HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-24-20 BOCC Retreat Proposed Meeting Plan
Orange County Board of County Commissioners Retreat
Location: Cedar Grove Community Center
5800 NC Hwy 86N, Hillsborough
Friday, January 24, 2020
9:00 AM —4:00 PM
(Breakfast will be available at 8:30 am)
At the table (12): Seven Orange County Commissioners, County Manager, Deputy County
Manager, County Attorney, Open Seat for Staff, Facilitator
Invited Resource Persons/Staff: All Department Heads
Agenda
9 am Welcome & Introductions Maggie Chotas, Facilitator, Dispute Settlement Center
Proposed Ground Rules - How do we want to work together today?
• Begin and adjourn on time
• One speaker at a time
• Listen attentively
• Focus on learning and inquiry
• Step up/Step back
• Share the time available for discussion
• It is OK to disagree...please do so respectfully
Review retreat goals & desired outcomes
• Better definition of issues
• Better appreciation of problems
• Understanding for how systems thinking could be helpful to us
• Identification of what we need to know more of and the new questions that are
arising for us re: hunger
Parking Lot
9:30 am Systems Thinking introduction & overview with a focus on hunger in Orange County
Michael Goodman, Innovation Associates Organizational Learning
Introduction to what we know about hunger in Orange County& an introduction to the current
programs to address it
Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager &Ashley Heger, Food Council Coordinator
Exercises to explore systems thinking related to hunger Michael Goodman
12:30 pm Lunch
Watching video about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Travis Myren to introduce
1:30 pm Systems Thinking & hunger focus in Orange County, Continued Michael Goodman
2:30 pm Presentation by County staff about programs in Orange County addressing hunger
Ashley Heger
Q& A
3:15 pm Reflecting on the day Maggie Chotas
What are we learning from what we've heard?
How is a Systems Thinking framework different from the way we tend to explore problems?
What deeper questions/challenges are arising?
Identifying next steps Maggie Chotas
What are our next steps in regards to Systems Thinking and hunger in Orange County?
3:50 Assessing the retreat Maggie Chotas
How well did the retreat reach its goals? What to change in future retreats?
4:00 Adjourn Chair Penny Rich