CPC Retreat Notes
What is our role as CPC?
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Planning
Resource allocation
Budget
Recommending body
Thumbs – process
What process will we use to determine effective participation?
 Timeline process/technology
 Do agenda building for next meeting
How will we know we are effective in our role?
 Goals/outcomes/products
 What does everyone else think we do?
 What we want to value in the meeting?
- Dialogue/discussion
- Clarity
- More involvement (more people involved)
What proves will we use to determine effective decision
making?
What is our value in shared governance?
What do we want to communicate?
What challenges do we need to be aware of?
Value
Incorporation of community
Incorporation of diverse
constituent groups
Minimizing “power differences in
communication
Hearing diverse opinions &
perspectives
Challenge
Turf battles
Preserving what’s best in an 800
year old transformational process
Getting info back to / back from
constituency groups
People don’t speak up at the
meeting then undermine the
recommendation
Involve new people – give others
Disagreements may solidify
an opportunity to serve
instead of resolve
Introducing a perspective that may Term limits – need more rotation
be unknown to others
of CPC members
Opportunity for shared ownership Creates competition
Ownership of implementation of
“Appearance” of less dissent vs
decisions
buy-in
ES: CPC members @ forum
The ability/commitment to
Bidirectional communication
disagree on topic or individual
Telling/sharing own perspective
issues w/o compromising
AND hearing/listening to others
relationships
Better understanding of issues and
needs
Shared Governance
Inclusive voice
Attached to AB 1725
Welcoming/inclusive
Multiple responsibility
Team
Shared is an active role
Hypocrisy
Effective leadership planning
Continuous improvement
Effectiveness
Facilitate leadership
Contribution
Gov. board/CEO
Support student decisions
Input
Roles
Substantive clearly defined
Substantial voice
Budget
Participatory Governance
Show up
Mandatory
Empty obligation
Active / engage
Participatory
Democracy
Quality instit. effective
Developing personal
responsibility
Policies
Expertise
Planning
Work together
Effective communication
Constituents
Students
Good of the institution
Processes
Discussion
Issues may change perception because of the role
Transactional & Transformational
- Process of dialogue to figure out a solution
- Functionally implement
- Make every effort to constituents
Foothill
Like
Not Like
Outcomes/products of
Bandwidth
committee
Committee list
Availability
Integrated planning & budget Time
Definitions of committee
structure
Internal effectiveness review
aligned with planning cycles
Include all constituency groups
Guiding principles for each
committee
Roles
Board policies
Glossary
Role
 We are both roles
- We are elected to do that
 We bring the bigger concept
 Divisive to wear two hats
 Role is to identify what’s best for the college
 Get information to bring in constituent responses to help
build better decisions
 It’s hard to wear those two hats
 A maturing of the “honest” discussion
 Shared interest
 We are not a team
 Can be more than just the role -- multi-faceted role
 Appreciate different positions: need to come together to
a common goal
 We are care about students
 What is good for the college
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Synopsis
R.S.
Love of the community to the campus
What the community thinks we are: state
responsibility/board enacts
Personal sense of urgency for our students
Board is a unit
Golden Age – Cabrillo talent
Board employee is president
Parking Lot
 Business of the college during the summer