Board Awaits Final Strategic Planning Report
Now that the holiday season has come and gone, the Board of Directors is about to turn its attention to a huge task awaiting it in 2008—acting upon the information that will be contained in the final report from its strategic planning consultant, Dr. Carol Goldbaum. The process has gone very smoothly. The last major step was an all-day working session held on December 1, 2007, during which the Board discussed the priorities of our goals and the action steps needed to achieve each of these goals.
“This has been an incredibly thorough process, and each Board member has benefited from the opportunity to participate throughout,” said OPALGA Co-Chair Mike Cochran. “Thanks to Carol and her dedication to OPALGA, however, the Board is getting more than it originally asked for. We thought we would get a document showing us how to proceed toward the eventual hiring of an Executive Director, but we are actually going to receive that as part of an overall three-year strategic plan. I cannot emphasize enough how much this means to our Board as we work to deliver the best services and events possible.”
The Board of Directors, upon receiving the final report, will most likely spend a portion of its annual retreat (usually held in February of each year) in discussing the strategic plan and how best to implement it. According to Cochran, this timing couldn’t be better for the organization. “The new Board took effect on January 1, and we now have the benefit of additional input from our three new directors—Bruce Broerman, Kim Hefner, and David Rappaport. These individuals bring an impressive array of experience to the Board, and I am very excited about their addition to the mix. When you add these three to the incredibly strong Directors that we already have, it can’t help but produce great results.”
“Dr. Goldbaum has given us an incredible foundation on which to build,” Cochran concluded. “It is now up to each of us to move forward in an effective and efficient manner as we help OPALGA transition itself to the next level. People will be hearing great things from OPALGA in the future!”
