COMMUNITY
ARTS
COUNCIL OF
VANCOUVER

Our Communications Committee meets one to two times per month, alternating an evening meeting at the Carnegie Centre, Main and Hastings, and the Alliance for Arts and Culture, 938 Howe (or a nearby location) from 12 noon to 2pm.

We are a group of six, and at any one meeting there are usually 3-4 of us – and very welcoming of new members.

If you have writing, editing, design, social media experience – or simply willing to be a host at a community art event to welcome people and give them information – we’d like to hear from you.

Community Arts Council of Vancouver

Communications Committee

Terms of Reference

Purpose:
The CACV communications committee will:
• encourage communication within and among our members and our community
• encourage our members to engage with CACV to carry out our mission and vision

In doing its work, it will keep in mind the following:
CACV Vision: CACV is the voice for the community arts in Vancouver
CACV Mission: CACV creates community through the arts
CACV Goals: From the July, 2009 board retreat, the following goals are most relevant:
Increase/improve communications
Achieve greater recognition of CACV among community artists and community organizations
Make website more engaging
Nurture relationships with media for increased CACV exposure and recognition

Take leadership in setting community arts direction
Convene a conference of community arts in Vancouver
Determine how to improve networks for community artists in Vancouver

Composition:
The CACV Communications Committee will include at least one board member and the administrator.
It will include 2-5 additional volunteers who will attend one meeting a month and take on other tasks between meetings, such as taking photographs, writing/editing material and collecting contact information for our communications.

Meetings and Tasks:
The CACV Communications Committee will have a working meeting once a month to:
- plan, write and compile e-newsletters
- collect material including photos to update the website
- extend our presence on social media such as facebook
- consider additional communications initiatives and prepare recommendations for the board.

Approved by CACV board on September 17, 2009