[greenon-l] Annual Meeting and Membership Drive

[Conservation Council of Ontario]

Ontario's Conservation Movement

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1.  New Directions for the Conservation Council of Ontario
2.  Membership Drive  (or the "Doors Open" campaign)

3.  Annual Meeting, November 28th

 

 


Our New Directions


The last couple of years have seen some great activities and results for the
Conservation Council.  We've been experimenting with new approaches to
promoting conservation, with tremendous results.

 

In particular, the response to our campaigns and co-marketing initiatives
from NGOs, community groups, municipalities, and businesses has been most
encouraging.  It seems we all realize the immediate need for conservation,
and the value in working together as part of a common, broad-based alliance.

 

At our upcoming annual meeting in November, we will enact some changes to
our by-laws that will officially mark the CCO's transition from a policy
forum to a coordinating body for implementing conservation.  These changes
reflect the dramatic changes in Ontario's conservation movement over the
past decade and the widespread public desire to become better conservers.  

 

In particular, our new directions include:

 

1.	opening our membership to include all organizations and individuals
that are actively promoting conservation
2.	introducing new membership categories for companies and
municipalities that are committed to integrating conservation into their
activities, policies, programs, services and products.
3.	making the We Conserve wordmark widely available to promote
conservation programs, services and products by groups, businesses and
municipalities.
4.	developing new collaborative social marketing campaigns and projects
to promote various aspects of conservation.

 

We have road-tested the new model over the past two years.  Now is the time
grow the model!  Together, we have the opportunity to facilitate the
transition to a conserver economy and society in Ontario.

 

 


Membership Drive


Currently, the Conservation Council has two membership categories:
Individual Members and Member Organizations.

 

In the past, with our emphasis on developing and voting on policy, the
Council attempted to maintain a balance of Member Organization delegates and
Individual Members.  Under our new model, the key role of members is to
promote conservation in their activities and to provide expertise and
resources for the Council and its projects.  Basically, if you are promoting
conservation, or a particular aspect of conservation, we want you to become
a member.

 

There is no fee for membership, but we do expect members to help each other
out and to contribute to the common campaigns and the overall vision of a
conserver society in Ontario.

 

In general, the CCO does not develop formal policy statements and Members
are not bound to any policy position of the Council.  We do, however,
promote conservation.  CCO Board and staff will work to promote conservation
in the name of the organization, working within the core definitions and
principles of conservation.  We believe that conservation should be the
first and foremost approach to dealing with Ontario's resource and
environmental issues. 

 

A list of our current membership can be found at
http://greenontario.org/cco/members2.html 

 

If you are interested in becoming a member, please send me an e-mail with a
one paragraph bio /organization description.

 

 


Annual Meeting  -- First Notice


 

The Conservation Council of Ontario will be holding its annual general
meeting on 

DATE:               November 28, 2006, 

TIME:                9:00 am to noon at 

LOCATION        The Centre for Social Innovation, Suite 120, 215 Spadina
Avenue, Toronto

 

Please RSVP to cco at web.ca if you plan to attend.

 

 

 

With thanks to all for your support!

 

Chris Winter

Executive Director

 

 

 

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