2002 Strategic Plan

  • Increase size and diversity of membership by improving recruitment and retention.
  • Forge a leadership role in technical training for professional forecasters and the communities they serve.
  • Become a leader in development of policy statements relating to operational meteorology.
  • Maintain organizational focus on promoting new forecasting techniques and technology.
  • Continue to be a leader in facilitating public/private meteorology interactions.
  • Make Annual Meetings the premier forum for operational meteorology.
  • Foster increased cooperation between the operational community and the academic/research communities.
  • Improve the organizational infrastructure.
  • Enhance the quality and readership of NWA publications.
  • Ensure financial stability and planning.
  • Develop leadership and succession planning.