Class2008Sep26

Class Assignments and Agenda for Week 6, 2008 Sep 26
Class meets from 9:10 - 11:55A in 3214 Jordan Hall on the NCSU Campus. You are free to bring food and drink to this classroom.


 * Objectives**


 * Resolve any issues on the Temple Flat Rock conceptualization before moving ahead
 * Begin working on results chains for TFR
 * Raise issues on the three project properties - Berryhill, Kuenzler , Little River - and plan for their resolution
 * Make some decisions on products and leadership for them


 * Things to do before our meeting - please read all items, regardless of team**

Item 1: Temple Flat Rock Team Temple Flat Rock team will consolidate what we have so far.
 * Wed 24 Sept noon - diagram and Miradi file uploaded to Temple Flat Rock for comment
 * Thu 25 Sept noon - any comments posted
 * Fri 26 Sept in class - team will have time to bring out issues that need discussion

Item 2: Other teams (Berryhill, Kuenzler , Little River )
 * Begin process of looking through documents on the CDs distributed last week.
 * **Thu 25 Sept noon** - posting of initial ideas about scope, vision, and targets. List of questions that need to be addressed and any discussion issues for class - post to respective property page (see left nav bar). If possible, bring a 1-page handout of your ideas (this handout should also be linked to the appropriate wiki page) that you can talk from during class.
 * Recommend **not** getting involved in Miradi diagrams yet

Item 3: Everyone review all available information before class

Item 4: It's probably time for everyone to download [|Miradi] - student version is $25 - you can consider this our text


 * Agenda for class session**

9.10 **Preliminaries** - Note taker = Debbie (Notes to be posted during weekend) - Time keeper = Mary

9.15 **Temple Flat Rock** Debbie, Kate, Maria, Steve - Quick look at diagram - we don't want a presentation - everyone should examine before class - just have a diagram handy for us to look at and to focus discussion - hard copy preferred - Issues for discussion and resolution - as posted on the Temple Flat Rock page - work-team should summarize those issues after comments posted noon Thurs - Agree on direct threats - workteam to have a proposal - Agree on indirect threats - workteam to have a proposal

9.55 **Results Chains** - Brief presentation / handout on results chains - handout - pages 6-9 from Foundations of Success. 2007. Using Results Chains to Improve Strategy Effectiveness. Foundations of Success. ( Readings file FOS2007_ResultsChainGuide.pdf ) (this is a reading for next week) - Rat elimination example from sample file in Miradi - [|ResultsChainRatElimination.pdf] - Work through one from TFR as an example - trampling - How shall we work on others?

10.20 **Break**
 * Note:** We are NOT going to discuss the regional conceptualization this week, but progress has been made. We will hand out a 1-pager covering scope / vision / targets and we encourage all to peak at our threat list on the wiki page and make comments as you wish.

10.30 **Berryhill** - Initial thoughts on scope, vision, target - accompany with 1-page handout (not Miradi) for each - What needs to be addressed and how shall we proceed?

10.50 **Kuenzler** - Initial thoughts on scope, vision, target - accompany with 1-page handout (not Miradi) for each - What needs to be addressed and how shall we proceed?

11.10 **Little River** - Initial thoughts on scope, vision, target - accompany with 1-page handout (not Miradi) for each - What needs to be addressed and how shall we proceed?

11.30 **Potential Products** The list from last week included a number of things - please be prepared to make some decisions about which we should do and which not, as well as which you would like to work on - feel free to indicate your interest here by putting your name with a product - especially if you want to lead (indicate that in parens after your name). **Please be prepared with any comments and to express interest in any of these products.**

- Non-negotiable
 * Fri 12 Dec 9-noon: Workshop / training / presentations for Triangle Land Conservancy (and others??) - need to plan what this would be
 * Some kind of written report for TLC - this could also be a peer-reviewed pub, if we want to start thinking double-duty

- Potential articles (optional)
 * Article comparing use of CMP in large organizations to use in smaller conservancy - aiming for peer-reviewed here - Hess is going to talk with Marcia Brown (FOS) about this.
 * Article describing the process for publication in a land trust periodical, [|Saving Land]. I think we could write a nice piece weaving the regional conceptualization with the Temple Flat Rock and other examples, with a focus on the process. Someone needs to look at this periodical and its predecessor, Exchange, to see if and how this topic has been covered previously. I don't know the process by which articles are selected for this.
 * Point of View piece for News & Observer, probably based on the regional conceptualization - there is a [|"Reality Check" regional planning meeting] in February that could serve as a "trigger" for this - so we'd write it and "put it in the can" until then. The "Reality Check" them probably gives us a good platform on which to build regional conceptualization / public benefit ideas. A PoV piece is targeted for 500-750 words, and shorter is better.

- Optional presentations
 * Seminar at NCSU
 * Seminar at Duke
 * TLC board presentation (is there a Nov / Dec / Jan board meeting or retreat?)
 * Symposium / Workshop / Presentation(s) at NC Land Trust Meeting - date unknown - I can provide transport for sure
 * [|Southeast Land Trust Meeting] - 2009 March 12-14 - Auburn, AL - I do not currently have funding to take people to this meeting

11.40 **Next Steps** (Class, 15 min)

11.55 **Adjourn**