CHIPPS StrategicPlanningSummary2.02 - National Hospice and ...

Steering Committee
Steering Committees were formed before affiliation with NHPCO. Each person became
leader of the work groups at the conclave except for Danai who then came on board as an
international person when we had no one in the education group. The most successful
aspect involved focusing on a specific job with a time line.
Strengths of steering committee:
Conference calls on a regular basis
Helpful structure.
Facilitation
Task focus with a common vision
Diversity of backgrounds and experiences.
Frustrations:
Integration and incorporation of new members
Keeping the group size workable
Lack of time to know each other and pay attention to group process.
We have outgrown the original structure. There is a need to develop a process for new
members and criteria. There is also a need for a new structure for the steering committee
and the smaller groups.
Role of NHPCO in ChIPPS
Stephen Connor reaffirmed that he and NHPCO are supportive of ChIPPS and committed
to helping it. It’s a natural fit, and ChIPPS wouldn’t be here without them. ChIPPS is
under the research committee of NHPCO.
NHPCO is a non-profit national organization, with few international linkages. NHPCO
members don’t pay dues for work in other countries – diverse views about this. ChIPPS
had not been a truly international group. There is a great deal of work to do in the US,
and it’s hard to branch out beyond. How does ChIPPS work translate across countries?
Some things don’t easily translate (funding), but other things (needs assessment) do.
ChIPPS Goals
With a view to overarching goals and populations related to them:
Education
Research
Advocacy/sensitization
Service resources (development, encouragement)
Networking
The care of dying children is the underlying focus. Given this huge menu of all that is
possible, there is a need to clarify what can reasonably be done by this group or this
group in collaboration with others.