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      • Planning Committee
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Planning Committee

The Planning Committee is accountable for developing and leading the Board's participation in all MRS planning, including annual budget preparation, in this capacity:

• Reaching agreement with the Executive Director on the detailed design of MRS’s planning and budget development cycle with special attention to the Board's role in planning -- and on the annual planning calendar, and ensuring that the Board participates fully and proactively in the planning process.
• Overseeing preparation for, and hosting, the annual strategic work session.
• Identifying for the Board the strategic issues considered for addition to MRS’s Strategic Change Portfolio, updated values, vision, and mission statements, operational planning priorities, the annual budget, and other strategic and policy-level products that merit full Board attention.(Note that the annual budget is a major operational planning product and, therefore, falls under the Planning Committee. CONTROL of the budget after it has been adopted is a FINANCE function falling under the Operational Oversight Committee.)