To all Warrior Nation members in the CANADA region (East and West):
Please review and give your feedback on the items in the minutes of the Canada East committee meeting. These are the subject of ongoing discussions as recommendations to the Board of Directors who reserve final judgment.
Date: March 17, 2007
Time: 3:00 to 4:15 pm
Structure of Canada East Region – Ideas for BOD –
S1 - Appointed Committee by BOD (Regional head, Secretary, Treasurer, PRO) - yes
this was selected as the best of the three options.
Advantage of this structure is better teamwork
S2 - Members in the region democratically vote in their Committee members - No
S3 - Appointed Manager who chooses his/her committee - No
S4 - Merger into one region CANADA with one head and one manager in every major city – No
Business Outreach and Public Relations
B1 - Recruiting initiatives – University initiatives (connect up with the local University caribbean/trini clubs ), tap into the local community via Caribbean newspapers, simple business cards to hand out at events
B2 - Marketing initiatives – talk to local trini business owners, organize proposals and links with established Caribbean/trini w to web sites e.g Toronto-lime.com, generic business cards for board member, a banner to display at events in gta e.g Caribana
B3 - Attracting Sponsors - talk to local business owners but we agreed this may be a difficult task. Business members with WN seems to be best bet for now, until WN becomes well known or 2010 APPROACHES.
Activities and Events
A1 - Plans for the summer and the rest of the year – Warrior Nation Family day(change name form sweat) including a sweat,(activities for children, ) Plan to hold it in Toronto.
WN lime ( members meet to play cards and hang out to in attempt to tighten and reinforce nation membership bond)
the Board of directors hold a meeting in the early part of the summer to plan.
Question and Answers Session
Q1 - What is the local group trying to accomplish? - We reviewed the discussion of the recent General Body Meeting. The BOD want to increase the number of supporters and attract sponsors.
Adjournment at 4:10 pm
