Committee Retreats to Chicago

The NRPA Strategic Planning Committee met July 21-23 in Chicago to draft an updated strategic plan for fiscal years 2009-2011.

In advance of the retreat, committee members reviewed survey data collected from 700 general membership respondents, 85 NRPA leaders, 15 state executive directors, 18 young professionals, 18 staff and nine consultants. The data, coupled with survey responses from the committee members themselves, were used as a foundation for the committee to explore environmental assumptions, organizational purpose, vision, values, goals and conditions indicating priority objectives to achieve the goals across the designated three-year period.

The committee convened again via conference call on Tuesday, July 31, to finalize the first draft of the plan and sent it to NRPA leadership on August 6 for response and input by August 31. The committee will consider the input and finalize the draft of the plan for presentation and consideration by the NRPA Board of Trustees at its Sept. 29 meeting in Indianapolis. 

In advance of the board meeting, an open forum will be held on Sept. 28 to present the plan and take questions and comments by the membership. Members are encouraged to attend this meeting, scheduled for 2-3 p.m. at the Indiana Convention Center, Room 207.