Mike Thuman's

what? who me? yes, still alive but in Washington DC this week. A couple of thoughts:

-what we should be doing is coming up with lots of ideas without judging or processing each one in detail so I'd say we should have at least 31 ideas up there.
-an actual brainstorming session in person might be a good idea. maybe we are going to be doing that in the next meeting but generally brainstorming has certain ground rules and by doing it in person, the energy and creativity of the process and people, gets more ideas down on paper.
-after all that, we have to apply some criteria, like what our overall objective is and would the concept be SMART (specific, measureable, achievable, relevant and time related)

I'd be glad to faciliate the brainstorming session but I got the sense that maybe that's what Lisa was intending on doing March 24.

For the record, I'll throw in a few brainstorm ideas:

1. Learning is Cool and Drive for Excellence campaign in PC schools: with classroom sizes growing and already too large, more resources are needed in the schools to help with math, reading, art and music (both really weak compared to other parts of the country) etc. Collaborate with the schools on areas of greatest need and put 31 flaves to work in their area of interest and passion.

1a. The Future is Yours-similar idea to #1, make 31 flaves available to the schools to talk about what each of us does, the education choices we took and did not take, the career experiences that each has had, our advice. Ski bum is a valid career choice!

2. Walkability Starts Now-
take the bus, ride your bike, walk the whole distance but when you come to a cross walk, do drivers know that its illegal to continue through the cross walk if a pedestrian has started into the cross walk.

As a few of you know, I walk my kids to school whenever I'm home and cars don't stop at the crosswalk. Even when the principal sends out letters to parents alerting them to cross walk safety there are parents that drop their kids and then blow through the busy crosswalk. Orange flags are interesting, flashing lights maybe, bridges/tunnels won't be everywhere but a campaign that broadly changes the understanding of the law and changes the thinking of drivers would make PC and Utah a leader in walkability and safety. Whenever I go to California, they seem to respect the crosswalk, we don't seem to have the same respect.

regards

mike