Preliminary Report

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Preliminary Report

• Maireannachd
• Pictou Summit

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What is a CAP site?

• Community ownership
• Vary as much as communities vary
• Agents of change
• Evolving to meet needs of community
• equalizer

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What is a network?

• Networks as a group (of 150) are the current
  voice of CAP
• Canadas new railway
• Benign dictatorships
• An administrative convenience

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What is sustainabilty?

• Resources
• Partnerships
• Branding/marketing
• Meeting needs of the community
• Diversifying funding sources
• Multiple connecting threads to community, sites,
  networks

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Key strengths of networks

• Power in numbers
• Synergies
• Stronger voice
• Funding opportunities beyond site level
• Economies of scale
• super champions

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Key weaknesses for Networks

• Greater needs for communication
• Dilute the vision
• Cost of bureaucracy
• Lack of control
• Stifle innovation
• Conflict of interests and core values?
• Create competition amongst and within networks

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Key Opportunities for Networks

• Build community capacity
• Stronger advocacy
• Economies of scale
• Partnerships
• Guiding principles for networks
• International opportunities
• Support more diverse agenda (e-commerce,
  e-government)

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Key Threats for Networks

• Lack of site autonomy
• Demands on funding
• Culture of entitlement
• Lack of accountability and responsiveness to
  clients

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Roles and responsibilities of networks

• Communication
• Marketing
• Tech support
• Volunteer coordination
• Administrative support
• Fundraising/outreach
• Advocacy

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Common success factors

• Well-trained staff
• Client-centred
• Knowledge of clients
• Leadership
• Succession planning
• Homey

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Dream locations

• Seniors centres
• Malls
• Tim Hortons
• Hospitals
• Schools
• City hall
• Post office
• Bus/train stations, airports
• Bus stops

• Parliament buildings
• Laundromats
• Provincial campgrounds
• Homeless shelters
• Supermarkets
• Embassies
• Mobile sites
• Wireless hubs

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What do we need?

• Strong national vision
• National communications strategy
• National marketing/branding strategies
• Core values and guiding principles
• Strong national voice
• More and flexible human resources
• Better program administration
• Better integration at federal government level
• National representative body for CAP
• Something to actually happen because of this
  conference

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Industry Canadas commitments

• Better integration at federal government level
• Work on partnerships with other departments, e.g.
  HRDC
• Continue to build partnerships with some, e.g.
  Government-on-line
• Research on possible governance, roles and
  responsibilities for national advisory
  committees/boards/councils
• Better information on national web site,
  facilitate and support communication amongst CAP
• Improved database
• National sustainability tool kit project
• Reconvene March 19/20, 2004 in Vancouver, B.C.