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Strategic Planning Committee Minutes, March 25, 2002
Strategic Planning (SPC) Committee Minutes
March 25, 2002
MEMBERS PRESENT:: Bruce McLeod, Kay Chafey, Bill Brown, Mary Noll, Betsy Centa, Jon Wraith, Michelle McLendon, Jaynee Groseth.
MEMBERS ABSENT: John Carlsten, Greg Johnson, Mark Sheehan.
OTHERS PRESENT: Kathy Attebury, Ben Sharpe.
The meeting was convened at 3:00 PM by Chair Bruce Morton.
A list of individuals to invite to SPC to share particular information was discussed. The intent of the discussions will be to help SPC develop a core knowledge base before developing a response to its charge and helping the university move toward the FY04 budget cycle.
Individuals listed include: Mark Sheehan (ITC), Tom McCoy (Research), David Bryant (Extension), David Dooley (Provost's Office), Geoff Gamble (President's Office), Tom Stump (Auxiliary Services), A representative from ASMSU (Student Government), Members of the Enrollment Management Committee (end of Fall Semester 2002), a representative from Summer School/Outreach, and possibly the Deans (to discuss their vision for the future of MSU and any particular challenges this presents to their college).
The charge to SPC is not to develop a strategic plan, at least for now. Concern was expressed for the lack of a strategic agenda priority. The current mode of direction - that MSU will not be all things to all people - needs to be articulated and made operational.
- It appears that UPBAC will not be able over the long term to develop strategies because of its size and self-interest of members.
- Strategic plans are logically developed at the highest level of universities.
- A possible model is that the President proposes and develops a strategic plan. SPC gathers information, but the President develops the vision in the university. SPC helps develop the vision, but the President leads.
- The Provost's Office needs to have a strategic agenda, also, because it oversees a large and fundamental part of the university.
The SWOT analysis prepared by SPC is preliminary and will be revisited and expanded Fall Semester. This preliminary analysis will be presented to the Provost tomorrow.
The meeting adjourned at 4:15 PM.
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