1:45 - 3:00 Action Planning

Room locations are assigned for discussion of each of the "Generally Agreed Upon" Goal clusters.

• People self-select and go to those locations.
• People wanting to work on a "Not Generally Agreed Upon" goal may do so if they choose.
• Each Action Planning group assigns one person to each group role (same 4 roles as in Affinity groups).
• Each group identifies one or more actions they are willing to take to achieve the given goal.
• If appropriate they can break into subgroups for each specific action, or they work together throughout.
• Next, they follow the action-planning guidelines** (see right column) and report back to the entire group in plenary format as described below.

    

*Planning guidelines:

• Identify long-range goal: what is it that we want to accomplish.
• Identify several shorter-term milestones that will indicate progress towards this goal and estimate when these might be accomplished.
• Identify other resources (people, groups, technical, material, $$) from within the larger group or elsewhere that are needed to achieve this goal.
• Suggest ideas for contacting or accessing these resources.
• Identify first steps as well as who will do these things and by when.
• Create a brief directory of action team names and their contact info.
• Choose a group contact person and means of group communication.
• Set up a method for collaboration, like a web forum, mailing list, etc.
• Set a time and place for a follow-up meeting.