Summaries of the Parallel Process and the Environment Scanning from the last meeting were handed out. When working as a group on these concepts, Sally asked people to not get into ideological battles and to not use words which require definitions. Focus on ideas, don t get hung up on word choices, and trust district officials to do the wordsmithing. Sally said the oldest, best and longest-lasting companies have simple, clear, short, memorable core ideas. Purpose is a stable concept.
Mission can change.
Mission is a focal point to guide action for future years. Ideas need to be simple enough to remember and communicate to others. Sally broke the Committee into 3 working groups to work on Purpose, Principles, and Vision. People could select which group to work in. Groups worked for about an hour.