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Board Relations /How the Board Makes Decisions
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board to discuss values and decisions making strategies.
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CONTACT INFORMATION: Board Retreat Subcommittee: Aldermen Gist, Haven-O'Donnell, and Johnson
INFORMATION:
1. Board relations
2. How the Board Makes Decisions
3. Values for Making Decisions
· Introduction of topic: Why we're using John Rawls's Theory of Justice to anchor our discussion of Board relations and decision making (Alderman Gist).
· Discussion, leading to consideration of a work group:
o To what extent do we feel in alignment around what justice means?
o To what extent can we express that alignment explicitly (e.g., in a statement)?
o Opportunities for communicating our concept of justice to the community and holding ourselves accountable for it.
o Task a work group to draft an explicit statement describing what justice means to this Board and to make recommendations based on our communication/accountability discussion today: work group task, members, and timeframe.
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