JUNE 2006

Long-Range Planning Committee Report
Carol Mowbray

The 2005-2006 Committee planned and implemented a Leadership and Strategic Planning Summit that was held in Charlotte, NC November 11-12, 2005. The summit was facilitated by Tara Telfair, University of Virginia Leadership Development Center.

Forty SASFAA leaders and involved constituents of the Association met to review the current issues of the Association. Several of the outcomes were deemed significant enough to warrant action plans:

  • Create/develop a Rising Young Professionals Scholarship
  • Involve New Aid Officers’ Workshop participants in structured follow-up and opportunities
  • Add/Create a “Best Practices” area on the SASFAA Web site
  • Determine the impact of reauthorization/reconciliation on lender support
  • Bring SASFAA training into the states
  • Acknowledge, track and monitor volunteers
  • Involve former state presidents at a greater level
  • Reassess SASFAA President’s role with the states
  • Reassess Membership alternatives
  • Determine ways we can create a holistic approach to supporting and strengthening our diversity

The individuals who participated rated this as a highly effective means to discuss issues of importance in developing the direction and the vision of SASFAA in the future. Work will continue to refine and implement the priorities established by these leaders in the 2006-2007 associational year.

The Long Range Planning met for a final meeting on April 22-23 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to bring to a conclusion the two-year planning cycle. The draft of the core values for the Association and the recommendations and action items, as identified by Summit participants, will be presented to the SASFAA Board at the transition meeting in St. Petersburg in June.

Members of the Long-Range Planning Committee:

Carol Mowbray, Chair Northern Virginia Community College
Cruzita Lucero, Co-Chair Northeast State Technical Community College
Jane C. McNaughton Edamerica
Tom Morehouse Thomas Nelson Community College
Juanita Russell Alcorn State University
Betty Whalen Winthrop University
Janet Sain (ex-officio) ECPI College of Technology

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