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Developing a Strategic Plan for ASOR Strategic Planning Is Not Easy, and It Can Engender Timothy P Fall 2009 Volume 59, no. 3 Developing a Strategic Plan for ASOR Strategic planning is not easy, and it can engender Timothy P. Harrison considerable misgivings and concern, as it has for ASOR President in the past. Whether the process should be conducted by outside consultants, or internally, for example, in previous or the past few years, ASOR has been focused as an years has generated considerable controversy. While there organization on establishing the direction and manage- is more than one way to conduct a planning process, for Fment of its annual meeting, affecting a generational a membership-based organization, it is important that the leadership transition, and improving the effectiveness of its process be open and consultative, with clearly stated goals existing programs and their administration. We have been and objectives. I believe it is also integral that we main- busy, and much has been accomplished. However, for ASOR tain our shared vision as an organization throughout the to build on these positive developments, and fully realize process, and work to develop a strategic plan that remains the progress that has been made, it is im- solidly grounded in ASOR’s mission, and perative that we also plan and look to the builds on our strengths as an organiza- future. Planning is essential if we are to Planning is essential if we tion, while pursuing opportunities that navigate an uncertain future successfully. “are to navigate an uncertain will further this mission. In light of present If done well, it has the potential to position economic realities, it is also prudent that a ASOR not just to survive, but to thrive as future successfully. strategic plan be pragmatic and account re- an organization. Planning helps an orga- ” alistically for the financial and institutional nization to clarify its mission, assess its resources available to the organization. programs and operations, and reaffirm that it is headed in With these concerns in mind, I initiated a consultative the direction it wants to go as an organization. process last year with the chairs of ASOR’s primary stand- Consequently, at its spring meetings in 2008, I was ing committees, charging them to continued on page 2 charged by the ASOR Board of Trustees with initiating a strategic planning process. At this meeting, the Board IN THIS NEWSLETTER unanimously reaffirmed ASOR’s historic mission “to initi- ate, encourage and support research into, and public un- ASOR to Offer Online Subscriptions In 2010 ...............................................3 derstanding of, the peoples and cultures of the Near East”, ASOR Awards 52 Grants and Fellowships and the key priorities that have guided it as an organiza- During the 2008-2009 Academic Year ............................................................4 tion since its inception in 1900. Central to these priorities Help ASOR With the NEH Archiving Grant and Initiative ......................6 has been ASOR’s emerging identity as a knowledge-based 2009 Annual Meeting Information..................................................................9 organization, or ‘learned society’ (it is worth noting that Top Ten Things to do in New Orleans ........................................................10 ASOR only became a member of the ACLS in 1998), and a ASOR Annual Meeting Academic Program ...............................................11 constituency with a shared interest and deep commitment ASOR Annual Meeting Schedule of Receptions & Business Meetings ..26 to the study and public understanding of the cultures and history of the Near East. I believe these core values contin- 2010 Academic Program Updates ................................................................27 ue to unite ASOR, and will serve us well as we look to the Call for Nominations for ASOR Awards .....................................................30 future and develop new strategies and initiatives to better Reports Highlight the 88 Fellowships ASOR achieve ASOR’s central mission as a leading organization Has Awarded for Excavation Work 2007-2009 ..........................................31 committed to the dissemination of knowledge and under- Reports from Recipients of 2009 Heritage and Platt Grants ...................32 standing of the Near Eastern world. The ACOR (AMMAN) Announcement of Fellowships 2010-2011 .........44 continued from page 1 for approval at the spring board meeting conduct discussions within their com- in 2010. The active participation of our The American Schools of Oriental Research mittees aimed at examining the critical membership, therefore, will be critical to is a nonprofit, scientific and educational issues that define their program areas, the success of the planning process, and organization founded in 1900. identifying program priorities, and to ensuring that we remain true to our P. E. MacAllister their primary resource needs. In addi- core mission as an organization. Chairman of the Board tion, earlier this year, I convened a stra- While it is premature to anticipate Timothy P. Harrison