Discussion Summaries: About the Discussions

May 18, 2004, 8:00am - 3:30pm, Desert Botanical Garden

After lunch, you will have the opportunity to meet one of the faculty co-chairs for each of the four new Ocotillo Action Groups, where you will have an opportunity to provide ideas and input for this group's activites next year.

In this format, you will move to a different table at specified times. How do you know where to go? If you flip your name tag upward, you will see a row with four numbers. These indicate which tables you should move to for each round in the agenda. The table assignments are randomized, so at each change there will be a different group of people at your table.

So in this example, after lunch, "Jane Maricopa" will go directly to Area 6 for round 1, then she will go to Area 1 at 1:30, Area 4 at 1:45, and finally area 8 at 2:00. You will notice that we are giving more time in the first round to help participants learn the process. A map of the area locations is included on the back of the program. These will be marked inside Webster hall by numbered balloons.

Each retreat participant will have an opportunity to provide inout and interact with one of the co-chairs for each of the new action groups to these questions:

• Why / Why not is this topic important to you? To your college?
• What specific outcomes, tangible products, and/or results would you like to see this Action Group achieve in 2004-2005?
• What kinds of activities would optimize outcomes from this Action Group?
• What concerns or questions do you have for this Action Group?

The summaries of all ideas are listed for each group available from the menu above.