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Building Your Community Plan <br />A Quick Overview of Key Plan Elements <br />Your plan will have eight elements. The following is a brief <br />introduction to each element. <br />Public Process <br />Building consensus is one of the most powerful things a community <br />can do. Listening to one mother builds trust. Trust is the cornerstone <br />to a unity of purpose. To be successful in completing your <br />community's plan you will have to work hard, be open to everyone <br />in the community, and include many points of view. It's like <br />weaving a basket. A single blade of grass will not hold water, <br />but woven together, the blades of grass become a strong, useful <br />container. <br />An Overview of Your Community <br />A general description of your community helps people who do not <br />live there understand the place. It introduces your community and <br />provides an overview of the physical environment, history, people, jobs, <br />economy, culture, and other information you feel is important to your <br />community. <br />Community Values and Vision <br />Values are the foundation of your beliefs. Your values create your <br />vision for the future. They help define what you want your <br />community to be. They help you understand who you are as a <br />community. They are tools you can use as a guide. There is great <br />community power in the Ability to identify common values And to commit <br />resources to those values over q long period of time. Your vision is <br />based on your values. It expresses what you want your community <br />to be in the future. Together they help you manage each aspect <br />of change. <br />Goals and Measures of Success <br />A goal is a broad statement that covers many values and expresses <br />intent to make something happen. A goal can protect or achieve <br />your values and vision. A goal is taking aim or charting a direction. <br />Goals help you to define an action that you want to take. Once you have identified your goals, it is <br />important to decide how you want to measure their success. <br />Nancy Hooper, Tununak <br />Measures of success help in keeping track of how you are doing at reaching your goals. This will allow your <br />community and funding resources to evaluate the path you are on and, when necessary, to make <br />changes that keep you moving toward what the community wants. <br />Alaska Federation of Natives 7 <br />