I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE THESE DAYS, BUT IT IS NOW AT
[1. Roll Call - Announcement of a Quorum]
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3:18 P.M., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5.51 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I CALL TO ORDER THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS COLLEGE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WEBSITE FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WILL BE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THIS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET AND AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPT OF THIS MEETING ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE.
[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]
MADAM CHAIR, I CAN CERTIFY THIS MEETING WAS POSTED ACCORDING TO SECTION 551.054 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE AGENDA AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
[4.2. November Board Retreat Discussion]
4.2. FIRST, THE NOVEMBER BOARD RETREAT DISCUSSION.AND THEN I'LL GO BACK AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE STAFF TO DO THE QUARTERLY KPI UPDATE.
THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE IS A TIMELINE FOR THE BOARD SELF ASSESSMENT.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? JUST COMES IN. THAT'S RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SO RECORDED.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT SELF ASSESSMENT ONLINE? IF ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ASK FOR ON THE RETREAT? I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT WE HAD EIGHT.
AND MY APOLOGIES. I MADE A MISTAKE.
I LISTED AS LINDA VALDEZ THOMPSON AS MISS VULGARES RAMOS.
SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT, BUT I NEED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION SO THAT IT IS NOTED.
SO LET ME, IF I COULD TRUSTEE AND GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE FOR BOARD SELF ASSESSMENT.
DIDN'T WE ALREADY DO THIS? WE HAD A DRAFT COPY FOR THE LAST TIME WE MET.
OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TAKEN IT.
OKAY. WE JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS SUBJECT.
OKAY. THESE ARE THE FINAL COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
HAVING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD BY SENIOR STAFF, AN UPWARD APPRAISAL, IF YOU WILL.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN HERE, BUT THAT'S STILL SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO.
OKAY. THIS JUST PERTAINS TO THE SELF ASSESSMENT.
I'LL HAVE HER GO OVER THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY THAT THE BOARD WAS GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE FOR DOING THAT. YOU DO HAVE THAT RIGHT? SHE'S GOT IT. OKAY, BUT THIS IS JUST THE SELF ASSESSMENT THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
AND I HAD PERLIS AND NOW A COPY OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT.
DOWN HERE, BUT IT SAYS PROPOSED BOARD.
IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME ONE THAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THAT SELF-ASSESSMENT.
AND IT WAS FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND FOR US TO DECIDE IF WE STILL WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO TRACK OUR IMPROVEMENTS.
OR LACK THEREOF. IF WE BACKSLIDE COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS, THAT'S SORT OF APPLES TO APPLES.
RIGHT? SO EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT TO USE THE SAME ASSESSMENT TOOL.
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AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE.DOES THAT STILL AND IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME TIMELINE.
TIMELINE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED TO FILL IT OUT AGAIN? NO, NO. SEND IT IN BY OCTOBER 1ST.
ONE WILL BE SENT TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR SELF ASSESSMENT FEES AND THEN THE TIMELINE.
THERE IS ALSO A ASSESSMENT BY THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT WILL BE SENT OUT.
ALL OF THESE ASSESSMENTS WILL RETURN BACK TO OUR OFFICE BEFORE THE NOVEMBER BOARD RETREAT.
AND THAT'S AN TIME. WHAT WE HAVE IS SOME BOARD, SOME ASSESSMENT OF ITSELF.
RIGHT. IS THE LEADERSHIP TEAM'S ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD GOING TO BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT OR.
NO, IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'LL BE DIFFERENT.
THE QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
SO BUT YEAH, FOR RIGHT NOW WANT TO FINALIZE THE SELF ASSESSMENT AND THE TIMELINE FOR THAT.
SO EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT THAT WE USE THE SAME TOOL.
THE TIMELINE IS BASICALLY, AS I SAID, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THE TREATMENT PROCESS.
AND EVERYBODY, YOU HAVE THE BOARD ASSESSMENT, THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO AND SEND OUT.
AND PEARL CAN GIVE YOU THE PARTICULARS ON THAT.
