Draft Agenda

Proposed Communications Conference and Wawatay AGM

December 9, 10 & 11 - 3 sites participating via videoconferencing

Eastern
Standard Time
Wednesday
December 9
Thursday
December 10
Friday
December 11
8:30 am Registration Registration Wawatay AGM
Registration
9:00 am

Welcoming Remarks

Chief Clifford Bull

Housekeeping

Keynote
Careers in Media Programs and Communications - The wave of the future?

Trish Crawford (watch video)

Joyce Hunter (watch video)

Brent Wesley (watch video)

Roxann Shapwaykeesic (watch video)

Welcoming Remarks

Opening Prayer

Review and Acceptance of Agenda

Review of the 2004 General Membership Meeting minutes

10:00 am

Language Session
Presenter William Dumas,NNEC Executive Director -
Sharing Best Practices for Language Retention, Preservation and
Enhancement Initiatives: Lessons from Northern Manitoba

Option 1 - Community Radio Station Setups -
Presenter George Witham, Wawatay
How to set up a community radio station.
Identification of possible funding sources.

Option 2 - Radio Broadcasting Online and Video Conferencing - Presenter Lyle Johnson, K-Net

Option 3 - Public Relations -What is public relations? Methods, tools and tactics.

Business Arising from the 2004 General Membership Meeting minutes
10:15 am Health Break Health Break Health Break
10:30 am Language Session
Standardization, Role of Regional Aboriginal Languages Committee
Funders Forum - Ontario Trillium Foundation/Northern Ontario Heritage Fund President's Report
Financial Report
11:30 am Youth Multimedia Presentation on Language  Liability and How To Limit It - Presenter Etienne Esquega, Erikson & Partners  
12:00 pm

Lunch

Lunch - Keynote Speaker NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy - Communications in NAN Territory

Lunch

Keynote Speaker Chief Adam Fiddler (watch video), Sandy Lake - Crisis prevention and preparedness. Managing communication in a crisis.

Lunch

Strategic Plan Power Point

1:00 pm Communications
Infrastructure session
Celebrating our achievements in mainstream/native media- Presenter Jamie Monastyrski (watch video),National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation

By-Law Revisions

Department Reports

2:00 pm

Trends

Communication tools
How we can use them effectively. Best practices. - K-Net Services

Using Communications as an Economic Development Tool - Presenter Allan Jolly (watch video), Moocreebec

SEVEN Youth Multimedia Workshop

Election for Board of Directors
2:15 pm Health Break Health Break Health Break
2:30 pm Trends session continues Wawatay NCS Forum & SEVEN Youth Workshop Continues Election Continues
3:30 pm Telecommunications Networking
Advocating to meet our communications needs.
Wawatay NCS Forum & SEVEN Youth Workshop Continues

Election Results

Other Business

Date/Location of next members meeting

4:30 pm End of Day 1 Closing Remarks Closing Remark

Note: Agenda subject to change