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The 2008 Plan
Purposes, Goals, Objectives, Strategies for 2008
Purpose:
To build a strong sense of community among Greenmeadow residents and members.
Goals:
Objectives:
To build a strong sense of community among Greenmeadow residents and members.
Goals:
- To have as many as possible of the 270 households in Greenmeadow join GMCA and participate actively in GMCA.
- To have a sufficient number of Associate members join GMCA each year to enable GMCA to reach its yearly target of swim members.
Objectives:
- Build residents’ and members’ awareness and understanding of the benefits of being members of GMCA.
Strategy:
- Continue Welcome Committee activities, along with new resident profiles
- Write a member news column that appears regularly in the Meadowlark
- Write to non-members encouraging them to join GMCA
- Coordinate annual GMCA Holiday Open House.
- Maintain a sufficient number of people on the Associate member wait list by July each year to enable GMCA to meet its yearly target of Full Swim and Associate members.
Strategy:
- Distribute information to people and groups outside Greenmeadow who are likely to join GMCA as Associate members.
- Conduct in concert with the GMCA Administrative Manager a successful membership renewal drive each year and document the process.
Strategy:
- Maintain and execute a task and timeline schedule.
- Review the functions of the Membership Committee and equitably divide the functions among Committee members.
Strategy:
Fill functions of
- co-leaders
- secretary
- welcome committee chair
- new resident profile writer
- Meadowlark member news editor
- Holiday Open House coordinator;
- Educate prospective home buyers, renters and real estate agents about the advantages of the Greenmeadow community, with emphasis on participation in GMCA.
Strategy:
- Distribute GMCA flyers to Greenmeadow homeowners and their listing agents when Greenmeadow homes are put on the market.
- Follow up with new residents, including owners and renters, to ensure their continuing participation in GMCA.
Strategy:
- Encourage new residents through phone calls, e-mails and face to face interactions to participate in GMCA activities.
- Recommend to the GMCA Board revisions in policies or by-laws that would bring about changes or improvements in the Greenmeadow community supported by the GMCA membership.
Strategy:
- Solicit annually from members ideas for changes or improvements.
- Review and respond to requests from individual GMCA members for consideration of special circumstances regarding their memberships that are not spelled out in GMCA by-laws or Board policies, and report the Committee’s decisions to the GMCA Board and Executive Director.
Strategy:
- Allot time at Committee meetings for reaching decisions regarding requests for consideration of special circumstances so that member needs are met in a timely manner.
- Review possible modifications in GMCA membership options.
Strategy:
- Maintain an updated set of membership decision rules