THEY MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT JUST SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT CORRECTLY IN OUR RECORD.
BUT THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY RECEIVED TO GIVE FEEDBACK.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, LET ME KNOW OR IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL THAT SEPARATELY.
BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE SENT OUT.
WHEN LEADERSHIP DOES THE ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD, WE CAN SEE WHO SAID WHAT.
RIGHT. WELL, I THINK WE HAD AGREED THAT IN TERMS OF THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TWO LEVELS.
WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 40.
SO THE TIMELINE FOR THIS, WE WOULD SEND IT OUT.
WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS BY THE BOARD RETREAT NOVEMBER 7TH.
AND YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE THAT YOU SEND IT OUT SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING.
DID EVERYBODY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SURVEY, THE PROPOSED ONE? AND THE QUESTIONS WERE OKAY, NOBODY HAD ANY INPUT ON.
NO MANAGER. MY QUESTION REMAINS IS.
YOU MENTIONED I ASK WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE IF IT COMES BACK.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM DETENTION.
WELL, PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND SERIOUSLY, I, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO GET THE INPUT.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE WE TAKE IT REAL SERIOUSLY THAT WE'RE ASKING THESE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING US TO TO EVALUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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SO I APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP IN GETTING US TO THIS.YEAH. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE RETREAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT PARALLEL WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED FACILITATORS.
AND THERE'S A LIST OF EXTERNAL FACILITATORS.
BUT WHAT I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT AT THE RETREAT, IT, IT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THOSE TWO DAYS TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY.
WE'LL HAVE THE BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT RESULTS BACK AND THEN THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS AND.
SO THAT WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TOPICS, YOU'LL SEE A REVIEW OF THE SELF-ASSESSMENT AND A REVIEW OF THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY.
AND IT'S THAT POINT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THANK YOU, SIR. ARE YOU ARE WE OPEN NOW TO DISCUSS WHAT ALL THOSE THINGS YOU JUST NAMED OFF OR.
WE ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A PARTICULAR TIME? TALK ABOUT THE FACILITATOR.
YEAH, I'M GETTING READY TO GO BACK TO THAT.
OKAY. I JUST I ALWAYS COMMENT ABOUT.
OKAY, GO AHEAD. MY THING IS THAT.
THE THAT OUR FIRST AREA I THINK THE FACILITATOR THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION IN DALLAS COLLEGE, I THINK IN MY OPINION THAT WE HAVE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, A REAL OPPORTUNITY AND TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO OUT IN THAT PARTICULAR TWO AND A HALF OR 3.5 HOURS.
WE SHOULD GO AND FIND A FACILITATOR WHO COMES OUT OF THE WORLD OF INNOVATION THAT CAN ENERGIZE, EDUCATE, ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, DEAL WITH US IN THAT SUBJECT MATTER.
AND I DON'T WHAT I LOOKED AT OF WHAT WE'VE GOT PROPOSED FOR FACILITATORS.
I THINK THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN ORDERLY MOVE THINGS ALONG.
THEY'VE GOT EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABOUT IMPATIENT.
THEY'RE NOT. THEY BE ACCIDENTAL IF THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE AN INNOVATION BACKGROUND.
BECAUSE I THINK IN THE TWO OTHER TOPICS, ANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND WOULD EITHER WOULD DO A FINE JOB, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE US HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN IN THAT 3.5 HOURS, REALLY GET US INTO THAT SITUATION ABOUT INNOVATION AND WHAT OUR ROLE COULD BE IN EVERYTHING ELSE.
YEAH, I REALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL BOARD THE MEETING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS WEEKEND, WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION WE WERE HAVING KIND OF LIKE HERE STATEWIDE, AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE WHY IT WAS SO CRITICAL FOR OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER FRIDAY AT LUNCH TO BE THE KIND OF THE KING OF INNOVATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE WRITES THE CHECKS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS.
SHE KNOWS WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
AND I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT INVESTMENT ON THE COLLEGE'S PART TO FIND FOR THAT 3.5 HOURS TO BRING FORTH TO US SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE THE BILLY GRAHAM OF THE WORLD IN IN GETTING US IN THE RIGHT BALLPARK.
