{"id":16929,"date":"2018-01-29T19:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=16929"},"modified":"2018-01-29T19:30:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:30:39","slug":"pacd-holds-successful-strategic-planning-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=16929","title":{"rendered":"PACD Holds Successful Strategic Planning Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16930\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ChuckStrategicPlanning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16930\" class=\"wp-image-16930 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ChuckStrategicPlanning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PACD President Charles Duritsa speaks to the group during the Strategic Planning Session.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>On January 16, 2018, PACD held a strategic planning session at Toftrees in State College prior to the PACD\/SCC Winter Meeting. Board members, staff, and one district manager from each region were guided through the process by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boardsmto.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Kumer<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The group identified seven priorities. They are:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>PACD will promote and advocate for conservation districts to elected officials, partners, and the general public.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>PACD will help districts with the recruitment, training, and development of directors, managers, and staff.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>PACD will help districts attain sustainable, diverse funding.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Strengthen relationships and agreements with state and federal agencies.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Growing Greener<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Ensure PACD is adequately staffed and funded.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Foster communication and communication between districts.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Next, PACD will work to identify specific tasks to focus on these priorities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16, 2018, PACD held a strategic planning session at Toftrees in State College prior to the PACD\/SCC Winter Meeting. Board members, staff, and one district manager from each region were guided through the process by Michael Kumer. The group identified seven priorities. They are: PACD will promote and advocate for conservation districts to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pacd-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}