WHEREAS:
AFSCME members face an era of sweeping change in the way the public and elected officials want government services organized and delivered; and
WHEREAS:
Advancing technological changes, privatization, eroding federal funds and public sentiment threaten to reshape public infrastructure as we have fundamentally known it; and
WHEREAS:
Unions are being challenged about what they stand for and about their right to exist; and
WHEREAS:
Leaders and members want the union to develop creative strategies to proactively deal with the challenges they now face rather than simply reacting to them; and
WHEREAS:
The union will never have all the resources it needs to fully accomplish its mission and it must think strategically about its goals and how to marshal its resources; and
WHEREAS:
AFSCME recognizes that the best offense is careful planning and execution of plans to focus activities and resources in the areas of organizing, education, technology, staffing, legislation and political action, member services and marketing; and
WHEREAS:
Every major organization today uses strategic planning to adapt to an ever changing external environment; and
WHEREAS:
It is unlikely that union goals can become reality without vision and careful planning.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
AFSCME will use strategic planning as a tool to evaluate and update the union's goals each year and focus its resources in fulfillment of AFSCME's mission; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
AFSCME will establish a Strategic Planning Steering Committee that will collect information, benchmark with other unions, develop a process for input and dialogue with all AFSCME councils and locals to develop a strategic plan for the 21st century; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED:
That AFSCME will commit itself to an ongoing effort through strategic planning to broaden the scope and support of the strategic plan among all AFSCME members.
SUBMITTED BY:
Ronald C. Alexander, President and Delegate
Vanessa Tolliver, Secretary/Treasurer and Delegate
OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11
Ohio