THAT'S MY THOUGHT. ONE OF THE CANDIDATES HAS A BACKGROUND IN CONTENT.
SHE'S PART OF THE NETWORK FOR CHANGE AND CONTINUOUS INNOVATION.
OH, YOU WANT THEIR LIFE TODAY BECAUSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TOMORROW, NOT TODAY.
WHAT'S WRONG? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KEVIN? DR. JOY GATES, BLACK.
DID YOU GO? BECAUSE I CONFESS, I DIDN'T GO BACK.
AND I ASSUME THAT LINK WAS TO THE BIO ON EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE.
YOU WENT BACK TO HER BIO AND TOOK HER CARE.
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I'M SORRY. YOU WENT BACK TO.PLEASE SEE DOCTOR BLACK'S BIO? YEAH, WELL, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STUDY EVERYBODY'S BIO, SO I DID.
WELL, IT WAS FOR A DISCUSSION.
AND THEN YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH DR.
BENJAMIN. THAT'S WHO FACILITATED OUR LAST BOARD RETREAT.
AND. UH, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I FELT ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK SHE MADE A COMMENT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD FIND OR WOULD NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE AN INNOVATION SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OR THE FACILITATOR BE THE SAME PERSON BECAUSE THE FACILITATOR, I THINK AN IDEAL FACILITATOR IS ONE WHO KIND OF TEES THINGS UP, KEEPS YOU ON TRACK, BUT IS PRETTY MUCH INVISIBLE IN TERMS OF CONTENT PARTICIPATION.
BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK COMING OUT OF THIS IS HOW DO WE ALL UNDERSTAND INNOVATION? BECAUSE WE PROBABLY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TERMS, DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO CAN GUIDE US TO A COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND NOMENCLATURE OF WHAT THAT CONCEPT IS? I THINK THAT'S THAT SKILL IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN BEING AN INNOVATION EXPERT IN TERMS OF THOSE.
I WONDER. I DON'T WANT TO BE TAUGHT.
I WANT SOMEBODY WHO HELPS US TO BRING OUT OF US WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK THERE ARE SKILL SETS OUT THERE THAT GO AROUND THE SEMINAR.
THAT'S WHY I SAID PIPER PROBABLY HAS SAID IN SOME OF THOSE SESSIONS I HAVEN'T, BUT IT'S JUST MY SISTER THOUGHT I JUST LIKE TO TRY TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TO ADVANCE THIS FASTER THAN WE MOVE.
AND SO IF WE HAVE THAT FACILITATE AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND WE LEAVE THERE IN 3.5 HOURS, WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED? IF WE DON'T HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THE EVALUATION BECAUSE WE ALL GET CRITICIZED AND WE DON'T HAVE AN APPROACH TO FIX IT AND WHY HAVE WE WASTED OUR TIME? SO I WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO CHALLENGE US.
I UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE FACILITATOR AND TYPICALLY THE FACILITATOR.
BUT I WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO DURING THE DISCUSSION IS GOING TO REALLY CHALLENGE US, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THAT? HAVE YOU HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS OR HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS VERSUS JUST GUIDING IT? I'M ALSO I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND.
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME, MADAM CHAIR, ABOUT WHAT BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION.
DALLAS COLLEGE THIS IS THE TOPIC.
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE WITH THAT AS A TOPIC? I MEAN, WE ARE LACKING IN INNOVATION HERE.
AND I COME DOWN TO THESE FOUR THINGS.
I MEAN, THERE'S ELEMENTS OF INNOVATION THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO TACKLE, LIKE, SHOULD WE HAVE MORE COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A MUCH MORE DEFINED DISCUSSION.
BUT WE JUST THROW UP, HEY, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A CULTURE OF INNOVATION.
IT'S BEEN IT'S IT'S BEEN THE WORD INNOVATION IS BEING USED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BY SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND INDUSTRIES AND SO FORTH.
