects must be approved
• Lag in productivity