Manny Griego, GCC        Alan Levine, MCLI
  Bob Albury, GCC          Pat Case, RSC
  Rosemary Kesler, GWCC    Brad Kincaid, MCC
  Doug Sawyer, SCC         Ted Wolter, CGCC
  Mary Long, SMCC          Chris MacCrate, EMCC
  Jackie Moran, MCLI       Tracy Price, MCLI 
  Naomi Story, MCLI 

2. What is it, as Ocotillo chairs, would you like to come out of this year's retreat?

• A better understanding of district issues and local college issues - who is responsible?
• Common efforts/strategies to be shared - issues that affect all campuses;
• Each college present a topic, share their results/strategies - ask for help from other colleges that may have 'solved' the issue;
• Sharing of where each college is their technology plan; How does each college deal with specific issues?
• Choose 5 issues to focus on and try and resolve at the meeting;

Common elements for technology plans - structured vs. non-structured?
The group decided that they would prefer structured issues/day vs. non structured perhaps for some Open Spaces Forum format. These were the issues brainstormed:

• Access [remote, student, faculty]
• Technology staff [hiring, keeping]
• Assessment and evaluation
• Financial support [user fees]
• Faculty development
• Distance learning
• Competetion
• Trends, change, the future
• Non-computer technology
• Non-technology issues
• Relations between faculty and staff
• Part-time faculty issues
• Use of existing technology
• Infrastructure standards
• FTSE
• Year 2,000
• License compliance
• Student e-mail
• Copyright

Timeslots/Logisitcs at the Retreat
The location is Flagstaff. We can accomodate about 175 people total.

Tuesday, May 19, 1998

• 11:30 - 12:00 Arrive at Flagstaff and hotel(s) check-in
• 1:30 - Event registration at duBois Conference Center (south side of town)
• 1:30 - 5:30 - Work on activities
• 5:30 - 7:30 - Dinner at duBois
• 7:30 - 9:00 - Evening activity? Danny Griego's Country Thunder? Doug Sawyer's Blues Band Lynwood Flyers?

  Wednesday, May 20, 1998

• 7:30 - 8:30 - Breakfast at duBois Center
• 8:30 - 11:30 - Work on activities
• 11:30 - 12:00 - Check out and departure for participants
• 12:00 - 3:00 - Lunch and follow-up for Chairs

Format questions: Can we have introduce each topic as a whole group ("15 minutes") and then breakout into college team discussions?

The group agreed on 10 attendees per college + equation weighted by number fo full-time faculty at each college for the remaining 50-75 spots.

NOTE! NOTE! Unlike previously advertised, the NAU web.98 conference has been movied a week later to May 28-30!

Invited guests? Facilitator(s)?

• If we get a speaker, we want one who will speak to a specific issue related to the retreat - Maybe someone close to home.
• Alan suggested Phil Long - because he has developed a student techology plan.
• The group would prefer a speaker to charge up the audience for 10 - 20 minutes rather than lecture to them all day.
• The group want 'seasoned' facilitators - maybe event panel experts for each issue; Naomi suggested the faculty-staff developers; Mary suggested each campus strategic conversation facilitator; Chris suggested the TQM people.

Future

• Team discussion of possible issues - narrow items for retreat discussion;
• Look over last year's issues [handout] and see if we need to follow-up on any issues listed.
• Open Space Forum for part of the agenda??

• Next Meeting: Friday, March 6, 1998,2:00 - 4:00 p.m. District office - Room 311

  Agenda Items:

  • Narrowing the list of Retreat Agenda Items
  • Decide on Speaker/No Speaker