Our Mission: to Present in a Fun and Interesting Way, Both Written and Orally

Yack-B 5

Team Contract

Our mission: To present in a fun and interesting way, both written and orally,

our views and experiences with crisis management teams with emphasis

on their balance between work and family, while maintaining a high

level of team cohesion, cooperation, and overall effectiveness.

Group #5

Chris Geer

Kylah Dolen

Adam Bellingar

Yana Morozova

Brendan Kelley

October 13, 2003

Yack-B 5

Team Contract

Article I

The aforementioned team consists solely of the following members:

Chris Geer(XXX) XXX – XXXXe-mail:

AddressBellingham, WA 98229

Special commitments include: working weekends out of Seattle
Relative work experience includes: leading and training multiple sales teams, effectively operating alone as a delivery driver, and patience and the ability to communicate with all types of people through his cruise ship work.
Special skills include: being very comfortable in front of an audience both as a performer or speaker, familiar with computers and programs such as Word, Excel, PageMaker, and Photoshop, and owns a color printer.

Kylah Dolenphone number e-mail:

AddressBellingham, WA 98226

Relative work experience includes: lots of customer service
Special skills include: computer programs Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, access to a color printer, and a digital camera. She is not good with public speaking but will do what is required.

Brendan Kelley(phone number

Relative work experience includes: working in groups, planning meetings, and assisting in training new employees all for MOR furniture in San Diego.
Special skills include: Being a great listener, highly reliable, hard working, a good problem solver, owns a laptop computer and has access to a video camera as needed. He does not like speaking in front of large groups or working on complicated tasks.

Yana Morozova(phone number e-mail

Special commitments include: possibly substituting for an aerobics class on Mondays from 6 – 8.
Relative work experience includes: previous teamwork situations.
Special skills include: computer programs PowerPoint and Excel, owns a color printer, has access to a computer / video camera, lives in a large house with lots of meeting space, and has connections with an individual in crisis management. She is organized, comfortable with public speaking, sociable, dedicated, open-minded, and spontaneous. However, she has a low tolerance for not staying on task.

Adam Bellingar(phone number e-mail

Special Commitments: My schedule may get more rigid as I get closer to the 25th of October as I have a promotion test for Karate. After that my schedule will be freer.
Relevant Work Experience: I’m an assistant manager for Regal Cinemas where I work as a projectionist and I’ve taught children in Karate.
Special Skills: I can operate Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. I have a laptop with wireless access to the University Network. I have made numerous presentations of different types. I’m a good listener and try to facilitate group processes. However, I consider myself to be somewhat of an individualist and a careful thinker. This does not always make for good meetings because I may not always participate in everything.

Group Schedule: See attached weekly schedule.

Group Goals:

90% or above for the team project
Good team chemistry
Improve teamwork skills
Productive and efficient meetings
Keep commitments
Have fun

Article II

We, as a team hereby pledge to abide by these guiding principles by the time we finish our discussion:

We will work on resolving disagreements rather than burying them
We will work before play
We will keep up with positive and negative feedback
We will be open minded and accepting of feedback and new ideas
We will make group decisions, not individual decisions
We will try to keep focused and maintain a forward motion during meeting times

Article III

Our mission:To present in a fun and interesting way, both written and orally, our views and experiences with crisis management teams with emphasis on their balance between work and family, while maintaining a high level of team cohesion, cooperation, and overall effectiveness.

Article IV

To work efficiently as a team we believe the power must be divided equally amongst all team members. Following are the designated individual roles that if needed can be reassigned.

Project Coordinator – Chris is responsible for this position. He will facilitate the meeting and keep tasks at hand efficient. He will also provide the structure of the meeting and oversee all aspects of the project.
Record Keeper – Yana will carry out the responsibilities of the record keeper. During each meeting she will record the events of both group interaction issues as well as day-to-day project operations.
Liaison – Kylah will be delegated the roll of the liaison. She will be the one to approach authority about questions dealing with the team project.
Editor – Adam has the responsibility of being the editor. He is to carefully review team products for submission. All changes to said products would be reviewed and approved by the entire group.
Meeting facilitator – Brendan is the assigned meeting facilitator. He will be in charge of planning all the meetings before they take place. He will also enforce the equal participation of all group members.

Article V

As a team we have decided to divide tasks based on the criteria of individual strength, availability of resources, and time. To accomplish this, the methods we plan to utilize are dividing the work based on deadlines and in a fair and reasonable fashion. Because we believe that all members should have equal distribution of work, we are open to all possible combinations of divisions of labor. This is to ensure not only a fairness of work amongst our members, but also a quality final product.

Article VI

See attached team plan.

Article VII

In order to maintain effective meetings we will abide by these established guidelines.

Frequency: We will meet every Wednesday before class with additional meetings decided according to task loads.
Scheduling: Meetings will be held according to team schedule and length of time will be determined in the prior meeting.
Attendance: Mandatory attendance unless prior notification is provided.
Attitude: All members are responsible for healthy and positive attitudes.
Decision Making: The group will make decisions based on consensus. If consensus is unable to be reached, a voting system will take place using a majority rule.

Article VIII

All team members are accountable for assigned tasks. However, if an individual encounters problems along the way and cannot finish the task, he or she should contact the group for help. This is to ensure a supportive environment among members as well as maintaining team unity.

Article IX

A reward system for our team will be to verbally praise any member who performs to an exceptional level. As a group we will reward ourselves by doing fun activities such as outings for coffee or ice cream. Each group member is allotted 100 points at the beginning of the project. If a team member does not follow through with an assigned task or attend an agreed meeting, that member will lose points upon consensus of the remainder of the team. For each offense, defined as previously stated, two points will be taken away from their personal allocation of 100 points. In addition, if you continue to commit “offenses”, a team intervention will be held and you will continue to lose points. Final team evaluations will be based from this point scale.

Article X

A contract revision will be available as needed throughout the term of the project. A special meeting will be called if the contract is to be changed. These revisions will be based on a group consensus. Important issues that are not covered in the contract should be addressed in regular meetings.

Article XI

I, the undersigned, do hereby agree to the terms of the above contract.

Kylah Dolen______Date______

Chris Geer______Date______

Adam Bellingar______Date______

Yana Morozova______Date______

Brendan Kelley______Date______

******Note: The following team plan needs more individual task assignments!!!******