The activity is steered and progress monitored by 6-monthly meetings of the NSF-JRA management committee (NSF-JRAC) comprising one representative from each participant of the consortia. These meetings generally take place at each of the member neutron facilities in turn, and will include a public session for ensuring a good interaction with other scientists and NMI3 members. The NSF-JRA meetings are chaired by the co-ordinator. Decisions are taken in agreement with the NMI3 Consortium Agreement. Short progress reports of each of the participating teams are solicited 4 weeks before the NSF-JRA meeting. These reports, together with the agenda and further meeting details, are then distributed to all representatives from each participant by the chairman. Consolidated actions, notes and copies of the slides resulting from the meeting are published on this web site no later than a month after the meeting. This provides a route for rapid communication, protection and dissemination of the knowledge produced within the framework of the activity. By comparison with the agreed milestones defined above, progress are monitored and resources agreed for the continuation of each task at each meeting.

The activity of the NSF-JRA is strongly correlated with the "Polarised Neutron Techniques" Joint Research Activity (PNT-JRA). Therefore, in order to ensure the harmonization of development work in polarised neutron scattering, several NSF and PNT JRA meetings will be organised together with a common session.

For efficiently implementing 3He neutron spin filters on actual instruments and new generation spectrometers, the NSF–JRA consortium also plans to collaborate with the participants of the "Monte Carlo simulation of Neutron Scattering Instrumentation" Joint Research Activity (MCNSI-JRA). The addition of spin filters to the library of the McStas and VITESS software would provide valuable comparison, e.g. Heusler polarising monochromator versus a combination of an optimised focusing Cu monochromator with a NSF.