National Council Objectives (2004-06)

Objectives

The objectives for this Empowered Council were referred to as 'Pillars' in the National Council Minutes.

	objective buckets
	completed objectives
	objective deferred after research
History
a.	completed: Scholar’s Province Rewrite/Historical Review – no action at this time. The ad-hoc Historical Review Committee will examine the Scholar’s Province's history section and will be working to prioritize text portions needing editing, updating or overall re-wording.	VPMD/Staff
b.	on going: Record History with video camera – action taken and ongoing. Recorded history included Barry Mitsch’s speech at the 2004 National Convention. Further historical recording will take place at the 2005 Alumni Convention.	Staff
Fiscal Stability
a.	completed: Strategic Fiscal Stability action taken, refer to the Vice President of Finance report	VPF/Exec. Dir.
b.	Foundation Board Update – refer to the Vice President of Finance report.	VPF
c.	Online Store – action taken, researched and decided against at this time. Objective require up front investments for supplies as well as staff time to inventory and ship merchandise. It was decided that this was not a good utilization of resources.	VPF
d.	completed: Increase Alumni Contributions – action taken, refer to the Executive Director report.	Staff
e.	Review of Member Services – researched previous data, but no new process developed, deferred to future project list.	VPMD/Staff
f.	Make National Convention Free for 1st time attendees – action taken, the financial possibilities were researched by the Vice President of Finance to increase induction fees to cover expected costs. Council presented this as a hot topic to discuss with the Grand Chapter. National Council offered a pilot program to several chapters to test this proposal.	VPAD/VPF
Internal Communication
a.	completed: Council E-Newsletter – action taken and ongoing. This newsletter is sent out after each face-to-face National Council meeting.	Sec.
b.	on going: Reviewing/Revising National Constitution – action taken and ongoing. Constitutional amendments were drafted and presented to Grand Chapter to revise portions of the National Constitution that needed clarification or new revisions.	SVP
c.	Update National Interpretive Document – Passed on to 2006-08 Council.	SVP
Risk Management
a.	completed: National Event Risk Management Policy – action taken. The document has been completed and approved, refer to national web-site.	SVP
National Events
a.	National Philanthropic Event – Currently in progress with the intent of combining with other Teach For America Efforts	VPCD
b.	completed: National Council Guidelines – National Election procedures were drafted by the Constitution and Chapter Standards Committee and proposed to the 2006 Grand Chapter.	SVP
c.	on going: Life Experience Training – action taken and ongoing - a personal finance management program is being planned for the 2005 Grand Chapter Conference.	Staff
d.	completed: Parliamentarian Procedure Guide (PowerPoint) – action taken, an updated PowerPoint was presented at the 2005 Grand Chapter Conference.	SVP
e.	Set criteria for Purple and Gold Awards – to be addressed at the next council meeting.	Sec.
Initiation
a.	Ensure sacredness of Ritual – action taken, refer to the Vice President of Membership report.	VPMD
b.	completed: Investigate the feasibility of returning to a hardcopy Scholar’s Province Handbook – action taken, at this time the financial costs of the hardcopy handbook could not be justified by Council.	VPMD
Chapter Stability
a.	Utilize the existing rush and initiation tools (i.e. manuals) – action taken, refer to the Vice President of Membership Development report.	VPMD
b.	completed: Voting Procedures Manual – action taken, renamed the Parliamentary Procedure Guide.	SVP
c.	completed: Form 110 Revision – action taken and revision is ongoing. Further progress will be reported at the Grand Chapter Conference.	Sec.
Expansion
a.	Expansion Process – action taken, refer to the Executive Director report.	Exec. Dir.
b.	completed: Revising chapter bylaws – approved by National Council in 2005.	SVP
Regional Development
a.	Regional Committees – to be addressed at the next council meeting.	VPCD
b.	Geographical Reorganization As per Grand Chapter motion in 2006, all Regional reorganization will be suspended until Grand Chapter 2008 with the intent of starting new chapters in the interim to strengthen different areas of the country	VPCD
Alumni Development
a.	completed: Plan for Alumni Structure Ad-hoc Alumni Cabinet closed after limited progress. Alumni Expansion Report created to address many structural issues within Alumni organizations.	VPAD
b.	completed: Alumni Benefits NAA Benefit structure created offering tiered benefits at increasing levels of giving.	VPAD/Staff
a.	completed: Professional Associations – Included in the Alumni Expansion Report	VPAD
d.	completed: Increase National Alumni Association Membership (Need numbers)	Exec. Dir.
e.	completed: Alumni Convention – Las Vegas, 2005	Exec. Dir./Staff
Image
a.	Owning our own Identity – action taken and ongoing, refer to the National President report.	Pres.
b.	Phi Sigma Pi’s Purpose (i.e. Purpose Statement) – action taken and ongoing, refer to the National President report.	Pres.
c.	Stoles and pins for Chapter/National Officers – to be addressed at the next council meeting.	Pres (Domby)