2009 Agenda Actions & Think Tank Development

Welcome to Action Item #1

The Community Leadership Assessment Group, a name temporary in nature, on the heels of a historic presidential election, a radical redistribution of economics, a crippling free-market collapse, an expansion of nationalization of resources, banking, and education, and the continued failure to create a future for our children that is equitable, sustainable, and productive, is initiating a far-reaching, sustainable, strategic, and managed action plan beginning this month, February 2009.

This begins simply by sitting down and talking. The talking will coordinated the vision. The vision will provide pathways to measurable solutions. The solutions will come from a strategic application of our shared tools, skills, and abilities. Those that participate are will be working as a team to assess, review, research, and report on the state of our community from the view-point of those that are living and breathing its activities.

Representation on this body will come from all quarters of the community; institutional, non-profit, grassroots, activists, radicals, residential, commercial, retail, business, insiders, outsiders, advocates, youth, new residents, old timers, elders, and clergy of all denominations.

The goals will be set by the group and maintained by the group. The completion of a goal will allow the group to move to another goal on the list created by the fluid body of participants. The mission of the group is “to complete the goals defined by the group and represent the issues relevant to the community as defined by the needs of our children and young adults.”

If it doesn’t help the youth by improving their lives, sustaining their survival, improving their health, enriching their environment, education, or lives, then it is not dealt with by the group.
The Community Leadership Assessment Group will utilize the following tools to gather information to create and maintain a shared vision including:

Needs Assessments
Phone Calls
Town Hall Meetings
Strategic Planning Retreats
Advisory Committees
Questionnaires
Interviews
Focus Groups

This may sound familar, and it should. It has been done before and it is time to actually do it again....completely and responsibly.

Get to work. I am.