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Media Awareness:
- **Develop a PR plan to create higher media awareness of ISI within Illinois
- ** Logo Development for Website and athlete apparel program
Programming:
- **Audit needs of athletes through competitive schedule
- **Develop coach retention initiatives along with a developmental plan for annual coaches education and clinic
- Program greater variety into athlete camps
- Investigate possible grant funding for programming in urban areas
- Develop grassroots entry level programming in urban areas
- Develop open water and school based events/programming facilitated by ISI
Officials
- **Continue to develop officials education and training already in place
Goal: each team to have a trained meet referee, plus a percentage of officials that correlate with team membership
Budget
- **Investigate existing strategic partners
- **Create a zero based divisional budget, prioritizing the strategic plan Goal: Trend toward sponsorship based funding versus fee based funding.
- ** Designate a greater percentage of budget dollars to educational programs designed for club development (athlete, coach and club education)
- Create a marketing wish list of projects for identifying target donors/sponsors-
- Develop a quad plan for athlete endowment funding
- Allocate financial assistance to clubs for programs that they deem necessary for their internal development
Communications
- **Improve accountability within the board (orientation for new members)
- **Develop an operational calendar and timeline for Board Operations
- Increase accessibility of BOD members
- Disseminate Programming opportunities to members
**Denotes item currently in process |