5 Year Strategic Committee
Monthly Report
Last Update:
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Email this pageThe AADB committees have begun to report on a monthly basis to it's members what it's activities are. These reports are provided as a means of accountablity and information of what AADB is trying to accomplish for it's members and so that if a member may know of a resource that could be beneficial to the committee, the emember may contact the committee chair and share that resource.
2012 Committee Reports
- January 2012
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
The AADB Board has passed a motion that will allow the Five Year Strategy Planning Committee to move forward on a main goal to help AADB become a stronger organization for the future.
A sub-committee of the 5-Year Strategic Planning Committee (5YSPC), chaired by Sarah McMillen and Rene Pellerin, has been formed to create a survey that will be used to help the board determine what focus AADB should take, per membership feedback.
The survey will be connected in part with the main goal and in part with how Sarah and Rene, as members, connect with the memberships' wishes. They are working on questions that will help the members have a better voice in AADB matters as a whole.
Both the Main Goal Proposal and Survey will be available to the members in the February report.
- February 2012
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
A Proposal has been approved by the board, this will be sent separately.
AADB 5 Year Strategic Plan Proposal
The Five –Year Strategic Planning Committee has put together a subcommittee to work on a survey of the membership. Sar McMillen and Rene Pellerin co-chair this subcommittee. Carlie Grippi, Heather Grizzle, Corrina Veesart are committee members.
This subcommittee is talking about focusing on questions for all categories of members. Non-members will be done in a separate survey. There is a six-month time line for this project from start to finish. The main goal proposal was shared with the subcommittee.
- March 2012
Submitted by:
Mark Gasaway
Karyn Campbell may have sent something in but if not, the chairs are waiting for the survey committee to continue their work and report to the chairs.
- April 2012
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
The Five Year Strategic Planning Committee is currently developing a survey with the assistance of the survey sub-committee. The process is underway and when completed will be sent to membership to help determine what direction AADB should go with input from the membership.
- May 2012
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
The survey subcommittee of the 5-Year Strategic Planning Committee put out a survey on what AADB's priorities should be. Rene Pellerin and Sar McMillan co-chaired this subcommittee. Corrina Veesart, Heather Grizzle and Carlie Grippi were members of this subcommittee and we thank them for their service.
The Survey Committee will be collecting responses and share them with the chairs of the Strategy Planning Committee.
If anyone has any questions, please contact:
Karyn Campbell - karynaadb@wowway.com
Mark Gasaway - mark.gasaway@comcast.net
2011 Commitee Reports
- September 2011
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
We have been having great and eventful discussions on many topics related to this planning. The work is going well and we will plan to work on goals for accomplishing what we would like to accomplish as time approaches. At this point, we are seeking to change the confidentiality forms so that we will be able to get the general membership more involved at the Committee Level of working in and with AADB.
The 5YSPC Mission:
To devise and implement a strategic plan that will improve AADB's standing in the public sector.
The 5YSPC Action Plan:
To work on a one-year plan that can be revised as things go and get better for AADB. We are thinking to make this a one-year or two-year plan and not go for the five-year planning as yet because AADB is on fragile ground. There are two types of planning, goals-based and issues-based, with issues-based being what we decided to go with first as AADB has many issues right now. We decided to take this route after reading information from www.npmanagement.org, which discusses the two types of planning. Issues-based typically is done for a shorter time line than is goals-based. Maybe we can look at goals-based planning in a year when there are not so many issues as we have now.
Here is a list of issues collected by the committee with agreement on them for the most part.
1. Finances.
A. Timelines of financial information.
B. Amount of money AADB has.
2. Communication.
A. With membership.
B. With donors.
3. Trust between members and board and vice versa.
A. Information to members - opening up communications.
B. Involvement of members in committees.
4. Leadership.
A. Need to train new leaders.
5. Board issues.
A. Lines of authority.
B. Fiscal policy.
C. Orientation for new board members.
6. Conduct of meetings.
A. General Business meetings at symposium.
B. Board meetings.
- October 2011
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
The committee has added some new members in the last month. One of these members has brought forth a proposal that is being worked on by three members of the committee. This will then be brought to the whole committee for further comment. This deals with a main goal for AADB and has potential to deal with some of the issues facing AADB. It does not replace dealing with the issues discussed previously by the committee.
The issues that were raised within the committee have also been further discussed with resolution on one part of one of these issues. Confidentiality form is no longer required for committee members. It will still be required for board members, volunteers and staff. The reason it is required for volunteers is that they may be handling confidential information such as membership information or website material. Revision of this form has been referred to the Law Committee.
A time line has been proposed for the issues and action plans for these issues. Fundraising seems to come up quite a bit in discussions. The organization needs money in order to carry out its mission.
And speaking of the AADB mission , there are also discussions within the committee of changing the mission statement to fit in with the main goal when the above mentioned proposal are presented to the full committee. We are not yet sure how much the mission statement may change, if at all, but the changes, if any, will be done by the Law Committee as well.
- November 2011
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
Over this past month, we have been discussing a proposal for a main goal for AADB. This goal can be used to direct the activities of a number of committees including fundraising.
This proposal was put together by several members of the committee, discussed among the committee and is being submitted to the board for their consideration. The results of any board action should be known by the next report.
- December 2011
Submitted by:
Karyn Campbell & Mark Gasaway
The Five Year Strategy Planning Committee (5YSPC) had a motion passed by the board on November 16, 2011. This motion is the main goal proposal that you read about last month. The board asked that some changes be made in the proposal. These changes are being made and the proposal will be released to the membership with the monthly reports for December. Once these changes are made, the committee will begin progressing the plan.