Every group needs a leader, but this person's responsibilities are not "leading" as much as "facilitating."

Here's what you need to do now:
Exchange emails within your group.
Select a Team Leader  (suggestion - someone participating for SOU credit)
Create Mission and Goals Statement for this web site
Team member list and picture on web site

Here's when your group needs to meet:
Plan 1st synchronous online meeting for October. 
At least one F2F meeting sometime in November. 
Plan ahead for a focus group meeting in  February, March, and April.

Here's the big picture:
Each focus group will explore topics/tools together relating to their subject-area focus.  Monthly discussion topics and responses to each others posts will be part of the graded coursework if you are participating in the SOU 2 credit course option.
In our third whole-group Showcase meeting in the spring your Focus Group will have  presentation time in which to share your Focus Group's project and/or artifacts of learning. 

Focus Group Projects:
This is intentionally left ambiguous to allow for free expression.  Think of yourselves as pioneer-era tracker/guides sent out to explore the terrain and regather in "a year and a day."  The concept is that you'll be presenting to the rest of us a map that shows us where your dusty feet have trod this year in your explorations.  Don't be afraid to tell us about things you tried that didn't work the way you hoped they would.  It's okay to tell us about cool things that your group tried or discussed that was nowhere near where you thought your Focus Group would be going. 
You'll be allocated 20 minutes for sharing time, but expect an additional 10 minutes of questions/discussion.