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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Carolyn, Katie, and Karen for your time
and insightful discussions this morning. The collaborative spirit we share is a cornerstone of our negotiations, and I am eager to continue our dialogue as we work towards mutual goals.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Enclosed with this message, you will find a copy of the performance priorities document,
a collective effort with contributions from the Washington State system of CTCs' Educational Technology Advisory Group. This document outlines our key performance priorities, which we aim to discuss and address together with Instructure. These priorities represent
a strategic endeavor to ensure our partnership robustly supports the diverse needs of our educational community, using benchmarks as tools for ongoing, constructive communication.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In our meeting, we also touched upon concerns raised by colleges within the WA CTC system
and from four-year institutions that leverage the SBCTC contract for their renewal processes. These concerns centered around the proposed 10% increase in cost per FTE, highlighting apprehensions regarding fiscal sustainability. I am grateful for Instructure's
openness to revisiting these figures with the relevant decision-makers within their organization. For reference, I have attached the initial proposed contract.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Looking ahead, with Carolyn and Katie's attendance at WACC later this month, it presents
a prime opportunity to delve deeper into our performance priorities. I am also considering a hybrid meeting format to ensure inclusive participation from ETAG members who cannot attend in person.
<u>Should we opt for a hybrid meeting, I suggest scheduling it during the social hour on the first day of the conference to minimize conflicts with session attendance.</u> I've included a<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pATIi48XnPhWTekjiBRXtLAIlPzXBcuzG01DnrUhkug/edit#heading=h.nald44ou7xq4" id="LPlnk" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pATIi48XnPhWTekjiBRXtLAIlPzXBcuzG01DnrUhkug/edit#heading=h.nald44ou7xq4" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> link
</a>to the latest WACC agenda for your convenience. To organize this effectively, I will require a headcount of in-person versus remote participants. This will assist us in arranging the necessary logistics to accommodate our meeting.
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b><i>A separate survey will be sent to all system-wide stakeholders to collect this information, along
with a response deadline.</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I believe this summarizes our discussions from this morning. However, Carolyn, Katie,
and Karen, please feel free to mention anything I might have overlooked.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Hammer, your inclusion in this correspondence is to ensure you are fully informed of our ongoing negotiation
process with Instructure and their representatives.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">Michael A. Brown, Ph.D. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"><i>Pronouns: he, him, Beloved</i></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"><u>mbrown@sbctc.edu</u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"><i>“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”(Maya Angelou) </i></span></p>
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