DELPHI #25 RESULTS

SRR Strategic Planning Meeting

Denver, CO July 27, 2005

Jaime Whitlock

SRR STRATEGIC PLAN The strategic plan was

originally created in December

2002 at a meeting in Phoenix

with representatives from each

criterion group.

Delphi 19 & 20 initially vetted

the structure of the Strategic

Plan for SRR

The Strategic Plan document

from October 2003 was the

result

SRR STRATEGIC PLAN In April 2005, SRR members

revisited the Strategic Plan to

bring it up to date

Five Strategic Goal Areas were

suggested and initial efforts

were made to expand upon

them

A Delphi on these Strategic

Goal Areas was offered to get a

better feel for how the SRR

community at large received

them

PURPOSE OF DELPHI #25 Present the draft framework for

SRR’s updated Strategic Plan to

all SRR participants

Obtain input from all

interested parties

Further develop the SRR

Strategic Goal Areas identified

at the April 2005 SRR meeting

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 1 Fifteen SRR participants

responded to the first round of

Delphi 25

This chart shows the Likert

Scale results for Goal

Areas 1 - 5 GOAL 2 received the

least general support

GOAL 3 received the

most general support

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 1GOAL AREA # 1: Promotion of Rangelands

Sustainability ParadigmsGOAL AREA # 2: Promote Quality DataGOAL AREA # 3: ResearchGOAL AREA # 4: CoordinationGOAL AREA # 5: Critical Financial Needs

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2GOAL AREA # 1: Promotion of Rangelands

Sustainability Paradigms Language/Wording

-- Needs to be more clear for lay-person -- “Paradigms” -- Concise & Powerful -- May want to temper statements about what we can deliver

Dwindling number of SRR people still involved -- Especially non-Agency/NGO -- Define the type of people required

2010 Report -- should be major focus of SRR or too much focus?

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2GOAL AREA # 1: Promotion of Rangelands

Sustainability Paradigms

Congress/Bill involvement - Major Hang-up -- Flexibility issue

-- Should this be a goal at all? -- If we go, we best be ready

Scale -- Individual/Private Landowners -- Mixed messages

Order of the groups in the list/ Ranking?

Audience consistency

Look at the C & I again

Need Ops Plan & Plan of Action

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2GOAL AREA # 2: Promote Quality Data

Need to set up system correctly first time

SRR not responsible for providing the infrastructure

Draw upon expertise of Agencies, Universities, Private industries to provide research, ideas, guidance -- additional expertise in the areas of information systems and data management

Focus more on information than data

Should we focus on getting indicators accepted and commonly used or will data quality preclude people using the C & I (Chicken & Egg)

Define terms well

Need to be able to evaluate uncertainty

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2GOAL AREA # 3: Research

University Consortium

To have a standardized assessment there will need to be a concerted effort in the research community

Need to spell out why research is important and why funders will want to make money available

Distribution of research -- who doing what & how distributed among the diff. areas (ecological, economic, social)

Needs to be started soon - prioritize

Should focus on gathering or interpreting data

Most funders not interested in funding “monitoring” or “assessment” research

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2GOAL AREA # 4: Coordination

Model of coordination seen as potentially one of the main strengths that SRR could offer

Integrate the roundtables? To bring in the other ecosystems & save money

Language & clarity beyond the current audience

How will this happen? Especially with decreased NGO participation

Need to make sure not to infringe on individual agencies’/organizations’/academic institutions’ missions

Need to have people in charge of this coordination

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2GOAL AREA # 5: Critical Financial Needs

Should this be a strategic goal for SRR

Need to make sure funding is for a clear reason & because we are credible & can produce results

Recognize most of SRR is made up of volunteers

Need more full-time staff

Need to anticipate decreased support from Federal Agencies?

Of course important - without the financial resources we can’t do the other goals

DELPHI #25 - ROUND 2OVERALL COMMON THEMES

Concise, clarity - in meaning of all terms

Don’t mix Goals & Objectives & Tactics

Overall order of the goals

It’s going to take more than just SRR to pull this off

Need Clear Action Items & people held accountable for them

Need a goal based on retention & recruitment of NGOs and all other stakeholders

NEXT STEPS… Another Delphi?

ACTION, ACTION, ACTION

Sherm hits the lottery and donates

$50 million to SRR…

NEXT STEPS… Another Delphi?

ACTION, ACTION, ACTION

Sherm hits the lottery and donates

$50 million to SRR…