9-4-12MinutesFollowUp

Many of you asked at the close of our what you could do to help prepare for the first PLG meeting. So, in this email I am going to recap our meeting and provide a "to do" list.

We made a rough agenda for the first PLG meeting on 9/17/12 Agenda 1. SOM/Faculty recognition (15 minutes) 2. Set norms (with a list) & share handouts (8 minutes) 3. Data protocol (32 minutes)
 * Meeting Recap:**

Make handouts for first meeting and provide to facilitators for review Put data together in simple form and get to facilitators for review Make official agenda for 9/17 Adjust times on ATLAS protocol (page 148) to match our time frame on 9/17
 * Here is my "to do" list: (its not very long!)**


 * Here is your "to do" list (Doing these things will help alleviate some of the concerns you have regarding facilitating meetings.)**
 * 1) Make a PLG folder in your documents so you can save agendas, handouts etc…
 * 2) Read the following information in the training handbook before the first PLG meeting:


 * Cycle of Action and Data Protocol p. 147-149
 * Feedback Nightmares p. 56
 * Considerations for Responsive Facilitation p. 57
 * Stages of Developing Facilitative Leadership p. 59-60
 * Thorny Facilitation Issues and Potential Solutions p. 61-62
 * Goal Setting Protocols and planning templates p. 193-196
 * PLG Expectations (inside front cover)
 * PLG Meeting Roles (p. 40-41)
 * Rationale for Protocols (p. 90)
 * Norm list (from Julie- will provide in later email)

Dorothy is going to clean out the old PLG wikispaces and create a template for recording our meeting minutes. The recorders at each meeting can record directly into the wikispace. She will make a template based on the PLG Meeting Roles hand out pages 40-41, which lists the types of information the recorder should document.

Thank you all for looking through the data- I know that was an overwhelming task. I also understand that we are feeling a bit anxious about facing our peers at this stressful time. We will not be able to answer all of their questions- and I'm not sure we have to right now. However, we are starting off on the right foot in looking at data- I don't think anyone can argue that point. Then we will follow the cycle of action (p. 147). I don't expect facilitation to be easy, but we are here to support each other!

Go team! ;)

Kate