This are contains general information about Ocotillo, meetings, notes, timelines, and things brewing in the Ocotillo laboratory.

To track Ocotillo activity, the best route is to review the summary of the monthly meetings of the roundtable chairs. To learn more about what is going on at each college, contact the chair or visit the web sites listed from the roundtable directory.

• Ocotillo Roundtable Directory listing of faculty chairs, DI co-chairs and links to college roundtable web sites.
• 1997-98 Meetings schedule and links to meeting summaries
• 1997-98 Timeline tentatively speaking!!
• Reading (and other materials) List that have been shared with the chairs. Copies of articles are available also from MCLI (contact Tracy Price, 1-8296 for details)

• Web Board Discussion Area about Ocotillo. This is a new version of some web scripts for creating online discussion areas. "Someday, 'A1' will only refer to a steak sauce!" -- anonymous

• Reviews of Technology Planning video conferences, sponsored by Ocotillo. Videotapes and handouts are available from MCLI Library (contact Tracy Price, 1-8296 for details)
  • "Technology: Putting the Pieces Together, Technology Planning Strategies" 11/17/97
  • "Implementing Campus Technology Support Strategies" 12/9/97

• Ocotillo Retreat 1997 where the "new" Ocotillo was really hatched, and the preliminary roundtables formed.
  • Agenda
  • Discussion WebBoard
  • Guidelines for Ocotillo Roundtable Structure

• Summer 97 Working Ideas that the faculty chairs researched.
• Using the Telephone Conferencing System which we tried using for the first meetings in the Fall of 1997. We found that an in-person format, while less convenient in terms of travel distance, was much more prodcutive than trying to meet via the phone conference system.
• Manny Griego's Summary of the AAHE/TLTR Workbook Tasks