1. Date: 02/24/15
Time: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: gotomeeting.com
Facilitator: Jonathan Liepe / Ray Kelly Note Taker: Lynn Burton / Ray Kelly
Leader/Organizer: Jonathan Liepe / Ray Kelly Time Keeper: Lynn Burton
Attendees Ray Kelly, Jonathan Liepe, Bev Brown, Mike King, Mike Womochil, Dawn Delgado, Emily Lesh,
Aracely Guillen, and Lynn Burton
Minutes
Agenda item Executive Committee Members
Discussion  Those on the EC need to have the passion and the commitment. More members isn’t
necessarily better. Our goal is to have the EC membership concise and populated with
those who want to volunteer, have the knowledge, skill and ability and also have the time to
serve.
 EC members will lead sub-committees and task forces and through their participation
(leading or other), drive efficiency and effectiveness.
 Ray Kelly reminded us that effective Consortia are driven by the Industry leaders. Additional
members, including Mike Womochil and Emily Lesh will help round out an effective
executive committee for the CEWC.
 EC discussed missing Industry employers that we still need to reach out to for their
commitment. One noticeable gap is the REA representation. The REA’s deal with a
different set of circumstances in regards to a more rural setting.
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 Continue to reach out to those who Industries who have not committed All Ongoing
Agenda item Term Limit
Discussion  The EC expectations are not currently set in stone.
o We discussed the 2 term (each term = 2 years) limit and if we want to restrict
people to 4 years total?
o Do we stagger terms so that the Co-Chairs (and others on the EC) do not roll off at
the same time?
o Bev Brown discussed if we have someone who is still passionate after 4 years that
we don’t want to restrict them. Perhaps place them in an Advisory role?
o Ray Kelly stated that we can appoint or vote to add additional members to the EC.
Ray reminded us that it is our responsibility to recruit a replacement for ourselves or
to recruit from other organizations as well.
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 Remove word “max” in regards to 2 – 2 year term (slide #4) Ray Kelly 3/18/2015

2. Agenda item Executive Committee members
Discussion  Co-Chairs currently are Jonathan Liepe (Co Springs Utilities) and Mike King (Xcel). Jonathan is
in the process of relinquishing his position due to other commitments.
 The Committee approved the addition of Toni Selman as a 3rd
Co-Chair (from Black Hills)
 The Committee affirmed membership from the workforce board (Emily Lesh) and the community
colleges (Mike Womochil)
 Platte River Authority – evaluating their time commitments and there may be some interest there.
 Tri-State – we believe we have a commitment from them
 Colorado Rural Electric Assn (Liz Fiddes) - no commitment at this time
 United Power – no commitment
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 Contact Liz Fiddes Lynn Burton 3/18/2015
 Bev Brown will continue to reach out to her parties Bev Brown 3/18/2015
 Was there an action to call Toni?
Agenda item Executive Sponsorship
Discussion  Ray Kelly shared the CEWD Executive Interview form. It’s an opportunity to ascertain their
interest in consortium type work, learn the Interviewee perspective on game- changers, etc. It
allows them to give their input, elicit support for the consortium work and it will give EC members
some insight regarding potential Executive Sponsors.
 The EC also needs input from our governmental affairs personnel, HR and senior operations
leaders.
 Ray Kelly led a discussion on selecting an Executive Sponsor from the notable senior leaders
that come through the Executive Interview process. Perhaps someone in a singular company
who is known across companies in the Industry. Jonathan Liepe commented that we have had a
gap in this area in the past.
 2015 Deliverable – get an Executive Sponsorship. Bev Brown commented she has two potential
candidates from Xcel that she is going to approach. Also perhaps we look at two candidates
splitting this role due to travel schedules, etc. (fill in when the other is not available) We would
certainly encourage them to drop in at the April 15th
meeting.
 Ray Kelly reminded us that other (state) Consortium Executive Sponsors would be willing to talk
to our candidates. Jonathan pointed out that these need to be from younger consortia’s and not
utilizing assistance from those that are more established for this particular action item.
 EC team round tabled on the manufacturing sector. We need to recognize that the Department
of Labor has similar programs in the manufacturing sector. We need to recognize opportunities
in our industry are not growth related but there are replacement (new hire) opportunities that
community colleges need to be made aware of. Mike Womochil pointed out that in the
manufacturing process it’s not just entry level positions but opportunities to advance. Mike asked
how we show variability. What’s been done in the manufacturing sector?
 Emily Lesh shared that she would send out the manufacturing career pathways. We all agree
the utility employer’s career pathways look more like spider webs.
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 2015 – obtain Executive Sponsorship EC Committee June/July
 Emily Lesh to email out pathways Emily Lesh 3/6/2015
 Bev Brown will approach 2 potential candidates for Exec Sponsorship Bev Brown March, 2015
 Ray Kelly will send out CEWD Career pathway templates for our use Ray Kelly 3/6/2015
Agenda item CEWD Site / SWOT Analysis

3. Discussion  Ray Kelly reminded those on the call what a great tool the CEWD website is. We should all have
access to it but if you find that you don’t send Ray an email at ray@cewd.org. The team was in
agreement that Ray should provide a brief tutorial at the March meeting.
 March meeting – an agenda item will be to break down the SWOT analysis. Our goal is to distill
the material from the SWOT analysis, build areas of focus, organize action items into pillars
(Career Awareness, Education, Workforce Planning and Structure/Support), and have it ready
go out to committees/taskforces.
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 Confirm access to CEWD website All ASAP
 Ray Kelly will present tutorial in regards to CEWD website Ray Kelly 3/18/2015
 Ray Kelly will start the SWOT / Area of Focus work and submit to EC Ray Kelly 3/06/2015
Agenda item 2015 Deliverables
Discussion  April 15th
meeting - at the end of the day, we should have the structure of the Executive
Committee approved, the areas of focus/beginning action items, task force volunteers and a draft
of the Strategic Plan sketched out (accomplishment on focused tasks and objectives for the next
1-2 years). We’ll also look at our mission and vision.
 4 Strategic Planning Pillars – Career Awareness, Education, Workforce Planning and
Structure/Support
 March Meeting – define what our task forces look like, utilizing the tools we already have in
place.
 Jonathan Liepe stressed that we need to achieve the commitments from members and sustain
the enthusiasm. Expectations include 1-1/2 hour conference calls and 5-6 hours of work each
month.
 Ray Kelly talked about supplier / buyer relationships. The workforce centers and educators are
the suppliers. Industry needs to look at what are our hiring cycles are and how they compare to
the educator “supply” cycle. We need to have a supply / demand conversation at our next
meeting. The Industry leaders need to focus on projections and not reactions.
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 Structure of Exec Committee / draft of Strategic Plan EC 4/15/2015
 Task force outline EC March mtg
Agenda item 2015 Meeting Schedule
Discussion  EC determined we will meet on the 3rd
Wednesday of the month at 3:00 p.m. Mountain time.
The Executive committee will meet the first 30 minutes of the call and then the rest of the
committee will join in after the initial 30 minutes.
 Ray Kelly mentioned some of the Regional meetings and Bev stated that the West meeting was
to be held at the Xcel Building in Denver on July 23rd
.
 Bev Brown mentioned if any of us had reviewed house bill HB15-1230 regarding innovative
proposed funding for interns in the Energy Sector.
Action items Person responsible Deadline
 Calendar invites to team Lynn Ongoing
 Addition of minutes to LinkedIn Lynn Ongoing
 Bev Brown will send out the House Bill for our review and comment Bev Brown 3/3/2015
Next Meeting – March 18th
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Mountain time (EC only)
March 18th
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Mountain time (EC and CEWC)