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2000-2001 President's Annual Work Plan
Southern Division, American Fisheries Society
The 2000-2001
Southern Division President's priorities:
- Increase the visibility of the
Southern Division internally and externally.
- Foster opportunities to promote
leadership and mentorship within the Division.
- Promote growth and flexibility of
the Division's ability to address emerging technical issues.
Annual Work Plan:
The newly revised AFS Strategic Plan
was developed to guide Society activities through 2004. It redefined the Mission
Statement of AFS in terms of goals that:
"improve the conservation
and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing
fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries
professionals."
The vision of the revised AFS
Strategic Plan recognizes that the mission will be achieved if the Plan's major
goals are embraced by all units of AFS. The accompanying elements of the
Southern Division President's Work Plan parallel elements of the revised AFS
Strategic Plan.
Element 1:
Increased Visibility
Goal: To broaden awareness of
the Southern Division's services internally and externally through increased
communications among chapters and with related scientific organizations in the
southeastern United States.
Tasks:
- Work to develop collaborative
workshops, symposia, and other means of disseminating information such as
website linkages between the Southern Division and organizations such as the
Southeastern Fishes Council, the Association of Southern Biologists, the
Southeastern Chapter of the Ecological Society of America, and the
Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society.
- Promote increased communications
within the Division regarding Division services. This will be accomplished
by travel, conference calls, and email exchanges between Division officers
and chapter members.
- Encourage all Division chapters
and technical committees to develop or expand their Internet presence to
give members timely access to information and services.
Element 2:
Leadership and Mentorship
Goal: Enhance the professional
development of Southern Division members by providing opportunities for
leadership training and mentoring interactions.
Tasks:
- Provide AFS leadership training
for Division members.
- Provide opportunities for officers
of student sub-chapters to participate at Division EXCOM meetings.
- Encourage student sub-chapters to
promote opportunities for undergraduate involvement in sub-chapter and
chapter activities.
- Define Division opportunities for
mentorship that enhance connections and exchanges between individuals with
extensive fisheries experience and students and young professionals.
Element 3: Growth
and Flexibility of the Technical Committee System
Goal: Promote growth and
flexibility in the technical committee system to improve the Division's ability
to proactively address emerging local, regional, and national fisheries
technical issues.
Tasks:
- Encourage agency support for
technical committees that are issue-driven and product-oriented by working
more closely with agency leadership when developing technical committee
goals and objectives.
- Encourage technical committees to
promote opportunities to combine resources to address complex technical
issues.
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