Weekly Newsletter #2 2012

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Young Nats

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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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