Minutes of the March 31, 1999 Meeting of the SBM Strategy Team

The second SBM Meeting was held on 3/31/99 in Board Room C of the Providence Public School Department/School Board building from 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm. It was attended by: G. Enos, F. Gorman, J. Howard, I. Lee, B. Ashby, T. Arrison, A. Ferrara, J. Rich, J. Nota, M. Acevedo, P. Reilly, & T. Bacon.

Minutes/Documentation

By April 7th, there will be a system in place hopefully utilizing a laptop computer to record minutes and to keep our Action Log. The Action Log will be a standard format that records dates, times, resources, and individual"jobs" as well as recording the Action Steps in devlopment for SBM.

Consensus Process

Two models were discussed concerning team consensus; the Cambridge Group Action Plans Process and another utilizing a process faciltator, time keeper, record keeper, and smaller teams for group work. **If an individual is absent for a meeting, he/she cannot "contest" the consensus decision(s) made at that meeting. Also, it will be noted in the Action Log those items that were not agreed upon- no consensus met.

Email Operations

Email will continue through the List Serv and Web Site which we would like to give a "THANK YOU!" to Tom Arrison for developing so quickly. Jonathan Howard has offered his assistance in these areas as well. Anyone wishing to be added to the list serv must be approved by the team and especially Greg Enos. **PLEASE KEEP ALL ITEMS POSTED IN EMAIL FORM! It may take you a few minutes to type , but it would take Tom A. a while to type and/or retype any documents/messages/resources/etc. that are faxed or given to him directly -- RESPECT OUR TIME CONSTRAINTS IN THIS MATTER AND IT WILL AID OUR EFFICIENCY! Thanks.

Meeting Dates/Times/Locations

These have already been posted to the list serv!!! [and the website]

Charter Understanding

Has been discussed and should be formalized by the April 7th meeting.

**NEXT MEETING:

Frank Pallotta and Vidal Perez will be guest speakers concerning SBM format, roles, application process(es), and resources.

Minutes submitted by:

Tom Bacon