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About NCDEA
Vision
A professional accepted
and integrated work force dedicated to the cause of conservation.
Mission
To strengthen and promote
the conservation district programs by providing assistance, information, and
representation and by supporting the professionalism of conservation
district employees.
Objectives
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To strengthen the Conservation District
programs of the United States and its territories.
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To provide assistance, information and
support to Conservation Districts, employees, and their governing
boards.
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To promote the professional development
of Conservation Districts and their employees.
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To assist any agency, association,
organization, municipality, group, or individual who supports the
Conservation organization. Its function will be to develop, strengthen,
and promote Conservation District programs within the United States.
Conservation Districts at the
Local Level
District employees are responsible for
much of the implementation of local district programs, at the direction
of their boards. District employees represent their boards as the first
line of contact with: the public they serve; agencies they work with and
the programs they offer; and the local, state and federal legislators
with whom they interact. As such, district employees offer a unique
interactive perspective on programs, policies and relationships
affecting districts.
The Association is supported largely by
funds the $10 check off from employees that become an individual member
of NACD - supporting the work of both NACD and NCDEA.
Click here for an application form and be sure to check the line
saying your are a "District Employee."
NCDEA
Strategic Plan -- 2009-2012
Click Here
for Printable Version
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Goal # 1 Expand &
Improve Networks and Communication
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National contact with
State Presidents
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Hold bi-annual State
Presidents Conference Calls
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NCDEA Board
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Direct 1 on 1 calls
to State Presidents
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NCDEA President and Vice President
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Regional contact with
State Presidents
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NCDEA Regional Reps and Executive Director
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NCDEA Website Committee
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Add website links to
other partners/organizations websites and vice-versa
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NCDEA Website Committee
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Review & revise
electronic email addresses process
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NCDEA Executive Director
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Provide
examples/templates across state lines of successful networking ideas
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NCDEA Board
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Update Employee
Association directories on website
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NCDEA Website Committee, Regional Reps
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Provide Quarterly
Report of NCDEA activities to all District Employees
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NCDEA President
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Goal # 2 Encourage &
Promote Professionalism of District Employees
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Training activities:
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Provide & conduct
more training
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NCDEA Board
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Hold national
leadership training session
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NCDEA Board and Executive Director
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Promote on-line
training (Aglearn), including link on NCDEA Website
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NCDEA Board and Website Committee
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Develop Hydro-CAD
Training strategy
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Robert Dobbs and Tim Riley
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Explore holding an
NCDEA national conference (topics to be determined)
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NCDEA Board and Executive Director
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Encourage each district
employee to have a Professional Development Plan (provide
example/template of a successful plan)
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NCDEA Board
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NCDEA 501(c)3 conduit
policy activities:
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Adopt & Implement
conduit policy
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NCDEA Board
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Review experience of
first pilot project
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NCDEA Grant Committee
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Advertise conduit
opportunity on NCDEA Website
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NCDEA Website Committee
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Goal # 3 Maintain &
Build Representation and Partnerships
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Invite State Presidents
to Annual meeting
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NCDEA President
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Provide more outreach
to District Employees, and identify their needs and the needs of their
District(s) through:
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Phone calls
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Newsletters
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Workshops
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Any District Employee
sponsored events/activities
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NCDEA Board and Regional Reps
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Develop list of talking
points that includes the unique things that NCDEA can provide…“Why NCDEA
for me?”
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Connie Richmeier, Cindy Moon, Rich Duesterhaus
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Continue working on
partnerships
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NCDEA Board and Regional Reps
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Maintain professional
working relationships with NACD and Districts
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NCDEA Board and Regional Reps
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Complete 2 streamlining
deliverables from 2008 USDA grant
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NCDEA Board and Executive Director
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Goal # 4 Adapt & Update
Organization and Operations
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Build NCDEA
by helping every District Employee see the value of NCDEA membership &
understand the role of this organization, educating them on the employee
side of the National Conservation Partnership
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NCDEA Board and Regional Reps
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NCDEA Board and Regional Reps
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Work towards full time
NCDEA Executive Director
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NCDEA Grant Committee and NCDEA Board
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Secure
scholarships/stipends for NCDEA Board and District Employee
representatives to attend national meetings
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NCDEA Board Meetings
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National partnership
committee meetings
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NCDEA Grant Committee, NCDEA Board and Partners
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Consider services for
NCDEA Members and NCDEA Dues-paying states:
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Member discounts
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Participation in
NCDEA sponsored activities
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Insurance
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Provide information
on the Aces program
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NCDEA Board, Regional Reps and Executive Director
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Continue to build NCDEA
financial capacity
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NCDEA Board and Grant Committee
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Review regional
boundaries and rewrite By-laws as necessary
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NCDEA Board
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Provide
examples/templates of successful District programs for:
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