National Committee Priorities for 2007-08

The priorities identified by the National Committee at the start of the year, upon which to focus our energies were:

To begin work on a long term strategic plan to include organisational aims and ideologies
To improve the reputation of Medsin, both internally and externally
To improve the structure/agenda of our General Assemblies
To improve our Conferences

Planned Strategies

Long-term Strategic Plan

To evaluate the current situation in Medsin and carry out a SWOT analysis
To encourage interaction and sharing of ideas amongst the Network regarding the future direction of Medsin
To consultant externals for advise regarding capacity building and charity development
To write a long term strategic plan which encompasses these ideas and promotes the future development and sustainability of the Network

The Reputation of Medsin

To ensure NC members maintain a professional level of behaviour and integrate with members during Medsin national events
NC members will each visit 2 branches other than their own to improve National Committee and local relations by AGA 2008
All e-mails will be acknowledged within 72 hours
To increase transparency and accountability of the National Committee and their activities
To continue improving Medsin’s external reputation

Improving General Assemblies

To improve the planning process prior to Medsin General Assemblies (GAs)
To write a GA explained document to send to branches, projects and campaigns prior to general assemblies
To consider the evaluation and discussions regarding improvements to GAs following the SGA 2007
To liaise with as many members as possible regarding improvements to GAs
To minimise bureaucracy and maximise on training and time for networking and exchanging ideas

Improving Conferences

To develop an online archive of past conference to help facilitate teams plan their bids
To facilitate the writing of a more comprehensive ‘how to run a conference manual’
To put in place further support mechanisms for conference teams
To implement a better evaluation process and review the feedback with the future conference hosts
To develop databases to aid future conference organisers

To see our progress on these priorities, click here for mid-year report.

Last updated on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at 11:09.