WAMOA Strategic Plan
Last Updated June 2010
Vision 1: An organization with a sufficient, committed,
volunteer labor base
Goals:
• Continually strive to increase membership and
promote diversity among members.
• Identify areas of interest that each member
would enjoy participating in as a volunteer.
• Provide a well qualified slate of Officers and
Board of Directors.
• Reinforce the expectation that board members
remain committed and productive.
Specific Actions:
1. Identify non-member school districts, higher education, public/private institutions and potential Associate Members. Target those individuals with direct personal contact and information via mailings, such as complimentary copies of the WAMOA Journal and encourage them to join the association. Other actions are to promote regional mini-conferences; and offer excellent topics and programs at regional meetings. Assigned to Membership Chair and Region Representatives.
2. Encourage members to consider serving on the WAMOA board. Explore possible survey through website, WAMOA Publications, at the Fall Conference, and regional meetings. Assigned to Region Representatives and WAMOA Board.
3. Encourage members to actively participate in their regions. Assure that each region is holding rep/co-rep election every two years. Establish mentoring program for regional representative position. Assigned to Region Representatives.
4. Encourage committee chairpersons to involve regional members, not just board members, as members of their committee. Assigned to Committee Chairpersons./p>
5. Announcements of WAMOA Board vacancies and other opportunities to serve shall be communicated via e-mail, the WAMOA job hotline, WAMOA Publications, Internet website and personal contact. Region Representatives shall notify president and publications chair of results of regional elections. Assigned to the President.
6. Increase the awareness of the ongoing need for Elected Officers and develop a mentoring support system to assist in the professional growth and recruiting of board members. Assigned to Current and Past Officers and WAMOA Board.
7. Establish responsibilities and expectations for all committee chairs. Assigned to the President..
Vision 2: An organization that is recognized for its professionalism
Goals:
• Maintain and continue to promote WAMOA as a recognized leader among professional associations in the educational field.
• Pursue opportunities to enhance the professional work environment through interaction with other organizations and peers.
Specific Actions:
1. Partner and establish dialogue with members of other similar professional groups. Continue to establish our organization as the knowledgeable experts in Facilities Management. Assigned to the President.
2. Promote WAMOA through participation in tradeshows & conferences. Identify and invite other organizations to WAMOA annual and miniconferences; provide precise information on the benefits of WAMOA. Assigned to the Executive Committee.
3. Run promotional ads in like publications. Spread message through websites; send President’s letters to organizations and administrators. Assigned to the President.
4. Maintain and promote the professional certification program. Negotiate price break for WAMOA members with national certification programs. Assigned to Certification Chair.
5. Provide and promote professional growth opportunities for educational facilities professionals. Update knowledge pool; search for grant programs for providing professional growth to members; promote training programs through the WAMOA Publications, Mini Conferences, Annual Conference, Leadership Seminar, and region meetings; create training programs to increase member participation. Assigned to WAMOA Board and Committee Chairs.
Vision 3: An organization with stable and adequate resources
Goals:
• Maintain a broad and diverse membership base.
• Achieve full participation at the conference, trade show and other association activities.
• Establish an ongoing stable financial attitude by insuring adequate income to support desired programs and maintain an established reserve in accordance with WAMOA Policies & Procedures.
Specific Actions:
1. Identify and target potential associate members with flyers and complimentary WAMOA Publications, emails, phone calls, personal contact, etc. Continue to build the value of the organization. Assigned to Membership Chair and Region Representatives.
2. Maximize advertising revenues through the WAMOA Publications, website, and directory. Solicit articles from other organizations and our Educational Partners. Assigned to WAMOA Board.
3. Maximize Trade Show vendor booth sales. Promote trade show participation at regional meetings; continue to create innovative activities to coincide with the trade show; and send letter of appreciation to Educational Partner exhibitors. Assigned to WAMOA Board.
4. Ensure that each chair and region rep maintains a balanced budget. Identify acceptable expenditures for each area of responsibility. Assigned to WAMOA Board.
5. Encourage WAMOA Members to support the Platinum, Gold, and Silver Partners who support our association. Assigned to all WAMOA Members.
Vision 4: An organization with excellent communication
between members
Goals:
• Maintain effective member/board communication.
• Continue to provide communication links to members and WAMOA sponsored resources and information. Examples: Internet, WAMOA Publications, TWIO (This Week In Olympia), job hotline, e-mail (individual and listserv), etc.
• Continue to improve communication with all Educational Partners.
Specific Actions:
1. President shall endeavor to attend regional meetings upon invitation. Assigned to Region Representatives.
2. Provide training for regional representatives and guidelines for maintaining regional manuals. Assigned to Vice President.
3. Maintain and expand WAMOA's Internet website. Suggested expansion: Periodic messages from president, links to other informational websites, WAMOA Publications. Assigned to President.
4. The President will communicate with Region Representatives regarding solicitation of input from members, reminders of tasks to be complete, and to provide information to disseminate to members through Region Representatives. Assigned to President.
5. Region Representatives shall bi-annually request a review the current list of Educational Partners in their area and encourage non-member meeting attendees to join WAMOA. Assigned to Region Representatives.
Vision 5: An organization that maintains continuity of their strategic plan, and strives to achieve the established goals
Goals:
• Review and evaluate the progress of achieving Strategic Plan goals and update on an annual basis.
• Review and update the Strategic Plan on an annual basis.
Specific Actions:
1. Annually review the Strategic Plan at a meeting coinciding with the last board meeting prior to the Annual Conference. Assigned to the President.
2. Provide guidance to new board members and committee chairs to insure continuity of Strategic Plan with changes in leadership. Assigned to WAMOA Board; facilitated by the President.
3. The revised Strategic Plan shall be published annually in WAMOA Publications and on the website. Assigned to the Executive Coordinator
Vision 6: Review and evaluate the organization effectiveness
Goals:
To ensure the professional performance and adherence to the organization.
Specific Actions:
1. To review and ensure compliance with board Code of Ethics, By-Laws, and Policies & Procedures. Assigned to By-Laws Chair
2. Annual review and evaluation of the Executive Coordinator position. Assigned to the Executive Committee.
Vision 7: An organization that looks toward and plans for the future
Goals:
• Investigate trends, legislation, and technologies that may affect educational maintenance organizations in the future.
• Review the effectiveness of our organizational growth.
• Promote and expand the Platinum, Gold, and Silver Educational Partners Programs.
Specific Actions:
1. Continue to monitor legislation and technologies that may affect educational maintenance organizations in the future. Assigned to WAMOA Board.
2. Approve plans, goals, and objectives at the December Board meeting in conjunction with approval of the annual budget. Assigned to WAMOA
Board.
WAMOA's Mission is:
To promote diversity and foster the highest degree of professionalism in its members engaged in the management of maintenance and operations in educational facilities; to enhance the professional competence of members through education.
