Members Present: Joe Beckham, John Carnaghi, Ross Ellington, Janet Kistner, Karen Laughlin, Nancy Marcus, Reinhart Lerch (University Relations), Charles Rasberry, Anne Rowe, Eric Walker (Faculty Senate), Joe Travis

Others Present: Ralph Alvarez, Anne Blankenship, Laura Brock, George DePuy (via phone), Ruth Feiock, Mark Palazesi, Paul Strouts, Helen Travis

Chairman Robert B. Bradley convened the meeting of the Florida State University Strategic Planning Committee at 3:00 p.m.

The committee unanimously approved the minutes from the meeting held on October 19, 2007.

The chair indicated that the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) exercise had been modified to reflect the feedback received at the previous Strategic Planning Committee meeting. The committee discussed these modifications and the revised draft. The committee suggested several further modifications to the Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats sections. The chair stated that he would revise the SWOT exercise for discussion at the November 16 meeting.

Drs. Nancy Marcus, Joe Beckham, and Anne Rowe reported on the mission and vision statements. Dr. Marcus explained that the group reviewed the comments made by committee members during the previous meeting and incorporated those comments into two options for the committee’s review. The committee reviewed the options presented by the subgroup and decided to combine portions of the two mission statement options. The committee also agreed to combine and modify portions of the vision statements from Option 1, Alternative A and Option 2. The chair and Dr. Marcus will incorporate the committee’s suggestions into a third draft of the mission and vision statements for the committee’s consideration at the next meeting.

The chair indicated that the Values subgroup will present their report at the next committee meeting.

Dr. Mark Palazesi discussed the strategic planning process terminology and distributed handouts explaining these concepts to committee members.

The chair circulated the Sample Mix of Strategic Priorities and Goals with Exercise and asked the committee to review the handout and to identify the strategic priorities that are most important to them. At the next committee meeting, there will be a discussion of strategic priorities.

The chair reminded the committee that the mission and vision statements and the strategic priorities should be finalized and submitted to the president by the end of November.

The chair adjourned the meeting at 5:05 p.m.