TJ aka Teej
12-03-2003, 16:34
From http://www.appalachiantrail.org/trailnews/index.html
Board Approves Reorganization Plan, Added Staff, New Emphases
The Appalachian Trail Conference Board of Managers has adopted a bold and ambitious plan to restructure the organization to better protect and manage the Appalachian Trail. The plan emphasizes strategies to raise ATC's profile with the hikers and the general public, better connect it to the volunteers in the affiliated clubs who handle most of the day-to-day, on-the-ground Trail work, and increase stable sources of future income to support its mission.
The strategic plan was endorsed by a 25-2 vote during a meeting on November 22 outside Shepherdstown, W.Va. The vote marked the end of the planning phase of a process that dates to 1991 but was accelerated a year ago when ATC and the National Park Service's Appalachian Trail Park Office began a joint planning project. The plan calls for a major change in the governing structure of the organization, changes in the staffing structure, substantial expansion of the organization's regional presence, raising the Conference's public profile, and new emphasis on environmental-quality issues. Most of the changes described in the plan will be implemented over the next two years. Further details: http://www.appalachiantrail.org/strategic/index.html
Board Approves Reorganization Plan, Added Staff, New Emphases
The Appalachian Trail Conference Board of Managers has adopted a bold and ambitious plan to restructure the organization to better protect and manage the Appalachian Trail. The plan emphasizes strategies to raise ATC's profile with the hikers and the general public, better connect it to the volunteers in the affiliated clubs who handle most of the day-to-day, on-the-ground Trail work, and increase stable sources of future income to support its mission.
The strategic plan was endorsed by a 25-2 vote during a meeting on November 22 outside Shepherdstown, W.Va. The vote marked the end of the planning phase of a process that dates to 1991 but was accelerated a year ago when ATC and the National Park Service's Appalachian Trail Park Office began a joint planning project. The plan calls for a major change in the governing structure of the organization, changes in the staffing structure, substantial expansion of the organization's regional presence, raising the Conference's public profile, and new emphasis on environmental-quality issues. Most of the changes described in the plan will be implemented over the next two years. Further details: http://www.appalachiantrail.org/strategic/index.html