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Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan goals, objectives, and strategies outlined below are a summary of the full document. For details, contact John Fletcher or John Hall.

Goal: To Disseminate Information and Exchange Ideas

Objective: Develop Publications to inform membership and prospective members
• Maintain website
• Continue printing the Journal
• Continue online SACRAO Directory
• Continue printing the Newsletter
• Encourage members to subscribe to listservs
• Maintain brochures for new members

Objective: Have SACRAO representative attend state and national meetings
• Send SACRAO representative to state meetings
• Send SACRAO representatives to AACRAO

Objective: Inform first-time attendees of SACRAO structure, meetings and goals
• Encourage SACRAO members to be Mentors
• Send information to new members about annual meeting
• Hold a reception at SACRAO for first-time attendees
• Have an orientation program at SACRAO for first-time attendees

Goal: To Provide Leadership in Policy Interpretations and Implementations

Objective: Conduct Professional workshops and meetings to keep membership informed of current practices and changes in the profession
• Offer sessions and workshops at SACRAO meetings to inform membership
• Print articles in the Newsletter concerning new policies and changes
• Encourage SACRAO members to participate in AACRAO committees
• Print Executive Committee deliberations in the Newsletter

Goal: To Promote standards and best practices affecting admissions officers, registrars and other academic support and student service professionals.

Objective: Recognize individuals within membership who have contributed to the advancement of the profession
• Encourage members to write articles for the SACRAO Journal
• Encourage members to write articles for the SACRAO Newsletter
• Evaluate sessions at meetings and acknowledge the "Best Session"
• Encourage members to nominate individuals for the "Certificate of Appreciation"
• Encourage members to nominate individuals for the "Distinguished Service Award"
• Review articles in the SACRAO Journal and recognize outstanding article--"Margaret Ruthven Perry Award"
• Multicultural Award for State Excellence
• Individual Multicultural Scholarship

Objective: Provide both internal and external experts for programs
• Invite non-SACRAO members to annual meetings to conduct sessions
• Choose Keynote speakers for meetings who provide leadership and guidance for our profession
• Conduct workshops on new policies

Objective: Evaluate program sessions, workshops and conferences
• Distribute evaluations at sessions
• Review and rate evaluations
• Review and evaluation summaries

Goal: To foster a friendly spirit of unity and cooperation among its members

Objective: Promote and provide opportunities for members to get acquainted
• Encourage new members to attend new member orientation/reception
• Encourage at least 50% of SACRAO members to visit hospitality suite at least once
• Encourage at least 85% of registered attendees to attend SACRAO sponsored social events at the annual meeting
• Encourage at least 50% of registered attendees to attend SACRAO breakfast meeting

Objective: Plan and advertise SACRAO at AACRAO reception
• Plan and promote reception

Objective: Conduct sessions at annual meetings to get members involved
• Encourage members to attend town meeting
• Encourage members to attend forums

Objective: Encourage SACRAO members to mentor new members
• Promote Mentoring Program

Goal: To reflect in the activities of the organization a balanced representation of personal and professional characteristics such as professional area of responsibility, gender, ethnicity, state and institutional type.

Objective: Increase participation of institutions within SACRAO region who are not members
• Identify institutions which are not members
• Send information to non-member institutions

Objective: Increase the participation of the under-represented SACRAO members within the organization
• Identify minority SACRAO members
• Develop a campaign to get minority members involved
• Plan and conduct special sessions to promote minorities