IMPORTANT REMINDER REGISTER NOW FOR CHALMERS TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!
CCA Bulletin 7/06
January 31, 2006
As the country settles down, post-election, to the realities of a Conservative minority government,the next CCA conference provides a particularly timely opportunity for the cultural community tocome together for a sector-wide consultation around cultural policy: what exists, what is stillneeded, and how best to get it.
As you already know, CCA’s National Policy Conference, Mapping Canada’s Cultural Policy:Where do we go from here?, is scheduled for March 3 and 4 in Ottawa. This note is to remind youthat the Chalmers Conference for arts service and other cultural organizations is taking placeimmediately before and after the policy conference, and to reiterate how important it is for the voiceof your organization to be heard at this forum.
This year’s Chalmers Conference gives you an unparalleled opportunity to provide input into thepriorities and resulting action plan of the CCA, to ensure the new government knows, understands,and acts on the priorities of the cultural sector. If you are a CCA organizational member, there is noadditional registration fee to attend the two-part Chalmers Conference; organizations which are notmembers pay $150 on top of the policy conference fee. Any organization wishing to bring morethan one representative is encouraged to do so; an additional fee per person applies. Details can befound at www.ccarts.ca.
Besides being part of the dialogue, we urge you to ensure your organization’s issues are on theagenda for discussion. CCA is asking arts service and other cultural organizations to send in theirtop three cultural policy issues; these will form part of the Chalmers forum on Thursday afternoon(March 2). It is also important that your organization be part of the Saturday afternoon (March 4)discussions on strategies for action and how best to move the issues forward. Please forward yourshortlist of issues to the CCA by Wednesday February 1.
It is imperative that the sector speak loudly, and with one voice! We urge you to register NOW forboth the Chalmers Conference and the National Policy Conference in order to avoiddisappointment. Registration forms are available online at www.ccarts.ca.