FY22 ISUAA Board Goals

CONSTITUENT ENGAGEMENT:

a. The Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Group will work with staff to determine a set of strategies by November 2021 that will enhance marketing efforts for the online business directory for regional connections between Cyclone-owned businesses and alumni. Staff will select the top three areas of focus to test by February 2022. Success will be measured by the number of new businesses added to the online directory. The work group will identify any additional specific measurables. b. The Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Group will work with staff to develop a list of strategies by November 2021 that will enhance the existing membership retention plan. Staff will select three strategies to test by February 2022.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS:

a. The Collaborative Partnerships Advisory Work Group will develop strategies by January 2022 of ways the ISUAA can employ to better engage Board Associates and utilize former Board members. These strategies will be presented to the Board by November 2021. The Executive Committee will then work with the Board to narrow the recommendations down to the top three, in ranked order, for each group by February 2022. Management and the Board Chair will work to employ up to two of the ideas for each group by May 2022. b. The Collaborative Partnerships Advisory Work Group will finish work related to partnership surveys with Athletics and Greek Alumni Alliance. Group will have recommendations to staff by October 2021. The ISUAA Staff will begin implementing at least three agreed-upon recommendations on how to better work with these units by February 2022.

INTERNAL ORGANIZATION AND DIVERSITY & INCLUSION:

a. The Internal Organization and Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Work Group will develop a list of suggested ways by October 2021 to better engage the Board with all staff. Leadership will review the suggestions and choose up to three of the ideas to implemented by February 2022. b. The Internal Organization and Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Work Group, in consultation with the Constituent Engagement and Collaborative Partnerships advisory work groups, will develop recommendations by February 2022 that ensure diversity and inclusion will be included as central tenants of all ISUAA’s operation. The Board will endorse up to three of the recommendations by May 2022. c. The Internal Organization and Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Work Group will solidify revisions, especially those related to diversity, to the Board of Directors Application by December 2021. The revised application will be shared with the Governance Committee for review and input before it is presented to the Board by February 2022 for initial action. A final revised application must be ready by May 2022.

FINANCIAL HEALTH:

a. The Financial Health Advisory Work Group will develop a suggested list of approximately five to ten short and long-term financing strategies by November 2021 to present to staff for review. Leadership will investigate the viability of all suggestions and determine the top two short-term and top two long-term ideas to test by February 2022. Results will be reported to the Board by May 2022.

STRATEGIC PLAN:

a. Develop strategies that will aid the ISUAA in better understanding how non-ISUAA members define or describe their engagement with Iowa State as to better understand or strategize ways to engage them. A list of strategies to gather such information will be developed by October 2021; the top two strategies, recommended by staff to the Board, will be deployed by January 2022; feedback will be received from constituents by March 2022; information analyze, conclusions drawn, and final recommendations reported to the Board by May 2022, and strategies readied for implementation by July 1, 2022. b. Knowing that the university will not begin work on its next strategic plan until Fall 2021, the ISUAA Strategic Plan Task Force will work to establish a timeline by October 2021 for developing the next ISUAA Strategic Plan. This timeline will include evaluating and eventually hiring of a consultant to help with the plan’s development. The task force will also be responsible for drafting a FY23 work plan for the ISUAA by February 2022 for review and edits. The final FY23 work plan will be ready for Board action by May 2022.