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City of Oshkosh
Senior Services Division
Oshkosh Seniors Center
200 N. Campbell Rd.
Oshkosh, WI 54902
(920) 232-5300 (920) 232-5307 FAX
ADVISORY BOARD OF THE OSHKOSH SENIORS CENTER
MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2015
PRESENT:
Cynthia Thorpe, Judy Smith, Vicki Leichtfuss, Barbara Goldthwaite, Marlene
Mielke, Xandy Kloeckl, Roberta Messer, Mary Wiedenmeier, Sandy Noe,
Gary Konrad, John Hauser, Ann Marie Kosek (Friends of the Oshkosh
Seniors Center Representative).
EXCUSED:
Dale Sonnenberg, Sue Gullickson
ABSENT:
STAFF:
Mark Ziemer, Senior Services Manager; Kathy Snell, Lead Office
Coordinator
FACILITATOR:
Sue Nietzel, UWO Business Success Center Consultant
Meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. Mark introduced new staff members, Laura
Schwartzburg and Jody LaPlante. Cynthia introduced new board member, Marlene Mielke and
the Facilitator for today’s activities, Sue Nietzel. Below are the notes taken from the meeting
activities.
MISSION
Sue reaffirmed the Oshkosh Seniors Center’s mission. To enrich the quality of life for adults 50
and over. She stated today we would be working on a strategic direction for the Advisory Board
and she would leave us with a framework to accomplish the work for an action plan. We should
also then in 6 months report back to the Community Foundation letting them know what we have
accomplished from our Strategic Planning Session. Sue did state she felt the mission statement
was missing a How and Why aspect. However, stated if the group were in consensus that we
knew what these were it was good.
VISIONING
This should be a statement of what success will look like. Should push the organization to its
outer limits and will show how the mission statement is being accomplished. A group exercise
was done to determine things the group would like to incorporate in the vision statement. (Below
are the ideas that the board members would like to incorporate into a vision statement. The
items with an * are those that were voted on and approved to be used to create the vision
statement.)
7 Dimensions of Wellness Improve access to all resources for
seniors
Increasing synergy between OSC
and FOSC Sense of wellness
Enable Seniors to give back Strong connection to community
Bring people together Financial viability
Meet needs of large diverse group Affordability
Healthy Aging * Sense of purpose for participants
Fingers on pulse of needs and Partnerships with community
services organizations/groups *
Improve transportation for seniors Friendly and safe *
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Viable options for 50-60 groups *
It was determined to have a subcommittee work on pulling a vision statement together from our
top few items (*). The statement will be brought to the next Advisory Board meeting for review
and approval. Those working on the committee will include: Vicki, Marlene, Cynthia, Sandy, Ann
Marie and Kathy.
VALUES
This exercise was done to determine the values the members felt were important to the Advisory
Board. The items with an * are the top 5 values the board agreed on.
Equality of seniors Supportive
Integration of others Quality *
Resource Trust
Providing leadership Value older adult contributions *
Respectful * Informative
Affordable * Collaborative
Accessible Physical wellbeing
Promoting independence, self Facility
confidence
Encouragement
Inclusion *
Transparent
Variety
Innovative
Top values may also be used in the vision statement.
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)
This exercise was divided out into categories. We then used the SWOT items to determine our
FOCUS (Strategic Priorities – listed below). Items with an * are those that the group felt would /
should be the FOCUS for the Advisory Board over the next 1-2 years. (Please see attachments
for the SWOT exercises.)
Change Center Perception
Improve financial situation
Create public awareness campaign
Communicate / Educate / Advocate with wider constituency and city officials *
Establish steady revenue stream
Target market 50-60 age group
Build Community Partners *
Civic Engagement for Seniors (Leadership Oshkosh for older adults)
TO DO’s
Create a document with the Mission / Vision / Values/ and 2015 – 2017 Strategic
Priorities Listed
Make sure we have concise description of the priorities
Strategic Direction #1 :
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Strategic Direction #2:
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Create and Action Plan
WHAT ACTION will be taken / by WHO / by WHEN
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Create a report for the Community Foundation describing the things that have been
accomplished and the actions that are being worked on.
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