July 9, 2009 - The USASA Survey launches through Keeping In Touch, the USASA e-Newsletter. The link to the survey is http://www.tinyurl.com/soccersurvey2009.
THE TASK FORCE ALSO HAD CONFERENCE CALLS ON JUNE 16, JUNE 25, JUNE 29 AND JULY 6 TO FINALIZE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM DETAILS:
- Summit participants
- Summit agenda
- Interview questionnaire
- Web Survey
Here are the final documents that reflect the SUMMIT Agenda and interview questionnaire:
USASA Vision & Strategy Task Force Report
Player & Coach Interview Guide
Next Task Force conference call to be held Thursday July 16, 2009.
June 5, 2009 - Task Force Teleconference Recap:
- Bruno began by providing a summary of the Executive Committee meeting held the night before.
- Tom followed up by stating that by June 15 we should expect to have the names and email addresses for the Summit delegates.
- Tom provided a summary of his consultant status meeting. One item being worked on is trying to confirm the audiences to include for the interviews and the survey. Mark and Hank are working on a schematic to visualize this and it will be emailed to the group for review. Tim and Cara have been contacted and working directly with Hank and Mark to meet the June 15 deadline for the survey and interview.
- Tim provided an update on the interview process.
- A survey update was provided by Mark Haas.
- Hank suggested that he and his team work with Valerie to create media contacts to promote our efforts in an attempt to try and reach unaffiliated leagues. Hank also provided a status on interviews- there are still two ExCo members left to interview.
May 14, 2009 - Task Force Teleconference Recap
- Stephanie provided update us on the communication of the Summit agenda and report we sent to Brooks which was formally sent to the EXCO this afternoon.
- Hank provided verbal report on the visit to HQ last Friday with Kevan Pipe. Hank and Kevan were able to interview all HQ staff as well as meet with Brooks.
- Hank provided update on the interview plan and process with EXCO – Hank and Mark will be conducting the telephone interviews.
- Below is consulting team assignments to work with Task Force Captains
- Key focus is beginning to craft the web survey questionnaire as well as defining the interview pool and associated questionnaires
- Mark and Cara to take the lead on web survey … Hank and Tim on interviews
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May 5, 2009 - USASA Executive Committee is updated on the progress of the USASA Strategic Planning Task Force.
The Task Force Team (TFT) under the leadership of Tom O’Shea has convened a number of conference calls. On these calls Sporting Strategies and the Task Force Team have discussed a number of key issues on the Summit: Number of attendees and participation & schedule.
Next Steps:
- Kevan Pipe and Hank Steinbrecher will travel to Indianapolis to visit the USASA Headquarters. We will visit the Staff and the President; conduct our initial organizational survey, (similar to the FIFA management survey).
- The Team of Mark, Hank and Kevan (MKH) will begin work this week on framing the survey questions to be placed on the Internet and also those used for personal interviews in conjunction with the TFT.
