The second project involves AAfPE's future. At the Chicago conference in September 2000, the board of directors presented a draft of a mission statement to the members. The board also has surveyed the AAfPE membership in a needs assessment procedure. We are now in the process of organizational strategic planning. For those of you who have been through this process, you know that the road is a long and sometimes difficult one.
Introspection is a bit frightful.
It requires stripping away the layers of time and finding the essence of the organization's being. But you also know that introspection is necessary to the life of an association. The directors are committed to this task and anticipate having a document to present to the membership at the annual conference in San Antonio. In between its look to the past and its preparation for the future, AAfPE is also hosting its five regional meetings that will take place in March and April. North Central Regional Conference in Indianapolis, IN March 29-31.