Diversity Council Meeting

November 18, 2005

Attending council members were:

Phin Xaypangna Laurette Hall Wanda Reeves

Charles Brown Gustavo Mibelli Leon Miller

Karla Gray Lindelly Rajo Colleen Singleton

Donnie Simmons James Johnson Hyong Yi

Also in attendance: Brenda Anderson, Galilee Agency

1. Meeting was called to order at 9:08 am.

2. Approval of the minutes was unanimous, with one comment made regarding item 3 under opportunities (the last bullet point regarding diversity). That bullet has been changed to reflect the following: Gain clarity on commitment of Senior Leadership Team (SLT), we should not assume that the organization is committed to diversity because of diversity of County Manager’s staff (GMs).

3. Strategic Plan Progress

Report from subcommittee – Phin Xaypangna and Brenda Anderson

· Using corporate scorecard to align Diversity Council objectives.

· Across all four focus areas.

· How to is the next step and will also include how to measure.

Retreat Plan: Goals, initiatives, measures and milestones.

Feedback:

· Use same language so that we have consistency, more alignment across departmental balanced scorecard, corporate scorecard and diversity strategic plan.

· Looking at services we provide and how we can bring them to the community ie: Geo districting in DSS.

· Hyong suggests we develop objectives and send them to departments to align their scorecards with these objectives.

· Determine how need for training should be conveyed to keep it from being viewed as punishment.

· Understanding that avoiding costs, avoiding risk mitigation ie: lawsuits, being the best stewards of the tax dollars. Looking at things you have control over ie: partnerships.

· Wording of scorecard between now and mid January.

· Don’t assume that everyone understands that internal business process, Financial and Employee & Organization Capacity is a responsibility for all four focus areas.

· Align goals and objectives to Balanced Scorecard.

Initiatives and Measurements

· Asked for ideas (brainstorming) by December 2.

4. New Members –

· Wynn Mabry has agreed to join us

· Michael Dickerson is being approached.

5. Brenda urged everyone to watch WTVI 10pm Tuesday night Past, Present & Future and attend the Town Hall Meeting at the Levine Museum on November 29 from 5-7pm. Meeting adjourned at 10:48 .

6. Next meeting on and December 22, 2005 at 9am to finish out the calendar year.

Submitted by: Rhonda A. Price, Administrative Assistant

Signed by:______

Phin Xaypangna, Chairperson