RE: QVMAG Strategic Plan
Dear Albert & Aldermen,
I write to you today in your capacities as the default ‘Trustees’ of QVMAG and its collections. Prior to meeting with Hirst Projects on Friday I visited the QVMAG Website to refresh my memory on a couple of matters including the QVMAG’s Strategic Plan – documented and copied online here … https://file7250culture.blogspot.com.au/p/qvvmag-strategig-plan.html
I was somewhat surprised to discover an updated 2018 – 2022 QVMAG Strategic Plan was online and apparently formally in operation. It seems quite clear that this policy document has been prepared by management and it is disappointing that through the Strategic Plan the operation is articulating its (Trustees/Council’s?) aspirational ‘Vision’ and ‘Mission’ it is not articulating the QVMAG’s Purpose.
Moreover, the plan does not articulate rationales for the ‘Objectives’ which in some ways is understandable given that there is no articulated purpose to frame them against. Following on from that there are no unambiguous ‘performance indicators’ albeit that there are ‘somewhat soft’ visions of “how success will look”. Consequently, in reviewing the QVMAG operation’s performance relative to purpose there does not appear to be adequate, and unambiguous, criteria via which such a thing can be measured and credibly assessed.
Against this background questions to do with how this came about arise. They are:
- When was this policy document adopted by Council?
- What expert advice was provided in accord with Section 65 of the Local Govt. Act and consequently did you as the Aldermen/Trustees rely?
- Is it at all possible that the policy has not been approved by Aldermen/Trustees?
I submit that given what is at risk, and all that is at stake, [SEE METRICS} this is a non-trivial matter and I would appreciate clarification in regard to the matters I’m raising here by the close of business Tuesday April 17. I look forward to receiving your advice before I seek further advice in the context of Council’s functional accountability.
Yours sincerely,
Ray Norman
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