2003-2004 Annual Report
Strategic Planning 2003-2004
Committee Chair: Irvin L. Coin
Committee Members: Darlene
Conwell WESTOP
President (ex-officio)
James Oda WESTOP
President Elect (ex-officio)
Lee
Fulmer AZ
Chapter President
Jessi
Reyes-Murray Central
Cal President
Leonard
Woods NV
Chapter President
Howard Willis NorCal
Chapter President
Rowena Andrade PI
Chapter President
Trinette Briggs SoCal
Chapter President
Bylaws Citation: Article VII, Section 7.5(a-d)
Committee Description
The Strategic Planning Committee, chaired by the Past-President, shall be responsible for researching, planning and presenting to the Board options focusing on the future direction and scope of the WESTOP Association.
Committee Assignments for 2003-04
Goal 1: Form a committee with regional representation to
aid in carrying out of prescribed,
assigned and subsequently discovered duties.
Goal 2: Prepare
and submit a revised Committee budget at the June board meeting for
approval.
Goal 3: Develop and/or review the 5-year Strategic Plan
and recommend adjustments
as necessary. Present to the membership as requested.
Status of Committee Assignments
Goal 1: Completed.
Goal
2: Completed.
Goal
3: Completed
Year in Review
• All board meeting reports were posted on WESTOP’s website.
• All Chapter Presidents included discussion of the Strategic Plan recommendations
at chapter meetings.
• Members were given ample opportunity to comment on the recommendations.
• An annual timeline was created.
• Strategic Plan “roundtable” session was presented
at the annual conference.
Recommendations
The recommendations made by the 2002-03 Strategic Planning Committee will continue as the recommendations made by the 2003-04 committee. These include the following with recommended action units:
• Recommendation 1: The Association must decide if the board will retain both policy and service responsibilities or focus on policy. If the board is designated a policy making body, the size of the board should be restructured to facilitate that function, and committees, standing and ad hoc, must be authorized to exist as free standing service bodies. (Chapter Presidents)
• Recommendation 2: If the aforementioned is approved: a) the board could be reduced in size and provide improved representation, and b) standing committees could be assured a life greater than one year, which would be supportive to the completion of challenging objectives. (Chapter Presidents)
• Recommendation 3: A permanent Association address should be established as well as a method to efficiently retrieve archived information. (Executive Committee)
• Recommendation 4: The Association should seriously consider forming a “standing” Conference Committee, composed of individuals with a working knowledge of conferences, charged with locating future conference sites and contract negotiation. (recent past conference chairs)
• Recommendation 5: A clear distinction should be made concerning the services to be offered to members by the Association and those to be offered by the chapters (i.e., professional development training). (Chapter Presidents)
• Recommendation 6: The philosophical and fiscal relationship between the Association and COE should be discussed openly, followed by an effort to reach consensus with respect to fairshare, equitable WESTOP representation on critical committees and issues of importance to the one true international regional TRIO organization. (recent past presidents of WESTOP)
Respectfully submitted by Irvin L. Coin
