[FUN_Mail] SFN meeting and strategic planning

[Phillips, Kimberley]

Hi Ron,

Sorry I wasn't able to make it to the FUN booth to talk about strategic
planning. As I mentioned to you at the end of the JUNE board meeting, I
recently completed my 2 yr term as President of a society (American Society
of Primatologists), where I initiated strategic planning. We ended up
hiring a consultant to collect and summarize the data, mainly because we
felt we needed a neutral party to do so. However, I learned a lot about the
process, data gathering, summarizing, reporting, etc.  I am happy to assist
with strategic planning for FUN.

Some thoughts/comments:
 Financial.  I'm a big proponent of transparency. It bothers me that at no
time have the financial reports been presented and discussed (for JUNE, and
I attended the business meeting last year and don't recall this info being
presented).  In order for FUN to make decisions about future goals and
programs, I think it is imperative that we all have an understanding of
existing funds and how they are allocated.  I think an openness about
finances makes others trust in the organization, too.

I definitely think a mission statement is needed, as well as an articulated
vision and goals. This helps to ensure that decisions are made that further
the mission of the Society.  The vision and goals can be informed by what
the membership indicates as important considerations for FUN.

I think the website needs to be completely revamped and reorganized. It
isn't very intuitive, and so the only site I go to the site is to pay my
dues (which isn't very easy to do, either).  I don't know all of the
programmatic elements of FUN, timelines, etc.  - seems that anyone should
be able to readily discern these from the website.

Administrative thought - the President's term is 1 year - correct? That
probably isn't enough time to do much of anything; I would consider
changing it to 2 years. {Though I am sure that would have to be a
membership vote to change the By-Laws.}

Those are my thoughts for now.
Kim




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Kimberley A. Phillips, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Chair of Neuroscience
Trinity University
San Antonio TX

Core Scientist, Southwest National Primate Research Center
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
San Antonio TX

Past-President, The American Society of Primatologists
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