AND SOME OF THIS WAS SUGGESTED.
SOCIAL PERIL AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED WELL, LET'S JUST SAY TOPIC ONE.
BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION AT DALLAS COLLEGE, NOT ADVERSE TO THAT, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE AN APPROACH WHERE WE COME UP WITH OUR OWN DEFINITION OF INNOVATION AND AS A COLLEGE.
WHAT APPROACH? DO WE WANT TO TAKE? TO BEING INNOVATIVE, AND THAT'S PROBABLY IN MY EAR.
WE HAVE A PERSON COME IN TO WORK WITH US JUST ON GUIDING A DISCUSSION.
ABOUT. US BASICALLY COMING UP WITH A PHILOSOPHY.
FOR HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH INNOVATION FROM THE COLLEGE'S DAMU AND WHAT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR US OR WHAT APPROACH FOR US TO TAKE WOULD BE MOST.
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AND WHAT? ALL RIGHT.SO THAT TOPIC AND, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION ON THAT, BASICALLY WORK THAT OUT.
YOU ALL PREEMPTED MY QUESTION.
BUT CINDY MILES, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION, IS THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION A SOURCE OF INNOVATION OR IS THAT JUST IS THAT HER ACTUAL TITLE? SO IT WAS SHE WAS, I GUESS, ONE OF HER TITLES.
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION COLLEGE.
YEAH. SO I MEAN, THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION, AGAIN, WE'RE A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION SINCE 1968, WHICH IS LEADING COMMUNITY LEADING COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT THAT COME TOGETHER TO SHARE INNOVATIVE IDEAS.
I'LL TALK MORE AGAIN AT THE LATER BOARD MEETING ON THIS INNOVATION REPORT THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER WITH AN INCREDIBLE, AMAZING WORK THAT THIS TEAM AND THIS COLLEGE DOES.
THIS IS PART OF OUR REAFFIRMATION AS PART OF THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION.
LAST WEEK I WAS IN PHENIX FOR THE REAFFIRMATION SITE VISIT FOR MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH, MARICOPA IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S SIMILAR TO OUR SIZE AND SCOPE.
AND THEY SHARED MANY AMAZING, INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
BUT TO ALL THE QUESTIONS AROUND INNOVATION, IT IS HARD TO IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, I THINK, PIPER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN INNOVATION AREA UNDER PIPER'S LEADERSHIP WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE A WORKING DEFINITION OF INNOVATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE IN THE RETREAT, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT COULD REINFORCE, COULD HIGHLIGHT, YOU COULD THINK OF BRINGING IN A THOUGHT PARTNER THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM A FACILITATOR TO CHALLENGE IF THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE BOARD, JUST TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT OR HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON OUT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE CAN WE CAN APPROACH THE TOPIC.
HOWEVER, THE THE BOARD HAS AN INTEREST IN DOING SO.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME VISITING HOW WE HAVE DEFINED INNOVATION AS AN INSTITUTION, HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE LEADING ON.
AND I THINK ABSOLUTELY PIPER AND I AND OTHERS MIGHT KNOW A THOUGHT PARTNER OR TWO THAT WE COULD SET AT THE TABLE AND JUST HAVE A CHALLENGING CONVERSATION OF HERE'S HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT LEADING INSTITUTIONS ARE THINKING ABOUT AND LEADING INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE OF HIGHER ED AS WELL.
AND. DID YOU GET DOWN? EVERYBODY'S INPUT INTO WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW AND WHAT THEY THINK THE DISCUSSION NEEDS.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE SAYING AS A STARTING POINT, DEFINE WHAT WE MEAN BY INNOVATION.
NO ON THAT. WHAT IS OUR VISION FOR INNOVATION IN THE COMPETITION? WELL, WE PASSED THE Y'ALL SOLD THE VOTERS ON BUILDING AN INNOVATION CENTER.
I WASN'T HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TOLD THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TOLD THEM THAT THAT WAS GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TOOK.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE NEVER SEEN. WELL, I CAN'T LISTENING TO THAT AND I JUST BEEN LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION.
