ANREP Leadership Growth: Increasing Capacity & Membership Growth

1. # 1: Growing the ANREP leadership • Goal – Increase the internal leadership capacity of ANREP • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • State champions will conduct meeting of membership and interested individuals to identify key NR (Natural resource) issues and leadership for those issues. • State champions will participate as members of state JCEP. • Development of a mentoring system for leadership positions, committees and new members. (State champions could be the link for the latter; provide initial training) • Provide leadership/management training to Executive Board and Committee/Group leaders. • Provide leadership training assistance for ANREP members. • Encourage multiple leadership roles; i.e. short term working/interest groups, ad hoc committees, etc. • Asset mapping membership skills to bring people into leadership niches. • Develop a system of rotational leadership and provide written institutional memory of conference planning, state champions, committees, leadership job descriptions, important due dates, etc. • Encourage development of state chapters in every state. • Results and Milestones: • Mentoring system established • State Champions hold membership meetings in home state. • Develop baseline and track expanded leadership. • Provide leadership development.

2. #2: ANREP will grow its membership without losing its identity • Goal 1: Clarify who we in ANREP are and what we value as a professional organization. • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • Revisit Article II of the by-laws to ensure they follow the SMART Goal model • Results and Milestones: • Clear understanding of ANREP’s purpose and values; with endorsement of full membership • Resources needed: • Existing materials used (brochures, by-laws) • Review and monitoring process: • Board and membership will have opportunities to view and react to each draft. • Goal 2: Spread the word to other organizations that share our vision and values. • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • Develop marketing strategies using ANREP values as the core. • Initiate dialogue with CDA and CDS to identify shared values. • Development of promotional video describing ANREP. • Results and Milestones: • Increased membership by an as yet undetermined percentage. • Increased “buy-in” by membership. • Improved ability by members to address critical issues.

3. #3: ANREP will respond to emerging disciplinary issues • Goal: ANREP develops mechanisms by which to identify, clarify, and prioritize natural resource issues and disseminate this information in an efficient and effective manner. • Concerns: Issues that are emerging and issues that are unexpected (e.g. September 11): need to prepare for both events. • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • Develop an emerging issues on-line information center accessible through ANREP website. Information center will provide up-to-date information on natural resource issues, policy, and research, using materials submitted by the membership. Identify emerging NR issues. • Prioritize issues recognizing these will change. • Separate issues by state, region, national. • Determine information gaps; begin filling gaps. • Information will be updated weekly, and archived for continued access. • Responsibility and roles: • Development of a Critical Issues Information ad hoc committee, responsible for gathering information and identification of information gaps. (Committee to be formed at ANREP National Conference June 2002?) • Volunteer from the membership (ad hoc committee chair?) will maintain the web site for a determined time period (one year or 6 months). • Review and monitoring process: • Monitoring will be on going and reported by Critical issues Information committee to the Executive Board. • Effectiveness and use of web site will be reviewed during ANREP annual strategic planning meeting.

4. # 4: ANREP will engage and involve its membership. • ANREP membership will be actively involved in the activities of the association that is contributory to the mission and goals. • All committees fully staffed, functioning and communicating with the general membership. Executive committee and committee chairs. • 95% of members will renew their membership each year. Membership chair & executive director. • 20% will be fulfilling a committee assignment. Committee chairs. • All new or delinquent members will be contacted directly by a knowledgeable ANREP member to engage them in committee or leadership opportunities. State champions and regional representatives, President in letter to new members. • Program to educate all members about opportunities and foundations of ANREP. (Send talking points, explanation of committee responsibilities to all members.) Membership chair. • Develop a mentorship program for all new members and update database to reflect disciplines of all members. 50% of new members in a year will have an interaction with an existing member. Create Mentorship Committee, starting with a chair. • 75% of membership will attend biannual conference. Executive director. • Track what number of conference attendees become members within 3 months after the conference. Executive director.

5. #5: Satisfying ANREP membership goals while maintaining its diversity. • Goal 1: Synthesize what the key membership goals are for ANREP, and from this determine strategies to satisfy member goals. • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • Utilize membership assets and desires to assist with the organization to further these goals (encourage members to act on their desired goals) • Develop a reassessment process of membership goals that could be implemented every 3-5 years • Goal 2: Encourage members to venture inside and outside strong disciplinary boundaries • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • Provide networking opportunities at national and regional conferences, including both formal and informal arrangements. • Provide professional development opportunities for the membership; workshops, multi-discipline led field trips, pre-conference sessions, etc., with offerings listed on web site. • Encourage sharing of program ideas between the States; provide a venue where we can learn from each other, such as interactive web sites, archived newsletter articles, ANREP and NREM flagship programs that lead to interaction. Perhaps a subject based approach. • Address funding burden of membership travel to professional meetings such as JCEP, PILD, etc. • Solidify the benefits of membership (over non-membership): i.e. professional etworking, political status of ANREP, opportunity to present work at a professional meeting, etc. • Celebrate accomplishments on a regular basis • Allow for discipline association meetings during conference.

6. #6: Increasing ANREP’s influence of NR Extension program budgets and directions at local, state, regional, national, and international levels • Goal 1: Identify and enlist support from external stakeholders/clientele to influence Administration • Specific actions to implement in the next few years • Develop impact statements by major subject matter (forest resources, wildlife, environmental education, etc.) • Create a committee with responsibilities over this action • Develop a database accessible on the internet that is searchable and printable, for high impact NR Extension programs • Expand relationships with key partners (Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife, National Parks, EPA, etc.). • Goal 2: Continue to effectively align with political structures (JCEP, ECOP, Galaxy, etc.) to maintain momentum • Specific actions to implement in the next few years: • Encourage membership involvement with these organizations; help to support membership attendance at meetings, with possible financial aid (?). • Clearly define to membership ANREP’s role with regards to these organizations; develop an informational fact sheet detailing how these relationships operate.