Decisions from the MATUL Commission, Manila, 2015

 

Leadership Team

The leadership team for the commission needs reformulating as key people have moved on and pressure needs to decrease on Viv

One person from each continent

Latin America: Ulisses



USA: Viv Grigg



Africa: David Andrew Omana



SEA: Aaron Smith



India: HR in the interim



Conference Coord 2016: Ulisses to recruit.



Corrie de Boer as Ambassador at large mandated to negotiate with ATS and IAPCHE re PhD option.



Viv Grigg, ex-officio chair

Meet monthly via Vsee

2. Grassroots Training

A final consensus after multiple presentations and considerable discussion was that across the board we will seek to integrate of development processes for both Masters and grassroots training processes

16 Grassroots Delivery Modules + 5 Vocational Training Modules

While each learning network will develop its own processes, resourcing is needed. Begin with the design of 3 modules

• Building Faith Communities
  
  
• Economic Discipleship
  
  
• Working with Street Children
  
  
  

Design Process

As course designers surface, Viv to work with each one to facilitate development

Each Module to be designed around 2 days of teaching (15 hours) + 15 x 1/2 hr mp3 units deliverable to cell phones.

• John Edmiston to develop the technical delivery side
  
  
• Viv Grigg to structure the content development
  
  
• Joyce Dispulo to develop the project management process.
  
  
  

Development of Slum Learning Network

The central component of delivery is a trainer who can gather clusters of pastors in the slums.

Trainer of Trainers Module

This is a critical first step to include the leaders of existing slum learning networks

3. Next Gathering - Rio de janeiro

• 3rd week of May 2016? (Ulisses to check)
  
  
• This is dependent on fundraising between now and October and the appontment of a conference coordinator w in Brazil who can process immigration doucments rapidly.
  
  

4. Library Development

Each school decided to keep expanding to 400 urban missions books. No central process needed.

5. Publishing Student/Faculty Papers

To be done on the matul.org site as an urban journal format..

Needs a committee member from each alumni association under supervision and screening of entries from one faculty from each school. Word to be put out to school faculties to see if there are volunteers.

6. Variations

MemTur in Brazil will be an MBA in Urban Leadership.



Michael presented the variations of eh LA - MATUL



Viv presented the variations of the APU online MATUL



Addition of Global Contextual Theology course



Reduction to 42 units

In order to relate to theology school, addition of Synoptic Gospels replacing one internship

7.Confirmation of Legal Copyright
as in Common Understandings

• Developed as open source, but ultimately legal copyright goes back to Urban Leadership Foundation.
• Viv to protect that further under US law in case of some future conflict.
  
  

Immediate Action Steps

1. viv to work out with Joyce a job description
   
   
2. viv to work out with John Edmiston on delivery plan
   
   
3. viv to work prepare process of fundraising
   
   
4. Set dates for Committee VSee calls monthly
   
   
5. Each school send recommendations of a faculty for publishing committee reps from each school:

1. Please review the above and send corrections and additional elements to Viv.  Please review the website and let me know what is missing.

Viv Grigg, June 18, 2015