SO TO ME, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD AND WE ALL NEED TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.
WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM? WHAT DID WE TELL THE VOTERS IT WAS GOING TO HAVE? WELL, AND SO TO THAT POINT, I MEAN, WE HAVE A SECTION HERE UNDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND PROJECT PLANNING, WHICH CLEARLY IS GOING TO BE SOME DOWNTOWN DISCUSSION, WHICH IS THE TOPIC OF INNOVATION, FITS IN QUITE NICELY FROM TOPIC TO TOPIC THREE THERE.
I STILL HAVE THE QUESTION WHAT DID WE KIND OF TELL THE VOTERS WHY THEY VOTED TO BUILD AN INNOVATION CENTER? WHAT WAS THE SELLING POINT? YEAH, WELL, SO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW OVER OUR BJP CENTER WHERE WE HAVE THE MAKERSPACE, WE HAVE THE PODCAST SPACE WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CAN KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND RUB ELBOWS AND LEARN FROM
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ONE ANOTHER. THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO HAVE AN INNOVATION CENTER THAT COULD EXPAND ON THAT WORK, THAT COULD BE STATE OF THE ART, THAT WOULD ALLOW THOSE ENTREPRENEURS TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SANDBOX IN WHICH TO ENGAGE IN THAT WORK THAT WE COULD HELP SUPPORT.BUT THE INTENT OF DESIGN WAS WAS BEYOND THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT QUESTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE THAT FIRST QUESTION, WHAT IS THE INNOVATION CENTER LOOK LIKE AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS? I MEAN, WE OUGHT TO BUILD A BASELINE OF KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO INNOVATION RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON AND PEOPLE THAT WE COULD BRING IN WHO COULD HELP GET US SOME BASELINE INFORMATION ON THAT TOPIC.
I WASN'T EVEN THINKING THE WAY YOU WERE THINKING.
YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION THAT WE JUST KIND OF ENJOYED AN HOUR OF HOW THEY'RE BEING INNOVATIVE IN OUR IN OUR PROGRAMING AND ALL THAT.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES THE COLLEGE BECOME THE 800 POUND GORILLA? HOW DO WE BECOME THE QUARTERBACK? IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SEE THE COLLEGE BEING THE LEADER OF INNOVATION? NOT I DIDN'T MEAN ABOUT HOW WE OPERATE THE COLLEGE ITSELF.
MY MY MY COMMENTS WERE COMING FROM I WANT I WANT US TO BE THE LEADER OF INNOVATION IN DALLAS COUNTY IN ALL ASPECTS, NOT JUST OUR OWN INTERNAL ABILITY.
WE BOTH. AND THAT'S WHY I SAW AN INNOVATION CENTER.
YEAH. I WOKE UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING, SO I HAVE AN EXCUSE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CHATGPT.
SO I ASKED YOU TO GIVE ME A DEFINITION OF INNOVATION.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL ENCOMPASSING, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO USE THAT AS A STARTING POINT OF OUR DISCUSSION FOR US TO DEFINE AND LOOK AT WHAT THE MANAGEMENT HAS ALREADY DEFINED AS INNOVATION AND LOOK AT THIS DEFINITION.
WE COULD HAVE WE COULD HAVE CHATGPT AS OUR FACILITATOR.
WE COULD SAY, WHAT DID IT SAY? IT'S TOO LONG. YOU WANT ME TO READ IT TO YOU? OKAY, WE DID THAT.
I TRIED TO DEFEND. MY INTERPRETATION WAS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT INNOVATION AS IT PERTAINED TO.
MANDARIN. CAN'T MAKE A WORD I'M LOOKING FOR.
BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESS AND HOW TO GROW AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE LATEST SYSTEMS, TECH TECHNIQUES AND SO FORTH OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON IN TERMS OF INNOVATION.
BUT SINCE THEN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE IDEA OF INNOVATION AS IT PERTAINS TO THE ENTIRE COLLEGE HAS EXPANDED INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BRING SOME MORE FOCUS BACK TO INNOVATION AS IT APPLIES.
