Mission statement:
To protect, preserve, and promote Fluvanna County’s historic and cultural heritage for public benefit.
Vision statement:
The Fluvanna Historical Society is recognized as a dynamic nonprofit educational and service organization dedicated to engaging the community with accuracy, inclusivity, and honesty.
Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Metrics
Goal One: Strengthen organizational governance to advance and fulfill our mission.
Objective One: Adjust the roles, membership, and procedures of the executive committee to support continuity of governance and succession planning
Objective Two: Create board meeting schedules, participation rules, and agendas more conducive to being an active and effective governing body
Strategy One: Through the direction of the Executive Board, develop a Board meeting schedule one year in advance
Strategy Two: Revise the by-laws by July 1, 2025
Strategy Three: Through the Executive Board, reassess current board and committee structure and identify strategic recruitment needs and opportunities
Strategy Four: Create and implement board orientation and training program by December 31, 2024
Metrics:
- Revise the by-laws by July 1, 2025 before annual meeting 2024
- Create and implement board orientation and training program by December 31, 2024
Goal Two: Increase organization’s sustainability
Objective One: Establish Operating Fund biannual budget
Objective Two:: Take action to increase Society’s CACF and endowment funds
Strategy One: Increase grants application expertise through county government and/or University-based contact
Strategy Two: Investigate historic foundation funding opportunities
Objective Three: Create a Development Committee to plan and implement a multi-pronged annual development program.
Strategy One: Establish Development Committee members by December 31, 2024
Objective Four: Expand organizational membership and corps of volunteers by 20% in two years
Metrics:
- Establish a Development Committee by December 31, 2024
Goal Three: Curate the society’s holdings in an exemplary manner
Objective One: Decide on a long-term approach for archives management considering cost and staffing, the nature of our holdings and public accessibility goals
Strategy One: Develop a phased implementation plan with estimated costs.
Strategy Two: Submit Application for CAP grant.
Strategy Three: Find a new location for the current archival collection by December 31, 2025
Objective Two: Update the database management plan for archives and collections
Strategy One: Conduct an artifacts inventory and visual conditions assessment and a control process
Strategy Two: Develop and implement accession and deaccession policies and procedures
Objective Three: For real property owned or managed by the Society, historic or otherwise, conduct needs assessment, prioritize needs, and develop estimated costs.
Objective Four: Develop inventory and record of fixed assets
Metrics:
- Find a new location for our current archival collection by December 31, 2025
Goal Four: Strengthen public outreach and educational programming
Objective One: Increase the organization’s visibility and collaborative work with stakeholders including educators, non-profit and civic organizations, and our partners in government.
Strategy One: Create a Promotion & Publicity.
Strategy Two: Create a Promotion & Publicity work group to develop and implement an outreach, media plan, and protocol for events, program activities, and promotion of the society’s work
Strategy Three: Increase the organization’s presence in public and home school systems
Strategy Four: Organize in partnership with DHR and others a free program of historic preservation training for county staff
Objective Two: Strengthen the Historical Society’s work and commitment in African American and in Monacan history
Strategy One: Develop an operating plan for these communities by December 31, 2024
Objective Three: Plan for consistent long term management of museum activities.
Metrics:
- Establish the Promotion & Publicity work group to create, plan for, and manage a schedule of public events and activities by June 2024
- Develop and implement an outreach and media plan and protocol for events, program activities, and promotion of the society’s work by December 31, 2024
- Develop an operating plan for African American and Tribal communities by December 31, 2024
Goal Five: Build, expand and sustain local community-led preservation efforts
Objective One: Build and sustain effective and productive relationships within Fluvanna’s many communities.
Strategy One: Conduct community-wide Open Houses to build relationships
Objective Two: Foster and support sustainable community-based heritage and preservation organizations.
Strategy One: Meet with the Lake Monticello Board/historical group and other groups regarding land conservation and historical issues by December 31, 2024
Strategy Two: Host regional/statewide events and activities to foster relationships, training and to serve as a leader in historical and restoration efforts
Strategy Three: Secure and administer grant funding for community based preservation projections
Strategy Four: Develop and publicize digital scanning of privately held
documents to preserve a community archive
Metrics:
- Host one community-wide event per year
