SAGE MI Meeting Minutes

August 20, 2010

 

Thank you all for attending, the kick off meeting seemed very positive and well received by all. Everyone who attended agreed to be on the SAGE MI Steering Committee and attend the next chapter meeting.

 

I propose we hold a meeting during the week of November 15-19. If this is not a problem for anyone we’ll set a specific date via email. Please let me know if this week is OK for you, and if there is a day during that week that is not good for you. I’d like to get an agreed upon date onto the calendar next week if at all possible. If anyone would like to offer a conference room that would be appreciated. HCAM was kind enough to let us use theirs for the kickoff meeting, and I would like to thank them again for letting us do so.

 

During the next few days I will be attempting to finalize the Steering Committee by contacting those that did not attend, and get a commitment from them.

 

For those of you on the Steering Committee, could you please revise the contact information above to include all of the Associations you belong to, and a complete list of credentials and post nominal letters (PHD, AIA, LEED, etc). I know there’s a lot, but I think it would legitimize us by making this information about the Steering Committee Membership available to prospective members. It’s quite an impressive list.

 

There are a few of you who are currently not SAGE members and I will be contacting you over the next several days to explain how to join.

 

During the next meeting I believe our goals should be to finalize our Mission and Vision statements, as well agreeing to what are immediate action plan should be. I will forward to everyone the last Vision and Mission statements that the previous SAGE MI Chapter agreed to, as well as the National set and other state sets as examples. If anyone has any suggestions for additions to the agenda I would appreciate them being forwarded to the Steering Committee members. I believe it to be important that we finalize these before the end of the meeting, and perhaps via email prior to the meeting.

 

If you haven’t, please visit the National Web site at www.sagefederation.org

 

There is a “Members Resources” section on that web page that requires log in credentials. Yours should be…

 

Your User Name: (*********)

Example: if your name is ****** your user name is ******

Your Password: ************

 

If you are not able to log in please contact me, and I’ll set it up so you are able to log in and access the “Members Resources” section. Inside the “Members Resources” area there is a link to the SAGE Forum.

 

Once you click on the “SAGE Member Forums” you will be taken to a page asking you to log on. On the upper right is a button to click labeled “register”. Click it and it will take you to the terms of agreement page. Review them and click the “I Agree To These Terms” button. You will be taken to a page where you can create your forum user account. I suggest you pick the same password you chose for the “Member Resources” section of the SAGE website. Your user name should be your real first and last names. If you choose any other user name I will not approve your account. Fill in the rest of the information and choose your time zone. Then submit your application.

 

After your application is approved you will receive a confirmation email at the address you provided. Once you receive this email your account is active and when you next visit and log in you will be able to access the forums and create and reply to content.

 

When you click onto a forum board, like General Discussion, you will see a box to check at the bottom of the screen “subscribe to forum”. If this box is checked you will receive an email notification every time a new topic is posted in that forum. Similarly, once you click on a topic you’ll see a box at the bottom of the screen “subscribe to topic”. If this box is checked you will receive an email notification every time a new response is posted in that topic.

 

The forums will grow over time, and increase in value to you, our members. The more everyone participates, the more valuable the forum will be to all members.

 

If any one needs help with this please contact me and I’ll walk you through it. If anyone is unfamiliar with online forums, once again contact me and I’ll be happy to spend a few minutes walking you through how they work.

 

On the form I asked you to fill out explaining what you were most interested in seeing SAGE MI accomplish, the winner by far was “Collaboration Opportunities”, followed by “Educational Programs.” We will discuss how to follow up on these during the next meeting. The rest seemed to end up in a third place tie: “Member Recruitment”, “POE Opportunities”, “Presentation Opportunities”, and “Local Chapter Newsletter.”

 

What does everyone think about getting a surveyor on board? Or some one from that division?

 

I have attached David’s presentation to this email if any of you want to review and develop questions about it.

 

There was a brief discussion of developing a CMS contact. Maggie Calkins runs the National Outreach Committee for SAGE National. She participated in developing “The Articles of Culture Change” with Karen Schoeneman…

 

http://www.culturechangenow.com/whoswho/karen_schoeneman.html

 

and can contact her at any time. Maggie thinks it would be a good idea to develop a list of how CMS and SAGE could collaborate (using our research results, speaking engagements, etc) and then she could contact Karen on the National level, and SAGE MI could attempt to develop dialogue with the CMS Region V representative. Any thoughts on this?

 

Thank you all again for attending, I think it went very well and I believe there is a large amount of momentum we can generate fairly quickly, and I look forward to participating in that with you. If you replay to this email please “reply to all”.

 

We are SAGE of Michigan!