Comment on the 2010 Strategic Plan

Below is the text of our 2010 Strategic Plan. Feel free to post your comments.

SLA-NY Vision and Mission Statements

VISION
Situated in a global center of knowledge and knowledge professionals, the SLA New York Chapter identifies, defines, and communicates the value of its members. The Chapter anticipates and evaluates trends with the intention of exploring and creating opportunities to influence the knowledge industry.

MISSION
The New York Chapter will be the regional catalyst for the fostering and discussion of new professional ideas through which its members will become the most competitively positioned knowledge professionals in the metropolitan area.

Advocacy
Champions the value of our membership to the information and knowledge marketplace. Promotes the recognition of accomplishments within the organization and society.

Education
Identifies and communicates new employment trends and creates training opportunities to cultivate an evolving skill set and expertise.

Community
Connects members to a network of information professionals, recruiters, vendors, students, and other related information industry partners, fostering a collaborative approach to advocacy of the profession and learning.

Information Policy
Aspires to enable our members to define, influence and execute information policy within their organization.

Text of the SLA-NY Strategic Plan

To see the text of the 2010 Strategic Plan for the SLA New York Chapter, click here.

Participate in Strategic Plan 2010!

For those of you who could attend the Chapter’s Annual meeting on October 18^th, you heard from the Strategic Planning Committee that the Chapter presented a new Strategic Plan.

The plan is available for you to see on the website. (perhaps link to it here)

The plan emphasizes the Chapter’s desire to develop and become a real agent for advocating on behalf of our members and looks to place a greater emphasis on communicating our value to employers and fellow professionals. We think that you see that clearly in every point of the plan through our desire to emphasize advocacy, education, community, and our future role in policy making. This should create a great way to attract additional members to the Board to work on these efforts and there will be many more ways to participate in the Chapter.

But all good strategic plans have solid objectives and we are looking to you our members to help contribute those planks. How do you want the Board to begin acting on these important mission statements. What kind of activities do you want to see executed on your behalf as a member. What kind of contributions do you want to make as a member?

Tell us what you think the chapter should adopt as objectives and goals in 2010 by adding your comments below.

We will also be circulating a survey soon, but don’t see the survey as a substitute for sharing directly with us.

Looking forward to all your ideas!