IF I MAY ADD TO THIS DISH, IF I MIGHT SUM UP JUST FOR A MINUTE, JUST TO KIND OF HELP SET SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT THAT JUSTIN CUNNINGHAM, THE OTHER JUSTIN HAS BEEN DOING AN INVENTORY AND SOME OTHER THINGS AS WE WERE ENGAGING IN OUR DEFINITION, BUILDING OTHER THINGS YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO SPEAK.
AND I THINK I'VE HEARD ABSOLUTELY TRUSTEE FROM WHAT YOU SAID IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE DID START OUT THINKING ABOUT INNOVATION AS SMALL BUSINESSES BACK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOND.
THAT'S THAT WAS REALLY OUR LIMIT.
SO WE HAVE AN WE DO HAVE A DEFINITION OR THE DEFINITION.
WE DO HAVE AN INVENTORY OF WHAT IS INNOVATIVE INSIDE OF DALLAS COLLEGE, ACCORDING TO DALLAS COLLEGE.
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AND THIS IS A RESULT OF JUSTIN CUNNINGHAM AND HIS STAFF INTERVIEWING LOTS OF THE LEADERSHIP AND OTHERS FACULTY AROUND.WHAT DO THEY THINK IS INNOVATIVE INSIDE DALLAS COLLEGE? SO SOME OF THAT IS THEIR OWN IDEA THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS INNOVATIVE, BUT SOME OF IT IS ALSO BASED ON RESEARCH AND WHAT THEY SEE OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE THAT INVENTORY THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU AS A PART OF YOUR WORK AT THE RETREAT.
WE ALSO HAVE AN INVENTORY OF INNOVATION IN THIS REGION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST DALLAS COUNTY, BUT MORE OF THE ENTIRE REGION.
WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF INNOVATION HERE? WE HAVE ALSO BEEN THINKING ABOUT INNOVATION IN TERMS OF REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WE DO THAT.
AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE COULD WE COULD SHARE THAT TO HELP FRAME THE DISCUSSION OF THE RETREAT, IF THAT'S.
SO LET ME MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
YOU WERE SAYING THAT NUMBER TWO, 70 MILES WAS THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATION, AND WE ALREADY HAVE A STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. COLLEGES.
HOME COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT DUMPED SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS IN UNIVERSITIES, TOO.
IT'S PRIMARILY COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE US AND IN CANADA AS WELL.
OKAY. AND YOU WERE SAYING JOY GATES, BLACK.
UH, WHY DON'T WE DECIDE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE? WHO WE WANT TO LEAVE AND HELP US SHAPE OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT INNOVATION.
AND OUR VISION FOR INNOVATION.
CAN I ADD A THIRD POSSIBILITY? YEAH. MICHAEL CRONE, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF ASU.
ASHU IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE INSTITUTION IN THIS COUNTRY, SAID MICHAEL CROW.
JUSTIN AND YOU SAID YOU SAID SOME UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA STATE KSU.
AND IS THERE INNOVATION AS TO THE INSTITUTION AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY? YES. THERE ARE TEACHING BIOLOGY THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARE TEACHING BIOLOGY THROUGH VIRTUAL VIRTUAL REALITY.
PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE FINE.
BUT HE CHALLENGES THE STATUS QUO.
IS HE AVAILABLE? WE FIND OUT. OH, YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. THAT'S JUST WE'RE ON A WE'RE ON A BOARD TOGETHER.
PRESIDENT'S FORUM, WHICH IS PRESIDENTS AND CHANCELLORS.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE NATIONAL ONLINE UNIVERSITIES.
IT'S ME AND THEN ONE OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IVY TECH IN INDIANA THAT ARE PART OF THAT.
I THINK HE I THINK HE'S THE KIND OF THINKING PROFESSOR'S WORDS.
YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO CHALLENGE OUR THINKING.
FIVE TO THE COMPRESSION PLANNING PROCESS TO THIS DISCUSSION.
