9/4/08 LPG Logistics Planning Meeting

We used today's LPG meeting to discuss logistics for our evolving LPG. The following action plan was agreed upon:

1. Changing meeting time for LPG. Starting with the next meeting, LPG will meet on the second and fourth Friday every month.

2. The next four meetings will have the following agenda:

1. 9/12: Jingdong to lead Session 2 of Habit 7: Sharpening the saw. (in the meantime, a reminder to all LPGers :-) ... "be mindful of doing this habit, look for opportunities to sharpen your saw eg. put together an education plan, are you spending time to renew each of the 4 dimensions: physical, mental, social and spirtual? are you making a commitment?).
   
2. 9/26: Team discussions and brainstorming to re-align the team ... to be facilitated by Donna, topics include: mission statement of LPG? And what do we study and practice after 7 Habits? Meeting will be open to all LPG members but Advisory Members should be there.
3. 10/10: Fall Kick off meeting LPG: Open to all LPG members, Might want to invite guests, We will present vision statement of LPG and the proposed detail of fall program
4. 10/24: Fall LPG starts
   

3. We will be using the lobby conference room. We will use Roger's call in conference number.

4. Team agreed on using the following web collaboration technologies:

1. Google blog for indepth reflection of LPG topics
2. Google web (a kind of wiki) for more static content for LPG
3. Facebook and its Leadership Practice Group group on Facebook to establish a community presence on the fastest growing social networking platforms. Goals include: reaching out to wider network (that was how Tracy found us), "Sharpening the saw" on this fast growing collaboration platform (it's up to you to learn as much or as little as you want or have time for .. but you will generally be pleasantly surprised to find a lot of friends and most likely your tennage kids already on facebook). So, at least please make sure you have access on Facebook. Think of it as your action for shapening your saw on web 2.0.

5. News. Gilma said that she is still looking to start an LPG chapater in Brazil but it would be outside an IBM context. Things are really changing fast and very hectic at IBM Brazil. She said when she gets to a point of forming that group, she would look for help from LPG Rochester. Al thought that it would be a great experiment for LPG outside IBM or any company as it meshes with the vision that LPG is not just about work, it is about living a total effective life.

6. Misc. Within IBM, there are two distribution lists: ANG-LPG which contains LPG extended members, LPG Core which as the core members. We should make sure that advisory members have admin access to the distribution list. At certain time, we should make a point to update the list. Maybe after kickoff.

See you all on 9/12 for Session 2. Sandra will send out invitations. Thank you Sandra!