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Communications Committee Terms of Reference

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

Vision: CACV is the voice for the community arts in Vancouver
Mission: CACV creates community through the arts
Goals: From the July, 2009 board retreat, the following goals are most relevant:

1. Increase/improve communications

Achieve greater recognition of community arts among community artists and community and arts organizations
Make website more engaging through web re-development and re-design
Nurture relationships with media for increased CACV exposure and recognition
Build connections with relevant online magazines, bloggers and websites and submit event listings and articles.
Form strategic alliances with other related organizations.

2. Take leadership in setting community arts direction

Facilitate dialogue about community arts in various forms
Improve networks for community artists in Vancouver
Facilitate online and face-to-face networks for community and environmental artists in Vancouver

3. Event communication

Promote local artists and groups related to our vision and mission
Effectively communicate and promote community arts events to target audiences.

Composition:

The CACV Communications Committee will include at least one board member and the administrator.
It will include 6-9 additional volunteers who will take on tasks , such as taking photographs, writing/editing material and collecting contact information for our communications.

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Meetings and Tasks
The Communications Committee will have a working meeting once a month to:

create strategic plans for communications and setting goals in terms of reach and numbers of participants
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.

Reporting and Accountability

The Committee reports to the Administrator
Once a year the Committee will meet with the Board to report on their work and give recommendations and request feedback.
The Committee must follow all board and council policy.
Changes to Communications policies and terms of reference must be approved by the Board.

Discussed by the Communications Committee in August and September,2010
Approved by the CACV board on September 23, 2010.

Apply here: http://www.cacv.ca/getinvolved/volunteer