GOAL I: To be truly relevant to our members

1. Increase membership by 10% annually

a. Increase all categories
b. Each member who recruits a new member will receive a 50% rebate off his district dues for one year
c. Communicate regularly with member and nonmember psychiatrists to explore their professional needs and determine if PSV is meeting them

2. Survey membership for the membership directory and distribute the strategic plan along with the membership directory

3. Increase e-mail communication list

4. Continue and expand office support services for individual members through Psychiatric Office Personnel meetings

5. Provide consultation to our members (e.g. business practice advice,
ethics and clinical issues consult, contracting with insurers, etc.)

6. Continue referral service for patients through PSV Executive Director
and Membership Directory

GOAL II: To promote advocacy and ethical care for the mentally ill

1. Have an annual increase of 10% more members join the MHA or VAMI or
an advocacy group

2. Support VAMHE with PSV donations of money and psychiatrists joining
as board members

3. Have at least 20% of members receive training in legislative
effectiveness (Invite Leslie Herdegen from VMHE to speak at a spring
or fall PSV meeting about lobbying issues)

4. Develop and advance yearly legislative priorities (e.g.. parity,
ethical prescribing, confidentiality, support public mental health financing, etc.)

5. Increase psychiatry's participation and influence in all significant
statewide mental health initiatives

6. Have 20% of members make at least one presentation to promote public understanding of mental illness (e.g.. media interview, editorial, speak for an advocacy, religious, or civic organization)

7. Annual membership presentation on ethics

GOAL III: To foster science and the progress of psychiatry

1. Establish meaningful relationships with Psychiatry Training Programs

a. Support training through teaching and supervising residents and medical students
b. Help raise endowments for training or research

2. Provide members with CME, networking with members across the state,
liaison and communication with APA about important issues in other
states which could impact upon our members (e.g. parity, prescribing privileges)

3. Support psychiatry's role as the best qualified team and most cost effective leader with a unique role as evaluator, diagnostician, psychotherapist and psychopharmacologist

GOAL IV: To make a positive contribution to our communities

1. Volunteer efforts on Community Service Boards and at medical schools, free clinics

2. Offer service to the Red Cross in case of disasters

3. Public education presentations

4. Encourage members to provide at least one hour a week for community service