I MEAN, THAT WORKS PRETTY WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO USE THAT TECHNIQUE.
WHERE IS IT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN FIT MIKE INTO COMPRESSION PLANNING.
HE'S MORE OF LIKE A COMPRESSION.
LET YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD AND PROVIDE CONTEXT.
IT'S JUST BRAINSTORMING HERE BESIDE HERE WITH THE DOTS.
TO ME, THAT'S FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF MEETING.
IS THERE SOME WAY TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT DO A VIRTUAL PRESENTATION TO US BEFORE WE EVER START THE RETREAT? SOMEBODY ELSE, NOT PHYSICALLY HERE, I THINK WE'LL SAY CHECK AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE JUST CLARITY ON THAT.
IS THAT WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY? WELL, MY NEXT QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, YOU WANT TO JUST USE DOCTOR VIGILANT TO BE THE. PERSON CARES.
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THE BIG STICK KEEP US ON TRACK, GUIDE US THROUGH IT.DAVE AND THE KEEPER OF OUR NOTES AND RECAP AND SO FORTH.
AND DO YOU WANT TO USE SOMEBODY ELSE? I DON'T THINK SHE'S A SECRETARIAL TYPE, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SORT OF DESCRIBED, I THINK.
WELL, THAT'S MORE DYNAMIC THAN SHE IS.
AND I KNOW, BUT THAT WAS A DIFFERENT FOCUS THAT WE HAD THEN.
GO AHEAD. I DON'T THINK I'D VOTE FOR IT.
SO WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I APOLOGIZE. NO, AND I WAS JUST PLAYING OFF OF WHAT PHIL SAID, A FACILITATOR, NOT REALLY VISIBLE, BUT SOMEBODY WHO KEEPS TRACK AND KEEPS, YOU KNOW, THE NOTES AND DOES THE READING.
WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER DAY AND SO FORTH.
AND WHAT CATALINA IS SAYING, SHE DIDN'T SEE DR.
I THINK WE'VE GOT BADOLA AND STAFF HERE.
BUT DR. BENJAMIN IS A PERFECT TRAFFIC COP.
I THINK SHE WOULD DO EXCELLENT IN THAT TO KEEP US ON TRACK, TO BE IN THE SAYING, IF YOU WANT TO USE HER IN THAT IN THAT TRADITIONAL FACILITATOR ROLE WANT TO USE SOMEBODY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE HELPING US TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO AND COMING TO OUR DEFINITION OF INNOVATION AND WHATEVER ELSE IS HE WANT TO DO.
OKAY. AND MY QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME.
BENJAMIN AGAIN OR DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER SOMEBODY ELSE ON THIS? I LIKED HER. I LIKED I LIKED HER.
BUT SHE'S LOCAL. SHE KNOWS THE DYNAMICS.
I THINK SHE READS US PRETTY QUICKLY, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT WE WANT HER TO PLAY THAT DAY, AND THEN SHE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
YEAH, SURE. I MEAN, KNEW A PERSON WOULD NEED TO LIKE CALL US, GET FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANTED.
WELL, WE GOT SOME MORE DISCUSSION THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT DAY BECAUSE WE STILL GOT TO REVIEW THAT LEADERSHIP SURVEY AND THE SELF-ASSESSMENT. SO WE NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP DRIVE.
SO USE HER AGAIN AND THEN SEE IF WHAT IS THE THING, MICHAEL? MICHAEL CROW COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ONE PART ON ON INNOVATION.
ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH JUST EXTENDING AN INVITATION TO THIS CALL AND SEE IF HE'S AVAILABLE? OR DID YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THE OTHER TWO? WHATEVER YOU AND THE CHANCELLOR DECIDE TO DO.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS JUST.
YOU GOT THE INPUT. GO MAKE A PLAN.
YOU WANT TO DO MICHAEL? I THINK SO. I VOTE YES.
IF HE'S NOT AVAILABLE, DO WE HAVE A PLAN B? YEAH, WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME PLAN B'S FROM SOME OF THE THOUGHT LEADERS THAT, LIKE HIM, HAVE CHALLENGED INSTITUTIONS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE NORM. GOOD. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE LEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IS THAT GROUP.
WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION WITH THE LEAGUE NEXT MONTH AND.
SO WHOEVER WE GET IS FACILITATOR BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE INTERNAL REFLECTION AND THAT WAS THE TWO SURVEYS AND JUST REVIEW AND DISCUSSION ON THAT AS TOPIC TWO.
SO WE'LL HAVE WHATEVER FACILITATOR.
THAT WILL GUIDE THE DISCUSSION ON TOPIC TWO.
NOW TOPIC THREE IS DALLAS COLLEGE 2030 VISION.
THE BOND PROJECT PLANNING AND WHAT IS ACTION 2030 FOR A LOT OF REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO I WILL SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THE DALLAS COLLEGE 2030 PART WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF THE THE BLUE SHEETS, THE KPIS THAT JUST REMIND US OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING AND SOME OF THE GOALS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND THEN ACTION 23 IS MORE OF THE WHAT ARE WE DOING AROUND THIS THIS NEXT YEAR?
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AND I THINK THE BOND PLANNING CONVERSATION WILL TAKE UP THE BULK OF THAT SECTION THREE, THAT TOPIC THREE.BASICALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PRESENTATION? YES. AND BY THEN WE'LL HAVE THE RFQ READY TO BE.
WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT. YES, MA'AM.
A DRAFT. THE RFQ FOR THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS.
BUT WE JUST SAY BOND PROJECT PLANNING.
I THINK YOU NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.
AS TO WHAT THAT DISCUSSION IS GOING TO ENTAIL.
WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW AN AGENDA WITHOUT AN AGENDA.
SURE. I'LL WORK WITH YOU TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
WE CAN SHARE WITH THE BOARD THE RFQ.
OKAY. AND THE SAME THING ON THIS ACTION.
23 YOU MENTIONED, WHAT IS IT, THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, IT'LL BE BROADER THAN THAT.
SO WE'LL WE CAN ANOTHER AGENDA WITH THAT.
YES. NOW, THE SECOND PAGE THAT YOU HAD WAS THE PROPOSAL FOR DAY ONE.
AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON DAY TWO, WHICH WOULD BE HALF A DAY.
AND THEN A REGULAR BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FROM 4 TO 5 ON DAY ONE.
WE HAVE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THE SCHEDULE? UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THAT OR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT OUR BOARD TIME TOGETHER IS SO VALUABLE THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE GOING MONTH TO MONTH IN TERMS OF HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION THIS WEEK THAT. YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT, I'M SURE, BUT WE HAVE MANY MEETINGS SET UP IN THE NEXT.
THE NEXT SIGN. THE QUARTERLY KPI UPDATE.
[4.1. Quarterly KPI Update]
IT'S NOW THIS CLOCK SAYS 4:00.SO DO YOU WANT TO HOLD THAT DISCUSSION OR WHAT? YEAH, WE CAN DEFER THAT DISCUSSION.
AS I REFERENCED EARLIER TODAY, THE FIRST OF ALL, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAD OUR RETREAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE WE WORKED THROUGH UPDATING THE KPIS, WORKED ON SHARED GOALS, WORKED ON THE DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLANS AND INDIVIDUAL GOALS.
AND SO THAT'S LARGELY THAT PRESENTATION, IS THAT WE'RE MAKING UPDATES AND CHANGES THAT WE WILL BRING TO YOU AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATION AND OVERALL RETREAT IN THIS TOPIC.
THREE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE AROUND THAT.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE QUARTERLY KPI UPDATE IN OCTOBER.
I'M SAYING THAT REALLY PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S A GOOD FOUNDATIONAL CONVERSATION AS PART OF THIS TOPIC THREE AT THE RETREAT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME WE'LL BE FILLING IN THE BLANKS WHERE WE.
OKAY. THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA WAS THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE NOTES THAT ANYBODY HAVE ANY.
401 OR TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS COLLEGE IS
NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.