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Greeting ARLIS/NA Community,

I’d like to thank and congratulate the ad hoc Strategic Planning Committee on their hard and persistent work over the last two years. The ARLIS/NA Executive Board approved the new Mission, Vision, and Values statements put forward by the committee at our April meeting. This fall the committee submitted their final report to the board and I’m very pleased to announce that we approved their five carefully crafted goals, which will put our values into action.

 

Strategic Planning Committee co-chairs, Amy Trendler and Suzanne Rackover, have beautifully documented the committee’s process. "The Strategic Planning Committee was guided by a commitment to have a plan that was by and for the membership, to achieve this we sought feedback in many modes and venues throughout the process. Each of the five goals builds upon and extends activity already underway within ARLIS/NA while also challenging us to be ambitious. With a clearly defined mission, vision, values, and goals, the plan should energize the ARLIS/NA community and its membership, focusing on meaningful work that is both constructive and helpful."

 

The five goals are:

 

Mobilizing Membership

Increase membership by 20% and double the representation of BI+POC identifying members.

 

Igniting Infrastructure

Align infrastructure with mission, vision, and values; increase operating margin to 10%.

 

Creating Community

Foster community such that at least 80% of students, new professionals, and self-identified BI+POC members agree or strongly agree with the statement that ARLIS/NA creates a community that centers accessibility, diversity, equity,

inclusion, and social justice.

 

Amplifying Advocacy

Conduct advocacy efforts that generate at least one major media mention (with an estimated viewership/readership of 1 million+) and at least five minor media mentions.

 

Propelling Partnerships

Establish at least five new partnerships or collaborations, grounded in an intentional equity mindset, to enhance the reach and impact of arts information services and resources in underserved communities.

 

Additionally, the board will begin implementing the committee’s recommendations, starting with the appointment of two Strategic Plan Implementation Coordinators. These intrepid souls will help track our progress and guide us in achieving the goals set out in our strategic plan. Be on the lookout for a call for volunteers to fulfill these important positions.

 

Eleven of our ARLIS/NA constituent groups have already contributed 18 strategies to address the goals. The work of our members, their commitment and their vision continually astound me. One of the tasks for the Strategic Plan Coordinators will be to develop a dashboard where we can all see the progress of the great work that is being done.

A big thank you to the committee (members listed below), for your excellent work!

Amy Trendler
Suzanne Rackover
Sarah Carter
Freyja Catton
Jessica Craig
Rebecca Friedman
Patricia Gimenez
Karyn Hinkle
Mark Pompelia
Rebecca Price
Heather Slania
John Taormina