NWA Strategic Planning Committee Progress Assessment

The Strategic Planning (SP) Committee is currently undertaking a review of the strategic plan to see where the NWA stands as far as making headway on the current plan, and where the organization needs to go with regard to the future of strategic planning.

The following is the current plan, with the committee's analysis of where we stand on each goal (yellow is some progress, green is substantial progress, red is no progress made):

Status

#

Goal

Progress

Y

1

Increase size and diversity of membership by improving recruitment and retention.

Little

Y

2

Forge a leadership role in technical training for professional forecasters and the communities they serve.

Little

G

3

Become a leader in development of policy statements relating to operational meteorology.

Substantial

G

4

Maintain organizational focus on promoting new forecasting techniques and technology.

Substantial

Y

5

Continue to be a leader in facilitating public/private meteorology interactions.

Little

G

6

Make Annual Meetings the premier forum for operational meteorology.

Substantial

Y

7

Foster increased cooperation between the operational community and the academic/research communities.

Little

G

8

Improve the organizational infrastructure.

Substantial

G

9

Enhance the quality and readership of NWA publications.

Substantial

Y

10

Ensure financial stability and planning.

Moderate

G

11

Develop leadership and succession planning.

Substantial

The current strategic plan was approved by the Council at the Annual Meeting in October 2002, and has been the guide for the organization since. This plan replaced an earlier strategic plan that was developed in 1996. Based on the substantial progress that has been made toward a number of our strategic plan goals, the Council and SP committee feel that now is the time to take a fresh look at the broad goals of our organization. This strategic planning evaluation will take place over the next number of months, and will involve all levels of the organization, including the Council, Strategic Planning Committee, the NWA staff, and the general membership. If you have any suggestions regarding the strategic plan and the goals of our association, please feel free to e-mail the SP Committee chair Alan Gerard at Alan.E.Gerard@noaa.gov, or the NWA President John Scala at president@nwas.org.