ISSUE 2 | WINTER 2021
IN THIS ISSUE • Strategic Plan Update • Holiday Shoppes Recap • New JLS Members • Fund Development • Congratulations • Board Briefs • Sustainer Updates • Book Club Dates • DEI Updates
MARK YOUR CALENDARS 01/11: January GMM • 6:00pm Social • 6:30pm Meeting Starts 01/27: January Book Club 2/13: Valentine’s Raffle 3/8: March GMM • 6:00pm Social • 6:30 Meeting Starts Check the member’s website for full registration and event details.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2022 Our 2021-2022 League Year is fully underway. Now that Holiday Shoppes is behind us we can look forward to honing in on some specific tactics we have identified for the rest of the year. We are paying particular attention to our tactics that we have embedded into each council surrounding DEI&B (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging). We are working with each council and committee to identify potential avenues of training that would be beneficial to our members. We are also defining what diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging look like to us as members and to our community partners. This is not just a learning and growing time for us as League members, but also as informed community members. Jessica Murray, and the DEIB committee have some great ideas to help us achieve those goals we have put forth regarding training and identifying the needs of our membership. We have lots of great ideas on how to give our membership useful and relevant training to assist them with their work on the League and beyond.
In addition, our strategic plan lays out tactics to improve membership engagement and recruitment, explore other major fundraisers, and to provide our community partners with great programming. The Board and Management team is continually checking in with their specific tactics, framing our decisions based on those tactics, and reevaluating as necessary based on the needs of the League. A copy of the Strategic Plan for 2021-2026, a living document, can be found at the top of the Members Resources page on our website. We look forward to continuing to build a strong, informed, and active membership with the help of this document!
Kate Zwecker
Executive Vice President
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