Long Range Strategic Planning Committee

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Introduction
EASFAA's strategic long range planning process began in 1991-92, the presidential year of Bill Irwin. George Chin was named chair of the Long Range Planning Committee, and he established the need for a formal long - range plan. In 1992-93, under the presidency of Richelle Emerick, Bob Condon chaired the Strategic Long Range Planning process. The first formal planning document was adopted by the Council and was distributed to the EASFAA membership at the annual conference in May 1993.

In June 1996, at the EASFAA Council retreat, with Doug Bucher as President and Susan Howard as chair of Long Range Strategic Planning, the second phase of the process began. Two days were devoted to the review and discussion of EASFAA's plan. The full Council, with the additional of several past presidents, looked at five major areas that represented the services and then current focus of the organization. The basic premise was to accept EASFAA's mission statement as it was articulated in the first plan and to focus on developing visions of where EASFAA should be headed as an organization. An action plan framework was then written for each of nine areas.

In the spring of 2001, EASFAA conducted a membership survey, seeking input into various areas of the organization. The results of the survey were tabulated and evaluated. The information was used at the Council retreat, held in June 2001 under the presidency of Robert Shorb with Susan Howard as Long Range Strategic Planning Chair. Over the course of two days, elected officers, state representatives, committee chairs and past presidents of EASFAA participated in a comprehensive review of where the association is today and where it needs to place its priorities over the next five years.

This plan has been reviewed and updated in 2006-2007 by the Strategic Planning Committee. Please refer to Appendix A. In the Appendix you will find the Environmental Scan that was used to guide the committee in developing this current plan. All EASFAA organizational relationships, both internal and external to EASFAA, are woven into this plan.

The specific areas covered by the revised Strategic Plan are:

Each year EASFAA Council, under the direction of the Association Governance committee will review, measure progress and possibly modify the plan as it prepares for the upcoming twelve months, taking into account what has been and what still needs to be accomplished according to the Strategic Plan.

Larry R. Chambers
      EASFAA President 2006-2007

Strategic Long Range Planning Committee:
      Dave Myette Co-Chair
      John View Co-Chair
      Rachel Brinkley
      Dino Koff

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