Steve, Thanks for your comments. I'm not a mainline synoptic or mesoscale person so I was reluctant to voice similar views. So what should the next workshop do? In general I think workshops should

1. acquaint attendees with upcoming developments and
2. enable them to do things that need community support in various ways.

Maybe the workshop could be built around "UNIDATA and You" where people would share really nice and useful developments they have created for their own courses (and research programs) which use UNIDATA products. The transfer and adaptation of developments to other sites is not easy so it would be useful to explore various needs that must be met to enable effective sharing. I think PAGE would play a significant role here.