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  • Design the Transition Year Plan/Process called a NEW thing!

  • Design a transition year website for aNEWthing!

    ~ Overview Flowcharts

    ~Progress Chart

    ~FAQ’s

    ~Email Updates

    ~Special Documents

  • Launch website as part of IBC

  • Feb 26—BOO Meeting—Set schedule for BOO meetings in 2008-09

  • Design/distribute an IBC Initial Self-evaluation Survey (Preserve?, Avoid?, Achieve?)

  • Invite BGC to do a SWOT Analysis of IBC

  • Announce BOO’s Recommendation:

    a NEW thing!

  • Launch regular email updates—and pointing IBC folks to website for latest information (sent to about 350 known lay leaders, delegates and pastors)

  • Announce BOO’s Recommendation: a NEW thing!

  • Solicit BGC /Districts Advisory Team Members to lend guidance to overall process

 

March

2008

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  • Schedule—5-7 Regional    Town Hall Meetings

  • IBC Brainstormers gather a broad range of concepts describing as many possible potential strategic alliances and ministry alignments we can think of…

    ~From surveys (known lay leaders & pastors)

    ~From LEAD Teams

    ~From Town Hall Meetings

  • Regular email updates: Informing and promoting entire conference… with a special focus on known delegates to affirm a NEW thing! by their vote at annual meeting on May 3, 2008

  • Schedule SWOT Analysis with BGC Leadership (Scheduled for June 6-7)

  • (Waiting For Vote)

 

April

2008

  • (Waiting For Vote)

 

May

2008

  • Statewide LEAD MEETING Pastors prioritize ideas and identify a manageable few “best potential options” to pursue next year

  • ANNUAL MEETING at Edgewood Family Fellowship in Cedar Rapids on May 3, 2008

  • ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF VOTE: Shall IBC move forward on the BOO's recommendation called a NEW thing!?

  • Prepare Prospectus

    ~Current IBC ministries

    ~Self-Evaluation

     

  • Quiet Phase: Send Prospectus to various parties identified among the “best potential options”

  • Request follow-up meetings

 

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2008

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  • June 6-7 BOO Retreat in Eldora

  • Do SWOT Analysis at IBC Board of Overseers Retreat

  • Regular Email Updates reporting on activities and progress on a NEW Thing!

  • Point IBC folks to website for latest information

  • ~SWOT Analysis

  • Quiet Phase (cont.)    Schedule IBC representatives to meet face-to-face with various entity representatives… to discover initial feasibilities and any mutual impracticalities.

  • Include discussions on any potential role for PLCC

  • July 30 - Mtg at IBC/PLCC w/Minnesota

 

July

2008

 

 

August

2008

  • Work Groups investigate and prepare reports

  • Task Force begins evaluating Work Groups reports and District proposals

  • August 12 - BOO Phone Conference

  • Regular Email Updates reporting on activities and progress on a NEW Thing!

 

  • Point IBC folks to website for latest information

  • Public Phase Board-level discussions and negotiation with favorable entities

  • September 11 - Mtg at IBC/PLCC w/Great Lakes

  • September 18-19 - Mtg at IBC/PLCC w/Converge/Mid-America

  • September 28 - Mtg at IBC/PLCC w/Minnesota

 

September

2008

  • September 20 - BOO Mtg in Eldora

 

October

2008

  • October 21 - BOO Phone Conference

 

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2008

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  • November 15 - Task Force meets in Eldora to review progress and narrow the options

 

 

 

 

 

December

2008

  • Transition Director drafts an Initial Recommendation for BOO

  • December 9 -BOO Phone Conference

 

January

2009

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  • January 17 - BOO Mtg in Eldora to examine the Transition Director's recommendation

  • BOO determines final proposal for IBC constituents

  • Regular Email Updates reporting on activities and progress on a NEW Thing!

  • ANNOUNCE: The proposed new strategic alliance.

  

 

February

2009

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  • Schedule—5-7 Regional Town Hall Meetings

  • Transition Director attends LEAD Team Meetings... informing and promoting proposal

  • February 3 - BOO Ph Conference

  • March 7 - BOO Mtg in Eldora

  • April 7 - BOO Ph Conference

 

March

2009

  • Regular Email Updates reporting on activities and progress on a NEW Thing!

  • Point IBC folks to website for latest information

  • Town Hall Meetings???

  

 

April

2009

 

May

2009

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Annual Meeting  

May 1-2 

  • VOTE:  To accept the proposed new strategic alliance

 

June

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  • Engage the new alliance!