Goal 3: Strengthen partnerships to increase influence and inclusion
Vision
As an organization that relies on coordination, collaboration, and influence, partnerships are essential to CUCSA’s ability to serve as a well-informed advocate and affect policy and decision-making. By recognizing the needs of its stakeholders and delivering value to them, CUCSA can make itself a stronger and more trusted partner. This will enhance timely and honest communication, provide greater access to a range of viewpoints and inputs, and improve inclusion in the decision-making process. This creates a virtuous cycle through which partners derive greater value from their work with CUCSA and are motivated to further include CUCSA in their work.
Objectives
- Improve collaboration with local staff assemblies
- Increase access to and influence with local leadership
- Improve transparency and coordination with UC Systemwide HR partners
- Strengthen long-term engagement with and better leverage alumni
- Leverage existing UC infrastructure, such as UCOP State Governmental Relations, to coordinate and align efforts related to governmental advocacy
Measures
- Number of interactions aggregated by partner group
- Number of attendees at interactions
- Number of collaborative partnerships
- Quality of interactions with partners (delegate feedback surveys)
- Number of interactions between local Staff Assemblies and local leadership
- Frequency of budget updates
- Time/effort required to authorize new expenses
Suggested Strategies
- Raise awareness of CUCSA activities and opportunities for partnership
- Provide useful reference materials about CUCSA identity and activities, including improvements to website and newsletter to serve as a better reference to local staff assemblies
- Create forums for cross-pollination of best practices among local staff assemblies
- Create opportunities for CUCSA engagement/volunteering for local non-delegate volunteers
- Establish operating partnership norms with new UC systemwide HR partners
- Reestablish annual or biannual HR-provided CUCSA budget briefings for the delegation
- Include one CUCSA alumnus as a participating member of each workgroup