CAC leaders,
Please see below for the agenda for our 2010 RCAC Retreat. In the interest
of keeping things a little more relaxed and enjoyable, we've scheduled
generous amounts of time for the discussion items. The current schedule
shows us wrapping up our official business at 8:50 p.m., though we hope we
scheduled in more time that we'll actually need. We figured no one would
mind going home a little earlier than expected, as this is going to be quite
a long day for many of us. :-D That said, please try to be there at 5:30
so we can greet one another, settle in and get started on time.
Thanks to Patrick, Justin and Mary Belle for helping the executive committee
hammer out the agenda. See you all on Wednesday!
Ana
RCAC 2010 Retreat
5:30 p.m.
Walnut Creek Wetland Center
MIngle/Welcome (15 minutes)
Introductions/Icebreaker - what do you do in your professional life? (15
minutes)
Minutes
Report out on boundaries exercise (Boundaries committee) (45 minutes)
- Overview
- Recommendations: discussion, decision
- Lessons learned
Discussion: What is the purpose of the CAC?
In-depth discussion of the kinds of issues and problems the various CACs
work on, and what each CAC's biggest challenge is currently. Discuss CACs
roles in their communities, how CACs interact with local institutions, the
business community and neighborhood associations. (We'll break into pairs
and each pair will have a list of questions to prompt discussion.) (20
minutes)
Report out: Discuss common themes emerging from various CAC leaders'
comments (30 minutes)
BREAK (10 minutes)
Small group discussion: each group will discuss a particular challenge from
the report-out, and discuss ways to address those challenges. Each small
group will present to the full group on the resources/solutions/action steps
they came up with to support CACs facing that particular challenge and hear
feedback. (20 minutes for group discussion, 25 minutes for presentations)
Wrap up: How are we doing? How does our work in 2010 measure up to our
original 1970's mission statement? July meeting agenda? (20 minutes)
Socializing/dessert/adjournment