May 25th Committee Action Plans

Two Month Action Plan for Publicity Committee

Director: John Cuthbert, jcuthbert@shaw.ca
Target Audience: Summerland voters

1. Write Article for the Review: Suzanne to write and John to ensure it gets in the Review.
2. Invite John Arendt, Review editor, to our next meeting.
3. Arrange radio interview for Tony on local station.
4. Need a logo that can be put on bumper sticker. Executive to determine.
5. Bumper sticker with logo: Mark to do.
6. Poster for bulletin boards: Suzanne to do.
7. Open house party to promote association and sign up new members.
8. Press releases to be issued before our meeting for the Review, Penticton Herald, the Western, and local radio.

Two Month Action Plan for Fundraising Committee

Chair- Frank Martens, janeandfrank@shaw.ca

1. Find out more about registration for a non-profit organization
2. Make an application for registration (providing executive does not object).
3. Connect with S.P.A.D.E. to get info on registration and fund sources.
4. Have a 50/50 draw at the next meeting on June 23rd.
5. Obtain a couple of bottles of wine and have a raffle at the same meeting.

Two Month Action Plan for Communications Committee

Director: Amie Harbor, aharbor@shaw.ca

1. Development and distributioon of a newsletter.
2. Encouragement of more active postings and comments to the blog site.
3. Creation of a phoning network
4. Regular posters put on community bulletin boards
5. Creation of a mailing list for those without e-mail, and a committee to facilitate.
6. To initiate liason with other similar organizations in the valley and province
7. Ensure our organization is listed in the "What's Up" and "Coming Events" columns of the Review.

Two Month Action Plan for Membership Committee

Director: Jim Fishenden, mjfish@telus.net

1. To bring our membership to 200.
2. Be outside the Liquour Store, June 3rd, 2pm-6pm.
3. Try to be invited to different service clubs, to give a brief talk and hand our brochures.
4. Continue to distribute our brochures any way possible.
5. Set up again outside the IGA later in the month.

Two Month Action Plan for Research Committee

Director: Jim Hunt, jhunt@ipcc.org

To Organize and Encourage research on the following topics:

1. Water in Summerland
2. OCP: timetable, how current drafts differ from existing, how to improve the next draft
3. ALR exclusions: areas up for exclusion within the OCP draft
4. Industrial sites, where,
5. Special wildlife habitats
6. Smart Growth principles and how they can be applied to Summerland.