Strategic Planning Committee

of the

National Weather Association

Chair: Alan E. Gerard (NWA Past-President '07)

Mission Statement

"Provide focus and vision for the National Weather Association through the development of long-range goals."

NWA Strategic Planning Committee Membership


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NWA Council Approves Revised Strategic Plan

The NWA Strategic Planning Committee has developed a Vision Statement and an updated Strategic Plan. This was approved by the NWA Council in October 2002 and subsequent Councils. The Strategic Plan is used by the NWA Council to build annual operating plans.

Comments or questions on the NWA Vision and Strategic Plan can be sent to the Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee or to Steve Harned, the NWA Executive Director, at exdir@nwas.org.

NWA VISION

A premier professional organization that is indispensable to the operational meteorology community.

NWA STRATEGIC PLAN

  1. Increase size and diversity of membership by improving recruitment and retention.
  2. Forge a leadership role in technical training for professional forecasters and the communities they serve.
  3. Become a leader in development of policy statements relating to operational meteorology.
  4. Maintain organizational focus on promoting new forecasting techniques and technology.
  5. Continue to be a leader in facilitating public/private meteorology interactions.
  6. Make Annual Meetings the premier forum for operational meteorology.
  7. Foster increased cooperation between the operational community and the academic/research communities.
  8. Improve the organizational infrastructure.
  9. Enhance the quality and readership of NWA publications.
  10. Ensure financial stability and planning.
  11. Develop leadership and succession planning.

Current and Past Activities

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