Community Arts Council of Vancouver

Communications Committee

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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.

CACV Communications Committee Terms of Reference 2

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
Approved by the CACV Board