Group Self Assessment

The Wedderburn CMN is currently undertaking a Group Self Assessment to provide an overview of where each member sees the group in terms of stability, motivation and drive and to provide a comparison to where the group sat two years ago. Each paid up member was sent a form which asked them to rank their opinion of the overall health of the group ranging from ‘Trail Blazers’ down to “Just Hanging On’. There was also a group health element which asked respondents to rank different aspects of group health both now and two years ago, to determine where things have improved and where things have fallen away, or need working on. The group sat down at the February meeting to discuss the results which was a very positive exercise providing some great, honest feedback both from members who have been with the group for many years and those who have only recently joined. Results varied greatly among the members, but an overall feeling was that the group was “Rolling Along Smoothly” and had gone ahead from two years ago. Most aspects of the group health element were positive, especially in terms of communication, network development, financial and information resources, but a lot of work needs to happen in terms of attracting members to take on more administrative roles within the group. From all the results gathered a report will be generated and actions taken to try and work on the lowly ranking elements.

Article – Wendy Murphy