DRAFT
                                 Minutes
                   Strategic Planning Committee(SPC)
                              Birmingham AL
                                  7:30PM                            
                             26 October 2007

Attendees: Dick Riddle (Chair), Dave Conner, Dale Caston, Jim Beall, 
Roy Harris, Dave McLaren, Jim Howard, Dave Green, Charles Hickman, 
Bill Harrison and George McClure

1. Chair Dick Riddle welcomed attendees.
2. The agenda was approved with the addition Item 6A. Life Member Report.
3. SPC Minutes of 23 March 2007 were approved.
4. Chair Riddle announced that the Goals & Objectives were met for 2007.
5. Director-Elect Bill Ratcliff discussed the Disposition Initiatives and 
   said he would like them assigned as follows:
   A. Help Desk – Ad Hoc Volunteer engagement
   B. Knowledge Capture – Ad Hoc
   C. LDO – Ad Hoc Volunteer engagement
   D. Teacher in Service Initiative
   E. New Income for R3 – Finance Committee
   Jim Howard moved that we endorse in principle this proposal and that the 
   committee chairs are asked to provide goals & objectives with schedules by 
   first EXCOM Meeting of ’08 seconded by Jim Beall and motion passed.
6. Mentoring – There was committee agreement that we support Bill Ratcliff’s 
   request for a change to ask Committee Chairs to choose the SPC member as 
   mentor or  to choose a past committee chair as mentor.  We will have a 
   mentor report at SPC meetings starting in ’08.  We will evaluate results in 
   this approach in Jan’09.
7. Region 3 N&A Report will be announced for ’09 by 12/1/07.
8. Director McClure shared his thoughts on the State of Region 3.
9. Goals & Objectives for ’08 – Chairman Riddle will send out a strawman set of G&O’s for comment.
10. Next Meeting -  April 4, 2008 at SECON in Huntsville AL.


Submitted by Roy Harris (Acting Secretary)