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Young Nats
Weekly Newsletter #2 20121 message
Young Nationals Southern Region Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:37 AMTo: Young Nationals Southern Region
New Members Event, Policy Kickstart, Updates & More Like Follow
TABLE OF CONTENTS
New Members
Event
Policy Kickstart
What's Been
Happening?
Strategic Plan
Membership drive
TAKE NOTE
Epsom Residents
Former YNSR Executive
Nathan Soich is calling on
all YNSR Members who
reside in the Epsom
electorate to get in touch
with him when they head
home for the holidays, he
would appreciate yourinvolvement in Epsom
when you can't help out
down south. Find Nathan
New Members Event
This Wednesday 7 March from 7:00pm all Members and Supporters are
invited to our New Members Event at Eureka Cafe & Bar. Hosted by our
Brighter Connections Programme Coordinator Todd Dickens, it will be a
good chance for some of the newer Members and Supporters to mix and
mingle with some of the older ones. You can check out more details by
going to our Facebook Event or by keeping up to date with the latest
news on our Facebook Page.
Eureka is a licenced premises, so we would ask that any under 18s whoare planning on coming along to get in touch with Todd so that he can
arrange a quick phone call with your legal guardians to ensure everything
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on Facebookand let him
know you're keen.
COMING UP
New Members' Event
Join us at Eureka Cafe &
Bar at 7pm, Wed 7 March
for our New Members
Event. We're welcoming
all new Members and
Supporters to come alongand meet our old(er)
Members and Supporters
for coffee, drinks and
nibbles.
Executive Meeting
The Executive will be
holding their next
meeting on Sunday 18
March. All Members are
welcome to attend and
more details will be
available in next week's
newsletter.
MainlandConference
The National Party
Mainland Conference is
being held at the end of
April. Expressions of
remains above board. Any under 18s who would like a quiet drink will
need to be accompanied by their legal guardian.
Policy Kickstart
Policy Chair John Brinsley-Pirie has prepared a discussion
document for Members to give feedback on as part of the wider NZ
Young Nats policy "kick-start" programme. This hugely impressive
piece of work by John details results of our online polling of the public
and of our Members, as well as giving a good overview of our progress
on policy to date. John would appreciate and encourage all and any
feedback you might have to be send to him here.
What's Been Happening?
Invercargill & Waitaki Support
We'd like to give our thanks to our
Electorate Committees in Waitaki
and Invercargill for offers of ongoing
support. Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean
has pledged to provide support for the
YNSR to put on an event for Oamaru
Young Nats in the coming weeks
which will enable us to hopefully find
somebody to represent the Waitaki
Electorate in an official capacitywithin the YNSR. We've also had
good news in just recently from Invercargill Representative Garry
Thomsen. Garry confirmed that the Invercargill Electorate Committee
passed two motions expressing support for a monthly update from the
YNSR, and for funding for Executive attendance to, and hosting of,
Invercargill based events.
Social sports and events
The Highlanders pulled off ahuge upset this weekend in
Dunedin over the Crusaders,
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interest in attending the
Conference as a Member
and/or as a delegate are
welcome. More details will
be available in the coming
weeks.
KEEP IN TOUCH
Facebook
You can keep up to date
with all the latest news,
discussions, opinions and
updates on our Young
Nationals Southern
Region Facebookpage.
Twitter
We're also on Twitter, you
can follow us at
@sryoungnats.
Upgrade
Membership
Upgrading to full
Membership status is
easy. Just head over to
youngnats.org.nz/join/
and take 30 seconds to fillout the forms and you'll
gain full access to the
rights and privi leges of
and loyalty to the blue and
gold machine shone through
for some in ourVirtual
Super Rugby League.
Leading the way overall is
Vivian Griffiths with 90
points, with fellow young gun
Tim Shiels making up for a
no-show last week and
scoring a round-high 42
points. "We" (YNSR) are
currently sitting in 5th on 74
points overall. But it's a
marathon, not a sprint, and
we'll claw our way back.
OurVirtual NRL league is a bit slow to update, so we'll update you on
how round 1 went next week. Todd is also looking at kicking off a Pub
Quiz Circuit team, named "Questions for Oral Answer". To date they'relooking to attend the Monday Night Quiz at The Bog at 7pm, and
depending on levels of interest will expand throughout Dunedin.
Expressions of interest to Todd are welcome - the more we get, the more
quizzes we can enter.
A Strategic Plan (Or So We Hope)
As part of our build towards a more vibrant and successful organisation
the Executive recently adopted a working Strategic Plan for 2012. TheStrategic Plan is intended to guide the organisation in a positive
direction and help shape the things we do throughout the year. It aims
to achieve two main things for the Southern Young Nats - increasing
our influence and increasing our membership. Part of how we intend on
doing this is by implementing a series of programmes we have coined
as "The Bright Five".
Brighter Prospects
Our first objective is to increase and enhance the career prospects of our
Members. This programme will, along with other initiatives, connect
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Party Membership. Members to other Party Members and individuals within the business
community through paid or unpaid 6 month internships.
Brighter Connections
Our second objective is to
create new and vibrant social
connections and networks for
our Members. This
programme aims to provide
our members with coordinated
social activities and events
under the YNSR and National
Party banner. It aims to create
an environment conducive to
fun and teamwork while developing a sense of belonging within the
National Party brand.
Brighter Communities
Our third objective is to develop a
strong reputation for positive
community involvement and
support. This programme aims
to strengthen ties between the
local community and both YNSR
as a whole, and our individual
members. We will engageregularly with local community
groups and charities to offer
assistance, support and volunteers however we can. We will also put
our Members forward to be part of local community boards and
committees to make a positive contribution.
Brighter Voices
Our fourth objective is to
assume the position of
strongest advocate for youth in
the Southern Region. This
programme aims to position
the YNSR as the strongest and
most well respected advocacy
group for youth in the
Southern Region. We will
represent our Members on all
matters which directly affect
them as young people in the
Southern Region and as New
Zealanders.
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Brighter Studies
Our final objective is to ensure
the academic and intellectual
strength and success of our
Members. This programme will
connect older and more
knowledgeable Members withyounger Members who require
assistance with their studies. We
will connect Members and run
free tutorials and study sessions
where possible in order to ensure our Members are able to do as well as
possible in their educational requirements. We will also pair new
Members with older Members where necessary in a mentoring
relationship.
You can find our Strategic Plan here, and a quick guide to our Bright
Five Programmes here.
Membership
Again we're encouraging our Supporters to take the next step and make
your involvement with us official by becoming a financial Member.
Membership is only a $5 donation and brings with it official status
within the Party, voting and delegate rights for Conferences, as well as
priority access to limited event tickets and entry to our Bright Five
Programmes. Joining is as simple as goingtoyoungnats.org.nz/join/ and filling out the forms online.
I look forward to meeting a lot of you on Wednesday at the Members
Event, a ll things going well. You're in good hands with Todd (who
deserves a big congratulations for his recent promotion to Deputy Chair
of the Dunedin South Electorate Committee, along with fellow Young
Nat Sam Lewis as Deputy of the Dunedin North Electorate, and a couple
of other Young Nats as delegates to the Mainland Conference).
Was this week's newsletter slightly more concise? Perhaps not. Will try
harder next week!
Cheers,
James Rawiri Meager
Chair
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