Natick COA subcommittee finalizes strategic-planning template, plans board presentation

The Town of Natick Council on Aging Board Strategic Planning Subcommittee finalized a strategic-planning template during a Jan. 9, 2026 meeting conducted by Zoom and set plans to present the template to the full COA Board at its Jan. 12 meeting, according to the subcommittee minutes.

The minutes record that the subcommittee added a dedicated terminology sheet to the template and removed a "progress" column; the group noted the progress column will be reintroduced later when tracking is required. Members revised the draft objectives, renaming the volunteering goal to align with other goals, finalizing the strategic-planning objective, and agreeing to add an objective under Programming to develop assessment tools and metrics.

Attendees were listed in the minutes as Jim Fitzgerald, Paula Panchuck and Jan Sewell. The minutes were filed "Respectfully submitted by Jeanette Sewell, COA Strategic Planning Subcommittee Member," creating an inconsistent spelling/name entry for that member in the record. The minutes do not resolve whether Jan Sewell and Jeanette Sewell are the same person; the transcript preserves both names as written.

The subcommittee recorded that it will present the template and describe the new strategic-planning goal at the COA Board meeting on Jan. 12, 2026. The subcommittee scheduled its next meeting for Jan. 30, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. The Jan. 9 meeting began at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at 3:00 p.m.

The meeting notice in the minutes cites compliance with M.G.L. Chapter 30A §§ 18-25 for public posting.