Strategic Planning Committee Report
2009 Winter Meeting
Newark Marriott Hotel
7 February 2009
By Gerard A Alphonse for Art Winston, Chair
Committee Members
• Chair, Art Winston
• Members (alphabetic order)
– Gerard A Alphonse
– Bruce Hecht
– Guru Madhavan
– Fausto Molinet
– Nita Patel
– Charles Rubenstein (ex-officio)
Guiding Principle
Region 1 strategy development process to follow IEEE framework
• Based on the balance between
– what must not change – the timeless principles of the Region’s
core purpose and core values
– and what changes must be stimulated by future vision – what we
seek to become within a 10-30 year horizon
• Characterized by the articulation of an envisioned future
consisting of
– Big audacious goals and a vivid description of them
– And a vision of what it will be like to achieve the goals
• Must be supported by key stakeholders, and actionable
Work Done to Date
• Studied IEEE documents
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IEEE Strategic Plan
MGA Plan and VP presentation for regions
EAB document
Elements of reports to BOD November 2008 meeting
• Enrolled assistance of BOD consultant
Jean Frankel to craft a survey that is
appropriate to Region 1
Elements of Survey
23 questions in 7 categories
14-32 responses per question ~ 420 in total
• What is going on in your section – the challenges
(4 questions)
• On the horizon: 5-10 year trends in the future (6)
• Region 1 core ideology – Purpose and values (5)
• Envisioned future for Region - 10+ year vision (2)
• Focus on desired outcome for 3-5 years (2)
• Region 1 today – SWOT analysis (3)
• Final comments (1)
Example of Category Details – The Four Questions
in “What is Going on in Your Section?”
• What's working well in your section today?
– 32 responses
• What's not working well for your section today?
– 20 responses
• What do you think are the challenges that your
section will face in the next 1-2 years?
– 24 responses
• How could Region 1 help your section to be
better prepared for these challenges?
– 22 responses
Current Activities in Progress
• Reviewed responses and highlighted important ones
• Telecon in Dec 08 to study them and figure out how to
deal with all this data
– Sort and condense, fill gaps in responses
• Action agreed upon
– Each SPC member to independently select a handful of
responses deemed suitable for Strategic plan and submit to
Chair and group
– Possibly hold another telecon for further review and sketch a
strategic plan
– This action is in progress
What is Next
• Work out content of a preliminary strategic plan
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Mission statement
Region 1 Core values
Big Audacious Goals 10+year
3-5 Year Goals
• Draft outline for a preliminary report to BOG
• The Report is to be a living document, a work in
progress to be continually refined and updated