Judges and ExCom are not eligible for the award but can submit entries. The need for a Fall ExCom meeting was discussed, and it was agreed as necessary. Because of PACE, Sections Congress, and BoD meetings, the ExCom will meet in Nashville, TN on 4-5 Dec 1999. The Strategic Planning Committee will meet for dinner on Friday 3 Dec, with their meeting the following morning. The goal of this report is to establish the basis for the documentation, provide a summary of the lessons learned and make recommendations on the next activities.
Preparation is the key to success.
Regardless of the media used to conduct a strategic planning activity the quality of the preparation directly affects the results. This was especially true in the Region 3 e-Retreat 1998. These are good practices in any meeting scenario but especially critical if electronic communication is the primary media. Don't assume that groups of people that have worked and played together previously will work and communicate in the electronic environment. In spite of all of our assumptions in the Region 3 e-Retreat the members of the SPC that participated in the planning effort overcame many of the problems associated with the lack of preparation.