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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)"><strong>(PLUS WORKING REALITIES FOR ALL OF US)</strong></span></span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">In arriving at working solutions and winning steps forward, there three key realities should be remembered at all times. </span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><br>
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<div><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">REALITIES:</span></span></strong></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">1. IF IT IS NOT IN WRITING IT DOES NOT EXIST</span></strong> -
The too often a wide range of critical activities start without written
targets, roles or measures. This is NOT a formula for disaster, but it
reduces the prospect of complete success.</span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><br>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">2. A CALENDAR FOR EVERYTHING</span></strong> - Or what we intend is at risk of ‘rolling’ until the outcome is past due.</span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><br>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">3. TWO SETS OF EYES FOR EVERY THING</span></strong> - The ONLY way to build working answers, solid steps, and solutions that are not loaded with incorrect assumptions</span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><br>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(87, 28, 0)"><strong>MEGA PLANNING CHECKLIST </strong></span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">In arriving at the first reality there are three key Rules to keep in mind. We avoid these at our own peril.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">Rule #1: THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE</span></strong> Nothing is EVER Complete. Stone melts; stars collapse; wisdom increases and then it is lost.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">Rule #2: NOTHING HAPPENS BY ITSELF</span></strong> Intention must be connected to outcome by focused action.</span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><br>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="color: rgb(87, 28, 0)">Rule #3: NOBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU KNOW</span></strong> Despite
how it feels, the mind is an internal place. If you don't reach
out constantly, then what you assume to be a truth IS LOST,
and what you assume others to mean is at risk..</span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"> </span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">Yes… these have been repeated TRG themes over the years.</span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">And Yes… the reason is the critical nature of these steps. </span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size: 12px">“Knowing”
them and even “Believing” in them, is a good step in the right
direction, but “Doing” them will make the difference over time.</span></span></div>
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<div style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; line-height: 14.3px"><span class="e2ma-style" style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span class="e2ma-style" style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(26, 63, 170)">Dear Colleague Here's the April Agenda!</span></strong></span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(87, 28, 0)"><strong>“MISSION” AND “VISION” CLARIFICATION</strong></span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></div>
<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">The
centerpiece of the planning process is clarification of both the
“Mission” and the “Vision” of an entity, whether for-profit, non-profit,
or governmental.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">Often
the term ‘development’ is used in association with these two elements,
but in many ways neither is being ‘created’, but rather defined with
precision to reflect the purpose and intended future of the group.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">Each
group should be careful to define all key terms at the start of the
planning process. While there are generally accepted definitions
for the range of terminologies, there are none that are dictated by law
of any kind.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">The
“Mission” is a concise representation of the reason for the existence
of the entity. The Mission Statement may also distinguish clients,
offerings and characteristics that separate the group from competitors.
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">For many enterprises elements of the Mission Statement appear at the center of a group’s branding.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">The
“Vision” is a declaration of intentions, pegged to a designated time in
the future and may wrap around a wide array of considerations ranging
from territory, to products and services, to growth.</span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">In
many ways the Vision can be seen as the central marching orders for the
group. The best Visions are neither esoteric nor overly complex,
but define the overall intention of the group to move forward. </span></div>
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<div><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px">Please let us know your reflection on these concepts and their application in tangible planning steps.</span></div>
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<div style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.3px; text-align: left"><span class="e2ma-style" style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="e2ma-style" style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(26, 63, 170)"><em>Guest Predictions is a regular feature in which we ask leaders in a number of professions a set of questions that affect us all.</em></span> </span></div>
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<div> Dr. Tom Gatewood is a professor emeritus at
Virginia Tech, having retired in 2006. Before coming to VPI&SU
in 1980, he was a member of the faculty at Central Michigan University
for ten years. From 1964 to 1970, he was a public school educator
in Illinois and an instructor at Indiana University. He received
his B.S. from Illinois State University, M.S. from Southern Illinois
University, and Ed.D. from Indiana University.</div>
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<div> Dr. Gatewood was one of the founders and a past
president of the National Middle School Association. He was a
leader in the movement to change the face of education for young
adolescents in the United States through his conceptualization of “the
middle school philosophy” of teaching and learning. He was the first
editor of NMSA's MIDDLE SCHOOL JOURNAL. He served as a consultant
to over 300 school systems in most of the states and in several foreign
countries in Europe, Asia and South America, as well as Bermuda and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. He authored or co-authored over 50
publications that appeared in several professional journals and books</div>
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<div> Since retirement, he has served the Loudoun County
Salvation Army as chair of its Advisory Board and Harmony United
Methodist Church as chair of its building committee. He is a past
president of the Rotary Club of Purcellville.</div>
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<div> He is married to Barbara Gatewood and lives in
Hamilton, Virginia. They are the proud parents of three children
who have blessed them with seven grandchildren.</div>
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<div>Questions:</div>
<div>Q: What do you see as the key emerging uses of the internet for the Salvation Army?</div>
<div>A: The ability to coordinate the diverse activities of our
voluntary advisory board. This includes common communication with
access to an on-line project planner. Our current program enables
us to implement our strategic plan more effectively. This allows us to
schedule, follow-up and coordinate our strategic initiatives.</div>
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<div>Q: What surprising applications of the internet have you found?</div>
<div>A: The ease with which our scheduling and coordinating program
achieves communication results has been a pleasant surprise. The range
of emerging creative network uses through our own web-site is nothing
short of amazing. The use of many emerging tools available through
our web-site offers exciting possibilities.</div>
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<div>Q: What have been the "Best Uses" of the internet for you for your field?</div>
<div>A: The exposure of organizations and associations to each other and
to clients / stakeholders was exponentially more effective and powerful
than all previous traditional media. Advertising and outreach
through the internet is both more expansive and creative at the same
time, reaching a global range or clients and allies. Distance
learning has become a powerful tool of education for all of us.</div>
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<div>Q: What should be avoided when dealing with the Internet?</div>
<div>A: Privacy issues remain one of the primary challenges.
Protecting personal and group information while insuring the
strength of communications is a daily challenge. We have an
obligation to work to protect personal information and related data.</div>
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<div>Q: Which next steps related to the internet might you recommend?</div>
<div>A: Use of social media to connect partners with each other,
resulting in making them aware of their relation to each other and to
the Salvation Army mission. As a result, we will all be able to
become more effective in achieving good for a widening range of
beneficiaries.</div>
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President's Letter</strong></span>
<div>After writing fiction my entire life as a form of escape from the
road, I find myself with a wide array of works and a recent on-line move
toward Amazon’s Kindle as an outlet (with excellent help from Ryan
Marsan, who mounted them there for me). </div>
<div>These include three novels (Two full-length thrillers and a SciFi
novella) plus six sets of ScFi short stories with the common title
“Visitation Rites” (Set 1 thru 6). All are under my full name Marc
Paul Chinoy (after a long debate about using a pen name).</div>
<div>Now that they are there, I do not have a clue as to how to market
(right word??) them. All the research I have done in this area has run
in circles.</div>
<div>Given the range of our friends who read the Agenda, I am hoping
that I might be privileged with some advice... (Yes, a dangerous
concept... but there it is.)</div>
<div>Looking forward to hearing from you.</div>
<div>Marc</div>
<div>p.s. There are three books I have held back due to the controversy they might stir.... but that is another story.</div>
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