PASSION STATEMENT:
With the interest of the membership in mind, we ensure the monthly programs have a strong educational basis as well as engaging, non-soliciting speakers.  By polling the members on topic, speakers, and location, we attempt to identify their wants and needs in an effort to maximize membership attendance. 

Fostering Trust:
We will foster trust by:

• Clear and open communications
• A detailed understanding of roles and expectations
• A commitment to follow-through on expectations
• Development of meaningful relationships between members.

Creating the Shared Vision:
We will help fulfill the FPA of Minnesota’s mission by creating programs which:

• Foster competent, committed and ethical members;
• Provide education and networking opportunities
• Assist members in achieving professional and personal fulfillment.

Developing Strategies:

• 10 monthly meetings - Critical Success Factors include high quality speakers! Support current attendance of 170 average per meeting. Yearly average speaker rating of 3.25 out of 4.0. All committee members are responsible for this strategy.
• Identify facilities back up for Programs Director - find a willing member by January 2010. Programs Director is responsible for this strategy.
• Pricing of Meetings - Pricing should be reviewed each year to determine if we are breaking even based on average attendance of 6 meetings per year (Program Director to review 2009 results by 6/10)
• Engagement Letters - Review Letter of Engagement, Letter of Engagement Compensated & Authorization for Webcast for updates yearly (by 6/10)

Energize your Alliances:

• Partnership Committee - What do we want - Support and leverage partner relations. What do they want - PR for partners. Delivery on PR commitments.  Fair treatment. Maintain programs to ensure the attraction for partners.
• Symposium Committee - What do we want - Coordination. What do they want - Coordination.

Activating Transformations:

• Each committee member is responsible for ONE to TWO monthly meetings in terms of speaker search and support.

Achieving and Measuring Results:

• 10 Monthly Program meetings - Yearly average speaker rating of 3.25 out of 4.0.
• Price of Meetings - Should break even based on average attendance of 6 meetings a year
• Engagement Letter - Reviewed Yearly