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Focus on the subject matter, not the person/campus.
Supporting and encouraging different perspectives
Remain curious. Ask questions.
Committing to decisions
Think system-wide about the impact of a decision.
Check your ego at the door.
Assume best intent.
Define terms and use specific examples.
Come prepared for meeting.
When a decision has been made, we represent it as a decision of the team with one voice.
People bring their expertise to the discussion. We respect each member’s unique expertise.
We will wear two hats - our campus hat and our system-wide hat.
Focus on the what, not the how - frame things as “this is the end result we want” instead of “this is how we will we make it happen”
Bring information to the group about questions needing to be opened/revised when the “how” of the decision’s implementation is impacting the “what” of the decision that was made.
Ask - does this need to be harmonized? can this be an individual campus decision?
Transparency - do we record campus votes? or just top level decision? what level of granularity are we seeking in meeting minutes given that they are public as of May 2020?open space for having group discussions; notes reflect final decisions as well as specific concerns
Supportive & safe environment - not everything is going into the public minutes, can represent number of fist of five group votes, but not which campus voted
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