RE: Strategic Planning Committee

["Terry Aitken" <terry@flowerfantasy.net>]

Hi All
We are confronted with some huge challenges in the near future.
It is the communication conversion from a paper society to an internet
society.
We can continue to provide services via the internet as we have for almost a
century using paper. The question becomes - how do we pay for internet
services?
I am watching with great interest as newspapers do the changeover. No paper
delivery but still having on line current events. I doubt that we are ready
for a complete changeover but it will probably happen within 5 years.
This is beginning to sound like my next "Editors message" in the July
Bulletin!
Maybe editors will become obsolete? Sigh!!!
Terry

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Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Strategic Planning Committee

Everyone has some great comments.  Continuous Planning is needed  always,
but
most importantly right now, we might need a Major Over-hall; to  keep up
with
the ever changing, and rapidly changing world we live in  today.
The Camellia Society went through a Major Over-hall a couple of years ago,
which has changed the entire Face of the Organization. Just one of the
Successful Ideas they came up with was the establishment of The Camellia
Trail;
spanning the entire country, and creating actual contractual  relationships
with
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take us successfully well  into the future.
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In a message dated 3/17/2009 2:59:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
hager@aredee.com writes:

Strategic planning should be a continual process. I cringe to think  that
strategic planning is delegated to an ad hoc committee. It should be,  at
the
very least, a standing committee that addresses not only 3 year  goals, but
10 and 20 year goals. It should be updated regularly (you may  recall that
the Soviets were particularly fond of 5 year plans) to make  sure that the
organization is on track. Furthermore, the organization  should frequently
refer to the plan to make sure that it is working within  the guidelines of
the plan.

Just my 2 cents and now I will go back  in my hole.

Dennis Hager






----- Original  Message -----
From: "Terry Aitken" <terry@flowerfantasy.net>
To:  <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:28  PM
Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] Strategic Planning Committee


>  Hi All
> It seems to me that Bonnie Nichols and a committee came up with  a mission
> statement when she was treasurer. It sounds like you are  trying to build
> on
> that?
> I have had some interesting  correspondence from the American Orchid
> Society
> who is  following a very parallel direction because of dropping
membership,
>  cut back in services. They have a headquarters estate in Florida that  is
> being shut down (greenhouses plus storefront) to the public except  for a
> skeleton crew of maintenance people. This has some reflection on  short
> term
> economy problems that may right themselves  later.
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
[mailto:owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
>  On Behalf Of E. R. Epperson
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:50  PM
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Subject: [AISdiscuss] Strategic  Planning Committee
>
> The American Iris Society needs to  formulate a vision and a strategic
plan
> for the next three-year  period.  This plan would set forth goals and
> objectives with  timelines for achieving the stated goals and objectives.
> An
>  essential part of such a plan will be the performance of a SWOT
>  (strengths,
> weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of the  organization.  It has
> often been said that if you do not know  where you are going you will
never
> get  there.
>
>
>
> Therefore, the AIS President would  entertain the following motion:
>
>
>
> That the AIS  President appoint an ad hoc committee to formulate a
>  strategic
> plan for The American Iris Society.  This committee  would be: Gary White,
> Chair; Jeanne Clay Plank (Policy and historical  perspective); Jill Bonino
> (Finances); Bob Pries (Publicity and  Marketing); Debra Straus (RVP 17).
>
>
>
> Note:   The AIS President is by the Bylaws an ex-officio member of all
>  committees.
>
>
>
> Thank  you,
>
>
>
> Roy
>
>
>
> E.  Roy Epperson
>
> President, The American Iris  Society
>
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