- Team members introduced themselves.
- Braden stated the main goal of Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) is to get students the classes they need when they need them.
- Origins of SEM: a few years ago President Greene began the push to bring an enrollment management system to ARC, which ultimately choose Ad Astra's two-part system of Astra Schedule (facility/room management software) and Platinum Analytics (historical and predictive schedule analysis software).

Overview of ELSS Process at ARC and the District:
- Last semester, the Enterprise Level Scheduling Solution (ELSS) project team began learning and utilizing the two Ad Astra tools, with a particular focus on Astra Schedule. ELSS is now transitioning into the Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) project team to assess, develop, and recommend scheduling processes and procedures including, but not limited to, how best to incorporate data tools to inform smarter scheduling at the institution.

State of Ad Astra Implementation:
- Astra Schedule is being utilized by multiple departments currently and will be expanded throughout the fall.
- Braden has been working with Platinum Analytics to tweak workflow and access privileges for different user groups before rolling out broadly.
- Braden currently meeting with individual divisions and departments to demonstrate the systems.

Structure of SEM meetings and Platinum Analytic calls:
- Team will meet most Mondays from 1:30pm-3:30pm; every other meeting will include a 1-hour conference call with our Ad Astra consultant Patrick Cain.