Strategic Vison Workshop

In absence of an external speaker the meeting gave President Ngaire the opportunity to report on the recent half day strategy driven workshop.  She thank members for their input and attendance (18).  It was  aimed at progressing the development of a vision and strategic plan for the club for the next five years..   A follow up session of feedback etc is scheduled for our meeting on 29 January 2013. 

The workshop followed the proven method employed by organisations, in short by seeking to establish the current status, of culture , strengths and weaknessess, and how one wished to build on these to achieve some identified state in a few years time.

She summarised the thinking of the members who attended.  It was interesting that generally individual views were broadly consistent.  Moving forward then the process will be to review the perceived SWOT's and crucially try to define a "focus' for the future.    Suffice to say that the need for a "vibrant membership" was paramount as was the hope to employ the wide range of skills within the club.  The continued goal was to work hands on with the community and the cluster clubs while perserving the culture of the club.  Fund raising was key but must be secondary to the service work.