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I | Spring/Summer 2006 | |
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1. President Weiss prepares initial draft of planning topics | February-March |
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2. Board of Trustees and Leadership Council review and
comment on the draft of the document | March-April |
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3. GDA Integrated Services conducts external research | April |
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4. Senior staff expands/revises draft of planning topics | Summer |
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5. Form Strategic Planning Steering Committee (SPSC) | June |
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6 First meeting of SPSC: review work to date (draft of
planning topics, and schedule) | August |
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II | Fall 2006/Winter 2007 | |
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1. Strategic Planning Retreat (Trustees, Board Associates,
SPSC) | September 7-9 |
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2. Second meeting of SPSC to follow-up retreat, identify
appropriate Sub-committees, prepare charge for each
sub-committee | September 18 |
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3. Enlist members and convene sub-committees | by October 15 |
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4. President reports on progress to Board and
Leadership Council | October |
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5. SPSC and Sub-committees on-going work | Oct.-Nov.-Dec. |
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6. Preliminary reports from sub-committees to SPSC | by January 26 |
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7. Feedback: SPSC to sub-committees | by March 1 |
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8. Additional research by GDA Integrated Services as needed | October-December |
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III | Spring 2007 | |
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1. Progress report to Board of Trustees | March |
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2. Convene groups of potential donors to update on general
planning issues | March-April |
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3. Sub-committees meet with SPSC to finalize recommendations | April |
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4. Presentation of key findings and recommendations
to Board of Trustees | May |
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IV | Summer/Fall 2007 | |
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1. Draft comprehensive strategic plan | by mid-July |
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2. Share draft with faculty, alumni, students, community | July-September |
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3. Finalize strategic plan | September |
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4. Approval of plan by Board of Trustees | |