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4.4 COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COMMITTEE Report 2012 In great part due to the rather limited availability of its volunteer members, the Communications and Marketing Committee has been less active than was originally hoped for in 2011-2012. In its meetings, the members have nonetheless begun to tackle the considerable task ahead. One of the priority objectives identified by the Committee has been the need to explore and assess KC’s marketing and sponsorship opportunities and options, so as to help increase revenue and capacity for the association. Several members of the Committee and of the Board of Directors have met with 2 renown experts in the field of sponsorship. The 2nd such meeting, as made possible through the generous support of the Canadian Olympic Committee, has enabled KC to gain invaluable insight into its most realistic and effective prospects or perspectives in this particular area. Namely, the brainstorming session with Baslaw and Associates, a firm with tremendous expertise in sport-related corporate sponsorship, has led KC to establish a series of items or projects on which to focus on in the short to medium term, ranging from a planned series (or “caravan”) of joint multi-combat sport gala events leading up to the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games, to a strategy for additional leverage in securing substantial financial benefits and rewards for KC by inviting different Canadian municipalities, hotels and tourism associations to bid against one another for hosting of KC’s national events over a 4 year period (2014 to 2017). The latter proposal has steered Karate Canada’s Events Committee in a very specific direction, and considerable and successful work has been done towards the realization of that objective lately. While the Communications and Marketing Committee will also be working towards some of the other objectives and projects having emerged from our consultation with Baslaw and Associates, it also fully realizes the need for pressing and vital work in the area of improved and sustained communication with membership, as well as with various partners and stakeholders. The recent increase in Karate Canada’s staff should help the Committee achieve some of its planned objectives and outcomes in this key area, and we are hopeful for substantial improvements with regards to this aspect shortly. Page 18
4.5 KARATE CANADA’S HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE Report 2012 (Prepared by Olivier Pineau) September 30th, 2012 The HP Committee has been much more active and engaged than before during this last year, and while much work and challenges still lie ahead for this Committee, we are proud to say much progress is being accomplished in various of its key areas of activity. This Committee currently includes the following members: -Chair: Olivier Pineau (Karate Canada’s Executive Director) -National Team Coach: Nassim Varasteh-Reyhanian -National Team Coach: Gemain Bisson -National Team Coach: Kraig Devlin -High Performance Expert: Gérard Lauzière -Female Athlete Representative: Goli Khalili -Male Athlete Representative: Chris De Sousa Costa This Committee has formally met on 4 occasions this year, and several of its members have met in sub-groups to work on various key issues and topics. Furthermore, the Committee members have also held various exchanges and discussions online, which have led to key decisions being confirmed by electronic vote. Additionally, we are pleased to announce that we have recently struck an HPC Sub-Committee in charge of the development of a National Team Kata Program. This Kata Sub-Committee is made up of the following individuals, who all hold considerable expertise in this area, as either coaches or high-level former competitors: -Ms. Kristel Buendia-Larouche (Chair) -Mr. Joshua Drury -Mr. Andy Hourahine Amongst other things, the HP Committee has, throughout the course of 2012, worked towards gradual implementation of the objectives outlined in its 2010-2014 HP Plan, within the current budgetary limitations and constraints of the association. It also continues to work towards the development of important structures, guidelines and policies relating to National Team and high performance programs. Besides helping KC leadership in planning and coordinating the hosting of and/or participation in the various and numerous domestic and international training and competitive events of the season, here are some of the other tangible improvements brought about by the work of the HPC within the last year: • the planning and implementation of a calendar of Ontario / Quebec inter-regional kumite training sessions, under the tutelage of National Team Coaches. While initiated last season, this project has taken on a much broader scope this year, providing many of the current Sr National Team athletes and several other developing athletes with an opportunity to train together and to exchange with sparring partners from other clubs and dojos under National Team coach supervision much more frequently (4 ON-QC inter-regional training sessions this season, integrating contributions from m complementary combat sports and physical preparation experts and also providing participants with expert medical support); Page 19
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