tegic planning task force, comprised of the final form the strategic plan will President Board members Susan Ackerman, James take, or to list the specific recommenda- Hardin, Oystein LaBianca, Morag Ker- Eric M. Meyers tions it will include, I wish to reiterate, Past President sel, P.E. MacAllister, and Carol Meyers, and emphasize, the principles and pri- to help me incorporate the results of orities that have guided the process thus Andrew G. Vaughn these committee deliberations, as well far, and that will continue to guide it to Executive Director as feedback we receive from forthcom- completion. First and foremost, the plan Tammi J. Schneider ing consultations with Membership and will remain true to ASOR’s core mission Vice President for Membership the Board, and produce a strategic plan to serve as a leading organization com- for ratification. This task force has been Michael Homann mitted to the dissemination of knowl- Morag Kersel charged with producing a strategic plan edge and understanding of the Near Co-Vice Presidents for Programs that will be tabled for approval by the Eastern world. This core mission will ASOR Board of Trustees at its spring Jeffrey A. Blakely fundamentally structure all proposals Vice President for Publications meetings in April, 2010. or recommendations that are made. In Øystein S. LaBianca The task force met in Boston over addition, as President, I am committed Vice President for Archaeological Research two days earlier this fall, and has con- to a process that is open and consulta- and Policy tinued its discussions via email and con- tive, and I will work to ensure that the ference call. In addition to the committee voices of our diverse constituency are James Strange Secretary feedback, the task force has drawn on the heard, and their concerns incorporated results of a number of feasibility studies into the planning process. I am also com- Sheldon Fox commissioned in recent years, as well as mitted to a pragmatic planning process Treasurer position papers and vision statements that is grounded in present economic re- produced during the recent leadership alities, and is realistic in its assessment ASOR transition. While in Boston, members of of ASOR’s financial and institutional 656 Beacon Street, 5th floor the task force also met with the ASOR resources. Nevertheless, I am confident Boston, MA 02215-2010 Tel. (617) 353-6570 staff and held an extended discussion to that we can produce a strategic plan that Fax. (617) 353-6575 hear their concerns and incorporate their will guide ASOR effectively in the years E-mail: [email protected] input into the planning process. to come, and build on the accomplish- To ensure the broad participation ments we have achieved as an organiza- and input of our Membership, a prelimi- tion in recent years. As President, I will nary draft of the strategic plan will be be committed to implementing this plan made available in advance of our upcom- and seeing it through to completion. ing annual meetings in New Orleans. Times of transition can be difficult, There will be a variety of opportunities but they also present opportunities, and at the meetings to provide feedback on it is my sincere belief that ASOR is well- this preliminary working document, positioned to build and grow in the years including at the business meetings of ahead. ASOR is blessed with a talented the various standing committees, at the and deeply committed membership, Membership meeting Friday afternoon and an increasingly diverse experiential The ASOR Newsletter (4:30-6:30 pm), and during a Round base. Our membership ranks are grow- Table session I will chair on Saturday ing, and there remains considerable ca- Andrew G. Vaughn, Editor (12:45-2:00 pm). Members are also wel- pacity for further growth. These are ex- Jennifer Ste. Marie, Layout come to provide feedback or raise con- citing times for ASOR, and as President I cerns directly with me, or with any of look forward to the opportunity to con- The ASOR Newsletter (ISSN 0361-6029) is published quarterly by the American the members of the task force, during the tinue working in partnership with you Schools of Oriental Research course of our meetings. Discussion of the our members, as we seek to navigate working document will also be on the through this period of transition. I am © 2009 by agenda of the Board of Trustees meeting confident that we will succeed, and that The American Schools of Oriental Research on Sunday. The feedback we receive will ASOR will emerge a stronger and more be used to guide the task force in formu- vibrant organization in the process. www.asor.org lating a final draft of the strategic plan 2 ASOR Newsletter, Fall 2009 ASOR to Offer Online Subscriptions In 2010 ue to overwhelming demand, ASOR will begin online. Members who wish to receive both will pay an ad- offering online access to its journals on January 1, ditional $25 fee. In addition, US and non-US members with D2010. Individual and institutional subscribers will online subscriptions will pay the same price because there be able to choose between an online or print subscription (or will be no international shipping charges.
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