FAQs

The LVA, Inc. Board of Directors has embarked upon a strategic planning process. During 2000 and 2001, the Board will create a long-term strategic plan for Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., which will help to define LVA's continuing mission and priorities. As a first step in this process, the Board adopted the following Resolution at its meeting on March 6, 2000:

WHEREAS, in 1994, Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. (�LVA�) adopted a strategic plan (the �1994 Plan�) which led to in a number of new programs, including the LVA Accreditation Initiative; and

WHEREAS, changes in the adult education and literacy field, the implementation of Accreditation, and other developments over the last five years, including the recently completed A.T. Kearney study, have led the Board to believe that it should reconsider LVA�s mission statement and strategic goals as outlined in the 1994 Plan, and to plan LVA�s focus and priorities for the future; and

WHEREAS, the LVA Board of Directors (the �Board�) has begun to develop a new strategic plan (the �Plan for the Future�); and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of LVA that the Plan for the Future be developed independent of existing organizational constraints; and

WHEREAS, the Board believes that an important element contributing to the effective implementation of the Plan for the Future, is a reevaluation of the structure and role of the Board, including the existing committee structure; IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED THAT

The Board, working with the LVA Staff Leadership Team and leadership representation from the LVA network, prepare a strategic plan which will include a clear statement of LVA�s mission and the key goals that are necessary to accomplishing that mission; and

The Board choose a professional management consultant to help the Board (on a pro bono basis) develop the Plan for the Future; and

The Board would like to have the Plan for the Future prepared in time to present to the membership of LVA at its next annual meeting on October 6, 2000; and

The Board expects to present proposed changes to the committee structure for approval by the membership of LVA at that annual meeting which changes will be designed to help implement the vision and strategic goals of LVA; and

The Chair is authorized and directed to establish one or more task force(s) to carry out the policies described in these resolutions, and to set deadlines for such task forces; and

The President of LVA is directed to work with the Chair of the Board and make available such resources as the President and the Chair both agree are needed to accomplish the goals set forth in these resolutions in the indicated time periods.