Purpose/Function:

• To broaden, diversify and strengthen the Alliance membership
  
• To ensure proactive participation of the membership (current and potential)
  
• To identify, clarify and communicate North Dakota’s housing “story”, in line with the Education and Marketing Work Group

Potential Tasks and Activities:

• Identify and recruit potential alliance members
• Initial list to be developed utilizing previous HAND meeting/ committee work
• Outline membership benefits, advantages
• Outline membership responsibilities, commitment
  
• Illustrate and revise (on an on-going, timely, as-appropriate basis) North Dakota’s housing “story”, in line with the Education and Marketing Work Group
  
• Documents for use with various groups and organizations: letters of agreement and support, a resolution or position statement, success stories, etc
  
• Pinpoint and connect individuals, businesses, organizations, agencies and/or groups who:
  
• Advise and assist decision-makers to change policies and practices that underpin the challenges related to achieving access to decent, safe, affordable, accessible place to live
• Act as advocates to raise awareness of the challenges related to achieving access to decent, safe, affordable, accessible place to live
• Identify, endorse and uphold best practice resources and networking across the Alliance membership and its represented-communities

Objectives and Timelines:

• Identify and recruit potential alliance members
  
• Initial list to be developed utilizing previous HAND meeting/ committee work
  
• Develop and conduct a membership survey to ascertain member needs (current and potential)
  
• To identify the research needs of the working group, in line with the Data and Research Work Group
  
• To identify any fiscal or budgetary needs the work group may anticipate
  
• Assist with identifying potential sources of in-kind and financial support
  
• This process will be on going

Budget and Potential Tasks:

• By summer 2010, and/or in line with other Groups, as appropriate

Members (PDF, 416 kb)

Meeting Minutes (coming soon)