From: Karynne Kleine <karynne.kleine@gcsu.edu>
To: "ecus@list.gcsu.edu" <ecus@list.gcsu.edu>, Barbara Roquemore
        <barbara.roquemore@gcsu.edu>, Craig Turner <craig.turner@gcsu.edu>, Howard
 Woodard <howard.woodard@gcsu.edu>, joe windish <joe.windish@gcsu.edu>,
        Karynne Kleine <karynne.kleine@gcsu.edu>, Lee Digiovanni
        <lee.digiovanni@gcsu.edu>, Nancy Davis Bray <nancy.davisbray@gcsu.edu>
CC: Ken Farr <ken.farr@gcsu.edu>, David Muschell <david.muschell@gcsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:24:38 -0400
Subject: follow-up to GRPWG meeting today
 
Hello All,
 This is a combination of notes from today?s meeting as well follow-up to questions we had.
1)      I talked to Ken McGill and he is getting the word out that the forum will not begin until 3:30, after the retreat social.  PLEASE encourage folks to stay for the forum!
2)      Ken Farr?I ?cc??d you on this in case you need anything.  Please let me know. You & David M are slated to offer concurrent sessions on Parliamentary Procedure from 9:30-10:30.
3)      We refined  the task for 11:20-11:40 (after parallel session II)?Nancy is in charge, Lee will make a facilitator?s guide for standing committee chairs (Thanks Lee who is also making sign-in sheets), participants will be asked to get into standing committee groups and veterans and fledglings will exchange information from the morning session.
4)      I was contacted by Matthew Buchanan from Academic Affairs and he has indicated that I can charge folders, pens, name tags etc to the President?s account
5)      We are uncertain whether Joe & Craig?s session on the handbook needs anything from us (Guys-is this a hard copy or an electronic handbook?)
6)      I will purchase 3 $10 giftcards for ?Bingo? at the end and asked to be reimbursed.
7)      We will meet at WCC on Monday at 11 a.m. to put packets together.  We will meet at 8:30 on the morning of the retreat.
 
Finally, Howard--Our session from 9:30 ? 10:30 goes as follows:
 For the first 5 minutes ask people to vent with someone nearby them about what?s wrong with Senate (or really anything, for that matter) (10 min)
 Then for about 5 minutes ask people to privately self-assess how they balance the tension that ensues because they are representatives of a particular constituency but they are also citizens of the university. Ask them to think about any situations where this has been an issue.  Ask them when decisions have to be made how do they (if they do) ensure that they use their power for the good of the university community.  In pairs or trios they are to come up with recommendations for beginning senators regarding this dilemma.  (15 min)
 Changing gears ask them to identify the issue that has been the most controversial and/or hardest to steer.  Tell how it was steered.  Then ask them to consider ways that issues that must be considered by more than one committee might be handled?for instance an alternate meeting time for two committees to meet about 1 issue. Share recommendations (20 min).
  Finally the whole group should make up a list of ?a good senator does?? recommendations to share with the other group at the retrospective. If time report out (15 min)
 
I think that?s it.  GRPWG members, thanks for all of your help and patience.  See you at 11 a.m. on 8/9 and at 8:30 on 8/11.
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         Dr. Karynne L. M. Kleine
Professor of Middle Grades Education
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