Fort Collins Audubon Society
Strategic Planning Session
2004-2005 Chapter Goals
Adopted February 2004
A.
Programs
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Minimum of six per year with several specific ideas to
consider: ________
1.
Have one program with a
cosponsor
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2.
Publicize programs to educators as a resource that students can
utilize ________
3.
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Offer diverse programs
1.
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2.
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B. Field Trips
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At
least four field trips per
month:
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1.
Try to have 10 people or less on each
trip ________
2.
Include non-bird oriented field
trips
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3.
Provide an “activism” link
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4.
Promote carpooling and good birding
ethics
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5.
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Offer an ID
workshop for field trip leaders to encourage more
trip leaders to come
forward:
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Use the field
trips to attract and recruit more members:
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C.
Science and Conservation
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Continue
leadership for Fort Collins and Loveland Christmas Bird Counts:
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Conduct bird
census/monitoring activities at Fossil Lake Reservoir and along the Poudre
River
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Adopt one Fort Collins natural
area
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Nominate a Poudre River Important Bird Area (IBA)
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Develop an updated relationship with Janos
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Continue development of the Nature Center
concept ________
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Conduct a youth stewardship
project
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Publish the CBC and survey data to document bird
presence ________
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D. Advocacy:
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Continue support for Audubon lobbyist at the state
legislature ________
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Maintain an effective communication system for
advocacy ________
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Develop a
policy for quick response to
issues ________
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Publicize the annual Audubon/Sierra Club legislative
workshop ________
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Expand the Conservation Committee’s
membership ________
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E. Publicity
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Continue publicity methods used in 2003, to include
educators ________
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Develop a plan for better, more effective communication
1.
Go “outside the box” of usual
methods ________
6.
Develop relationships with people in the
media ________
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Communicate Audubon successes to
membership ________
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Consider (with
Membership) celebration activity for the
membership/community
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F. Fundraising
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Have a Birdathon that raises
5K
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1.
Use some
of the proceeds to support the lobbyist, public programs,
nature center efforts,
education and scholarships
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2.
Involve
corporate sponsors with 2-3 volunteers to help identify
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Conduct fund raisers to include events and merchandise
sales ________
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Convene an Ad Hoc Fiscal Committee to make fiscal
recommendations ________
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G. Education
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Emphasize
conservation and natural history education, i.e., Beginning Birding
classes
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Conduct education activities
1.
Provide bird identification classes to City and County volunteer
Naturalists during their
training
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2.
Promote CDOW wildlife/natural history video resources
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3.
Publicize the annual Audubon/Sierra Club legislative
workshop ________
4.
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Identify Fort
Collins Audubon’s niche in lifelong conservation education in geographic
area
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1.
Avoid
duplication of efforts of others (C DOW, City of Fort Collins)
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2.
Fit the
Nature Center project into the identification of the
niche ________
Implementation
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Submit
descriptions of 3-5 video titles to Ptarmigan for borrowing
from CDOW
library
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Shrink
membership application in newsletter to create more room
for educational articles
(Publications)
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Do survey of
Environmental Education facilities/services in Larimer
County to identify
niche:
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1.
Recruit additional committee
members ________
2.
Connect with Fort Collins and Larimer County volunteer
naturalists ________
3.
Take 6 months to do the research and then FCAS board will join
in to implement
programs within the
niche ________
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H.
Membership Goals
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Increase chapter recruited membership by 10%
annually ________
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Develop a program for
retention - recognizing that monthly programs
are for the members,
not primarily for
recruitment ________
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Increase participation of membership on
committees ________
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Keep
membership brochure information at community locations, on
website and with the
Newcomers
Club
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Implementation
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At monthly
meetings the President will provide a welcome message for
Members. Membership Chair
will greet visitors in back with
membership
information
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Distribute
membership information to Welcome Wagon, Visitors
Center, Newcomers, Jax and
other locations around Fort Collins, Loveland,
Windsor and other locations
along the Front Range ________
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Provide gift memberships to non-member field trip
leaders ________
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