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West VirginiaTrout Unlimited

Strategic Plan 2012

Thursday, April 12, 12

Planning for 2012 & Beyond

• Identify where we have been, where we are and where we are going.

• Prioritize initiatives. What’s that “one thing” that we must do?

• Set BHAG’s (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) and plan for how to accomplish.


Organizational Structure

Council Chair*

Vice Chair North* Vice Chair South*

NLC Rep.* Past Chair*

Treasurer* Secretary*

Chapter President* Committee Chair

Voting Designates* Committee MemberOfficers (as assigned)

* indicates voting member


Active ChaptersFiling Annual Reports

• Blennerhasset (Parkersburg)• Kanawha Valley (Charleston)• KYOVA (Huntington)• Mountaineer (Clarksburg)• P. Pendleton Kennedy (Morgantown)• Upper Ohio Valley (Wheeling)


DeChartered or Inactive Chapters

• Greenbrier (Lewisburg)• Upper Guyandotte (Mullens)• Almost Heaven (Beckley)• Elkins


Membership

• Total Members for WVTU = 1,323 in 2012

• Only 3 Stream Explorer Members in WV

• BHAG = 2,000 by 2014

0 125 250 375 500

KVCTU

PPKTU

MCTU

BCTU

KYOVA

UOVTU

Total Members


Growing WVTU

• Identify opportunities to reach into new communities• Develop and use WVTU display• Host “open houses”• Chapter Fly tying events• Host chapter get togethers in new cities• Involvement with Watershed Orgs


Council Budget

• Approximately $20,000 average holdings

• Existing and Planned Fundraising • Fly Fishing School• Fly Fishing Film Tour• Merchandise Sales• Donations


Purpose of Council Funds

• Assist Chapters• Grow TU through statewide initiatives• Funding statewide initiatives or local

initiatives with no Chapter support that fall within the Mission Statement

• Assist State Agencies or other Habitat/Fisheries Mgt. Organizations


Committee Goals

• Fill Council Committees with full Chapter representation.

• Committees begin using ReadyTalk Conference Calls regularly to catalyze business.

• Lack of activity leads to complacency which leads to failed committee. Do something, even if it is wrong.


Council Meetings

• Streamline the process• Everyone gets a say, but if the conversation isn’t leading to

business action, it is sideways energy (busyness without productivity).

• Get all business on agenda ahead of time, come prepared. Be direct - as if you were speaking to a legislative committee.

• Should be fun, not stressful. Maintain a healthy atmosphere. You can disagree without being negative or sarcastic. Learn diplomacy (read “Getting To Yes” by Roger Fisher)

• Present new ideas, but development should occur within committee.

• Schedule fun or informative speakers at the end of each meeting.


Headwaters of Action


Prioritizing Initiatives

1. Invigorate Leadership2. Grow membership3. Grow financials4. Extend Chapter presence into new areas


1) Invigorate Leadership

• Engaging in advocacy/activities with a commonality. Separating people from issues and discovering common ground.

• Documenting goals and roles so that there is clarity in who, what, where, why and how to do the job. (see Committee Guide on wvtu.org leader page)

• Recognizing progress and efforts.• How can we add more incentives? More value? With added

financial growth - added incentives/financial assistance to attend leadership attendance at SE Rally.

• FUN-Raisers: F3T, Trout Festival. Work to eliminate stress from Council meetings.


1) Invigorate Leadership

• Open communication. No circumventing or working in dark corners.

• The duality of the above bullet: Allowing leaders to perform their necessary work without micromanagement or unnecessary oversight.

• Discovering what motivates our people to lead and farming those concepts. Recognizing your role and your unique abilities and communicating what you can offer to everyone.

• Determine interest in an unofficial Council meeting for leadership growth/idea farming/vision casting.


2) Grow Membership

• Development of F3T and Trout Festival as membership growth tools.

• Market the WVTU Accomplishments.• Stream Explorers: Only 7 members in

’12?!!! Unacceptable. Develop a Stream Explorers “Display”, banners, brochures. BHAG: 7 in 2012 to 150 in 2013 to 600 in 2014...


2) Grow Membership

• Programs like F3T, Trout Fest need to be marketed.


3) Grow Financials

• Fundraising: Fly Fishing School, F3T, Trout Festival

• Membership Growth = Rebates• Promote WVTU giving in Estate Planning• Wine Partnership (Vu Ja De Winery)• Identify other new partnerships or

corporate sponsors. Direct Ask Campaign?


3) Grow Financials

• Approx. $18,000 first quarter 2012• Goal income for F3T, Merchandise - ~

$1,500. Target for Trout Festival ~$5,000. • Fly Fishing School growth - Max

potential? • Corporate Sponsorships - i.e., AEP


4) Extend Chapter Presence

• Chapter engagement of new cities/watershed organizations?

• Chapter endorsed ‘fly tying gatherings’ or ‘open houses’ in new areas - but without staking permanent flags into the new territories.

• Engaging chapter members from far away areas with the question - would you be interested in a new chapter?

• Financial assistance for new chapters.• Martinsburg: Discuss with Winchester, VA Chapter. Send letters to WV

panhandle members? • Elkins should be a priority area. • Save Upper Guyandotte Chapter• Building up the Chapters we have: Grow membership in Northern

Panhandle Chapter. Engage KYOVA Chapter. Identify new leaders in all chapters. Purge toxicity.


Marketing WVTU

• Pursue billboard ads as non-profit donation from outdoor advertisers

• Engage outdoor writers• Submit regular articles/updates to Trout

Magazine• Advertise in local magazines when budget

permits• Develop posters and brochures specific for

WVTU and get placed in prominent locations


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