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Meeting with Attendance: How do you
(Cal) want to hear from us? v
No
bounds (limits) on what to be considered Ø
Some
ideas will be pursued and some will lack viability v
Do
things as they come up, don’t wait for full blown ideas v
Communicate
however you (EF) need Ø
Cal
will come to meetings Ø
Group
to share tentative preliminary thoughts (“half-baked ideas”) Ø
Writing,
ok Ø
Can
invite other Managers or Department Heads to meetings to provide insight as
well. v
Now
that we (EF) have gotten somewhat organized, one of the first major things we
would like to do is a survey to see what employees want/need v
Example-Language
instruction-Spanish Ø
(EF)
Discuss topic-send forward idea with all sides represented (to Cal), no matter
if there are opposing views Ø
Ideas
don’t have to be fully developed Ø
Suggestions
good, but not necessary v
Make
recommendation in outline form- might be a good way to organize one form of
communication v
Warned
not to figure out the “how-to”, how do you (Cal) feel about that? Ø
Can
make suggestion of how-to if you (EF) have ideas, but full ideas are not
necessary. v
Who
will be implementing ideas? Ø
Work
as a group--Managers à Dept. Heads à to
whoever could make it happen v
Budget
limitations – Timing Ø
Should
present idea by January to get it accomplished in the Fall, if it will take
large budgetary considerations v
What
is our (EF) relationship with the Town Council? Ø
None
directly- Manager to be liaison (to work with the group- and more than likely
accomplish many goals without direct Council direction) Ø
Although
anyone can go directly to the Council if you feel that it is needed. Ø
Need
to have an accurate and efficient approach v
Cal,
do you think that we are meeting your goals for our group? Ø
Yes-
you are figuring out what you want to do and how to get it done Ø
I
have a concern about attendance. Ø
Willing
to offer support if the problem is work related and can help to facilitate
understanding of importance to a supervisor. §
If
someone realizes that this is not what they thought that it would be and we
(EF) need to hold a new election for a specific dept then that can be done too. §
(Cal)
Willing to help in any way possible to get strong attendance. v
We
(EF) may be further ahead on some ideas than we thought and can start to get
some of these “half-baked” ideas to the manager. And continue to “bake” other ideas. v
We
had 27.5% attendance of EF members today. v
Need
to keep at least a meeting summary so that we know what we have discussed and
everyone will know what we are accomplishing. v
What
level does the Council get involved? Ø
Policies-
some manager support/some Council involvement Ø
Existing
Budget- Manager can help to accommodate minor changes. Ø
Entirely
new things- then may need to get Council Approval Ø
Ordinances-
Council will need to change Ø
Some
things are prohibited by State or Federal regulations and can not be changed,
but are not likely to interfere v
HR
helped to get us (EF) together and generally organized. What is their future role/purpose? Ø
Advisor
and Facilitator §
Can
help to find and use resources ·
Setup
meeting rooms, refreshments at EF meetings, etc. §
Work
with expenses Ø
Can
provide staff support as needed to the Committee, in a timely manner |
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