During 2003-2004 the Menominee Tribal Legislature (MTL) had met with the College of Menominee (CMN) to develop
strategies to assist with the development of a long-term strategic plan. The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
had then applied and has been awarded a three-year grant for the purpose of continuing this effort for the
development of a Strategic Plan. Strategic planning determines where an organization is going over the next
year or more, how it's going to get there and how it'll know if it got there or not.
The focus of a strategic plan is usually on the entire organization. There are a variety of perspectives, models
and approaches used in strategic planning. The way that a strategic plan is developed depends on the nature of
the organization's leadership, culture of the organization, complexity of the organization's environment, size
of the organization, and expertise of the planners. This effort is and will be essential to future generations
of the Tribe. The documentation that has been created by MTL previous to the grant award is not set in stone by
any means. It is a working document to try and meet the needs of the increased growth and expansion of programs
due to the increase in community needs and responsibilities.
During the initial planning process MTL developed three levels or strategies for communicating the Tribal
Strategic Plan, this includes:
- Primary Stakeholders – Menominee Tribal Legislature Officers, Management Team, Administrative
Service Officers, Directors, Legislative Committees, Tribal Program Staff, the General Council and Tribal members.
- Secondary Stakeholders – Include MTL officers and members, and those relevant to their
meeting agendas, their collaborators on identified areas, and those who assist with task goals and monitoring
progress.
- “Need – to – Know” – invited guests, use of press releases, general presentations, and again
the potential areas for collaboration, task goals, and monitoring progress.
GOAL: CREATE A LONG RANGE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL IMPROVE MENOMINEE’S SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
| Year 1 – Objective 1: |
Conduct a community survey – this survey will be developed by CMN with input from MTL - a tentative
meeting has been requested by CMN and the Strategic Planning Coordinator (SPC) to meet with MTL on March 21,
2005. The first item on the agenda is to create a press release to the community by CMN & MTL on February
28, 2005 to inform the community of the upcoming survey and the vital importance of their input for the
strategic planning process. Legislative Officers will contribute advisory activities on the development
of the community survey and participate in the Visionary process with the Tribal Directors. Six of the
Legislators will participate in community meetings and provide public updates on the process.
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| Year 1 – Objective 2: |
Resolution 04-07 was adopted and provided as documentation within the grant to show
full participation in the strategic planning process. Beginning in June 2005 are the Administrative
training for eight sessions held on Tuesdays. And then the directors begin training in August 2005,
resulting in an increased understanding of the process and their roles and responsibilities by creating
a mission statement, visioning, environmental scanning, goals and objectives, resource identification,
and an action plan for each vision area. All of the staff involved at this point will provide an
In-Kind Match for the number of hours devoted to the strategic planning sessions.
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| Year 2 – Objective 1: |
Provide strategic planning sessions for 352 staff of tribal government programs by identifying
strategic goals, objectives and action plans. There will be 24 sessions held – 15 staff members will be
present at each session held.
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| Year 2 – Objective 2: |
Program Directors and staff will implement action plans as approved by community groups and Menominee
Tribal Legislature.
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| Year 3 – Objective 1: |
Provide strategic planning sessions for 352 staff of tribal government programs by identifying
strategic goals, objectives and action plans. There will be 24 sessions held – 15 staff members will
be present at each session held. Conduct community planning sessions for final inputs and review of
merged planning documents.
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| Year 3 – Objective 2: |
Finalize the Long-Range Strategic Plan for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, resulting in
the first Strategic Plan Ordinance.
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