This is a composite schedule of the benchmarking data milestones (in color), the shared practice meetings (in black), and the steering committee meetings (in gray – all participants welcome). Registration links are included as the meeting agendas are established.
The benchmarking data schedule is designed to allow participants to input their data and review it thru various draft report cycles. This assures that the overall quality of the benchmarking report is maintained. We schedule most support webinars at two different times to allow participation from Europe to Australia.
Key Dates: 2025 Cultural Facility Benchmarking Program
All meeting times listed for New York for EST/EDT and estimated for other time zones, check your local time for any event of interest. This schedule will be revised from time to time as specific meeting dates and times may change.
Jan 14
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; any new data/metrics desired for this year?
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Jan 28
No Shared Practice Meeting this month due to schedule conflict
Feb 11
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; focus on any metrics/data changes for this year
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Mar 11
Steering Committee Meeting: Open discussion of refinements for 2025 program; Finalize any metrics/data changes for this year
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Apr 1
Website open for data input
Input preliminary data through June
Apr 22
Shared Practice Meeting: Tentative- Town Hall on current issues/topics of interest
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
May 13
Steering Committee Meeting – Discuss reporting changes, shared practice topics and annual meeting
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Jun 10
Steering Committee Meeting – Discuss reporting changes, shared practice topics and annual meeting
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Jul 1
Draft Report available (with update every week)
Continue data input/revision through Sept, comments on draft reports
Jul 8
Steering Committee Meeting: Discuss reporting changes, shared practice topics and annual meeting
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT
Sep 9
Steering Committee Meeting: none this month – Annual Conference
Sep 23
Shared Practice Meeting: Annual Workshop Town Hall Session
12:00 pm EDT / 9:00 am PDT / 6:00 pm CEST
Sep 30
Deadline to submit final data adjustments and corrections
Oct 6
Final Report available
Oct 14
No Steering Committee Meeting
Nov 11
Benchmarking Report Review (Instead of Steering Committee Meeting)
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Dec 2
Shared Practice Meeting: Emerging Issues for Cultural Facility Management
*Note* 1 week later than normal due to US Thanksgiving
12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Dec 10
No Steering Committee Meeting: Holiday Break
Dec
NO Shared Practice Meeting: Holiday Break
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