CAL-MOAA WEAKNESSES

The Council certainly has some prominent strengths, but at the same time there are weaknesses to deal with and threats on the horizon. All these things will be on the table at the 26 April EXCOM meeting.

CAL-MOAA has been operating without an approved strategic plan. Organization structure appears faulty. Leadership is often inadequate. There are communications problems. The council finds it difficult to obtain active chapter support for certain initiatives and planned change.

Officers and directors need to be positioned to support the chapters fully, but there are concerns about capabilities and resources.

Many chapters are having difficult times. Membership numbers are declining. It’s difficult to find members willing to assume leadership positions. Both internal and external communications are often dysfunctional.

It’s really too bad certain chapters fail to examine the satellite or sub-chapter option, decreasing formal management requirements, before it’s too late.

So, the future apparently holds a continuing loss of membership, perhaps chapters.

There seems to be so much institutional complacency and a Council inability to engage its chapters in any meaningful way.

At a time when it’s critical to make the transition from TROA to MOAA the generation gap between current and eligible members continues to increase.

CAL-MOAA is competing head-to-head with other professional organizations such as AFA, ROA, AUSA, and not always coming out on top, particularly in the scramble for limited resources.

And with these problems and shortcomings there is a loss of political power.

A major purpose of the EXCOM meeting is to discuss these issues within the context of a proposed strategic plan which will be presented for approval.

If ever there was a time for everyone to come together, raise and discuss the issues, develop creative solutions, and move boldly into the future it’s now.

Worried? Who, me?

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