Village of Cimarron Strategic Plan
community members as to follow through. The steering committee agreed to hold a series of community meetings where all members of the community could actively participate in the process, where different points of view would be heard and valued. The steering committee also agreed to meet before each community meeting to be trained in the activities that community members would be participating in to ensure success. The steering committee actively participated in mini‐professional development meetings where topics such as the role of the facilitator, dealing with disruptors, running effective meetings, etc., were discussed. The steering committee met a total of seven times. From the very beginning, all members of the steering committee agreed that for the strategic plan to have support, it was imperative to get as many people involved in the process as possible. To ensure community participation a communications committee was established. This committee was responsible for publicizing the meetings through flyers, public service announcements, community mailings, utilizing the school phone system, and collaborating with the two local newspapers. A tentative timeline for all activities was developed (See table 1). The steering committee recognized the urgency in completing this work in a timely manner, so the hard work of implementation could begin.
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