There are no dumb ideas - Please feel free to share any ideas you have, even if they seem implausible for the near-term future. We want people to feel free to think creatively about search.
Do not criticize other people's ideas - This is not a debate, but an opportunity for everyone to feel comfortable sharing the ideas they have.
This is not an instructional session - It is likely that people will raise ideas for improvement when the functionality is already available in Evergreen. That's okay. Spending time to instruct participants on current Evergreen functionality will take away from the core discussion on what an ideal search platform can do. We should view this discussion not only as a way to see where the software can improve, but also to identify where we can improve documentation or make configuration easier. When the focus groups are over, we can follow up with a full report to identify where gaps are between what people think is available and what is really available.
Build on other people's ideas - Sometimes, an idea from somebody else can trigger an idea from you that improves upon the idea. Feel free to build off other people's ideas or offer variations of their ideas.
No talk of specific search platforms - For now, we just want to talk about the functionality that should be available to our users, not the means for getting that search to users. Discussions of platforms should come at a later time.
Stay focused on the questions - The discussion will be most effective if we stay focused on the question on the table.