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NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
1600 Glenwood Ave., Suite I Raleigh, NC 27608
(919) 834-3943 / (800) 231-7723 Fax: (919) 832-6188 ncforestry.org
BOARD CHAIR
Doug Burleson
PRESIDENT
Allen Whitesell
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
John E. Hatcher, Jr., Ph.D., CF
What Is the NCFA Going to Do Tomorrow?
BOARD MEMBERS
Todd Adams Jadie Andrews Scott Askew Stacy Bentley Keith Biggs Blair Bishop Scott Bissette Jay Boyette Jesse Burdett Kenneth Cain John Cecil Chris Charest Sam Cook
Clay Creed Charles Daniels Rudy Daughtry Tony Doster Rob Elliot Ashley Faircloth David Gadd Lori Grady Mike Harris Jason Hoyle Perry Hunt Dylan Hurley Lynn Jenkins David Johnson A.J. Keating
Lauren Killian Arturo Lumpkin Mike Marks
Boyd McLaurin Roger Melvin
Justin Moretz
Zack Myers
Russ Newton
Wib Owen
Mike Patram
Allen Plaster
Henry Randolph Jim Reavis
Bernard Rose Richard Sanders Glenn Sheehan Scott Smearman Jimmy Stockton Alexander Storm Marshall Thompson Nancy Thompson Cierra Ward
Lacy White
Jerry Williams Jimmy Williams Jocelyn Wilson Andy Wolgemuth
to do tomorrow?” His approach was clever in that he acknowledged the fact that an accomplishment had been achieved, while recognizing that much work was ahead.
The accomplishments that the NCFA has
achieved over the years are notable, worthy of
recognition, and we all should be immensely proud
of them. However, we also must recognize that
much work is ahead of us. This concept became clear during our strategic planning session this spring.
The Strategic Planning Committee met in Raleigh, led by an expert facilitation firm, in order to draft a strategic plan for our organization for the next three to five years. The committee used feedback from a survey previously completed by the Board of Directors to identify several broad goals for the association. An overview of the approved strategic plan is included in this edition of TreeLine. In sum, everyone acknowledged that many of the goals identified were either improvements to existing programs or reintroducing programs not touched on in several years. Additionally, several strategic planning ideas will involve exploring new territory. Both our members and the professional staff at NCFA are eager to work towards achieving the goals of our new strategic plan. I hope all of you reading this will help us in this endeavor.
In closing, let us not forget about all of the accomplishments our programs have achieved over the years, but let’s get to work together towards future accomplishments.
Make it a good one,
Allen Whitesell
President, NCFA Board of Directors
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arlier in my professional career, one of my colleagues would respond to me talking about an accomplishment by saying, “That’s great! What are you going
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