Why are you starting this organization? What do you want to see it accomplish? How are you going to accomplish this? These are the main questions you now need to ask yourself and answer. These will direct you towards making explicit both your long-term and short-term goals. Most of your long-term goals should have been addressed during the formation of your mission statement. Your goals do not need to be written into your mission statement because the mission statement is primarily about your values. But you should have some concept of what you want to see your organization look like in ten years. These long-term goals can be as simple as having a continually existing presence on campus where students feel safe to support liberty with others around them. Or your long-term goals can be more dramatic like establishing a pro-liberty presence on campus that rivals authoritarianism. For more detailed information, check out the Strategic Action Plan Handbook.
Sample goals include:
- The number of members who regularly attend meetings
- The number of emails on your list-serve
- The number of events held in the semester
- The amount of money raised for the organization
- The number of policies changed on campus as a result of your efforts
Continue to Step 7: Set Up a List-Serve
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