Updates

Throughout the Strategic Planning Process we will keep you updated in this section by posting information and short progress reports.

Update….6/3/2010

Strategic Planning Committee held its update meeting to discuss the progress of each Strategic Task Force. Each Task Force will update its “Goals Sheet” and they will be included below.
Mike Hoff joined the update meeting. The following are the task forces and their chairpersons:

-Leadership Development – Hyra George, Aaron London

-Resource Development – Edie Brodsky, Christina Shafton

-Programming – Amy Lipeles, Susan Paletz

-Marketing – Andy Pieter

-Staff Development – Abby Winston, Jeff Antonoff

Strategic Planning Committee was pleased with the progress and reviewed the activities that have taken place since our last meeting. With the implementation of the strategic plan initiatives we are now being proactive and managing AJCC polices, programs and services to fulfill our mission to our members, and for the Jewish and general population of the Long Beach and West Orange County Co communities.

          Updated Task Force Goal Sheets (Attached pdf files below)
          • Leadership Developement
          • Resource Developement

• Programming
• Marketing

• Staff Development

Update….11/30/ 2009

Strategic Planning Committee held a meeting to review the progress of each Strategic Task Force and discuss the plans and task force meeting dates in 2010

Attached PDF of Meeting Minutes 11/30/2009

Update….3/26/2009

Strategic Planning Committee held it quarterly update meeting to discuss over all progress and review each strategic plan task force progress.

Attached PDF of Meeting Minutes 3/26/09.

Update….12/20/2008

The committee met to discuss the next steps and how to move forward with the plan. Individual task force committees agreed to hold their first meetings in January 2009.

Update….11/28/2008

The final draft of the Alpert Jewish Community Center [AJCC] Strategic Plan for 2009 - 2010 – 2011 was discussed and adopted by the Board of Directors at the monthly meeting.

Update….10/24/2008

The first draft of the Strategic Plan is written and sent to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for comments and feedback prior to the board of directors meeting. The strategic plan goals and objectives were discussed at the board meeting.

Update….7/22/2008

The Committee met to finalize these areas: situation analysis, planning assumptions, strategic goals & objective and Success Indicators.
The following task forces will be created:

• Leadership Development – Chair, Laurie Raykoff

• Resource Development – Chair, Lynne Kass

• Programming – Chair, Amy Lipeles

• Marketing – Chairperson, Andy Pieter

• Staff Development – Chair, Jeff Antonoff

The first draft of the strategic plan will be written

Update ...... 6/11/2008
We finished a long Strategic Planning Committee meeting this morning to review the progress we have made in Step # 2, Situation Analysis / Data Gathering:
• Focus Group and individual interviews were conducted
• AJCC Staff Strategic Planning Meeting was held on May 20, 2008
             • A SWOT [Strength, Weakness, Opportunities. Threats] Analysis was completed
              • The Start - Stop - Continue Exercise was conducted
• AJCC Board of Directors Strategic Planning Meeting was held on May 21, 2008
              • A SWOT [Strength, Weakness, Opportunities. Threats] Analysis was completed
              • The Start - Stop - Continue Exercise was conducted

Today we also reviewed the focus group and interview question data, the SWOT Analysis and a summary of preliminary findings. The next step is to collate the information into similar topics to finalize the critical issues list.

Update ...... 4/18/2008
We met to set clear direction and understand the Strategic Planning Process and how the Critical Issues List will be developed.

To insure the data gathering process covered all the interests and preferences at the AJCC we created a list of the focus interview groups

Update ...... 4/8/2008
We are starting the data gathering section of the planning process. Members will have an opportunity to give input either through interviews or surveys.

Update ...... 4/1/2008
The Strategic Planning Committee met for the first time with Mike Hoff, our strategic consultant to review the following:
1. What will the committee be responsible for, and how often do we meet?
2. Scope of the date gathering, review overall questions and who should be interviewed
3. Preliminary schedule and process milestones

Update ...... 3/24/2008
The Strategic Planning Committee met to discuss the purpose and goals of the committee, identify areas of concern and review the final proposal from the selected strategic planning consultant.

Update ...... 11/30/2007
The committee started meeting to interview prospective companies and/or consultants to begin the strategic planning process for the AJCC.