CAFA Partnership

CAFA believes that the strength of its organization will be in acknowledging the groups, which at the grassroots level recognize the potential value of CAFA and assist in building the chapters.

The definition of a CAFA Partner is a firm, company, association, department, financial institution, organization or agency that assists in national governance and or the formation and operation of the Chapters.

CAFA recognizes partners at three levels- national, provincial and/or local*.

A partner who assists in the formation of chapters in three or more provinces qualifies as a National Partner.
A partner who assists in the formation of at least half of the initial chapters in one province qualifies as a Provincial Partner.
A partner who assists in the formation of at least one local chapter qualifies as a Local Partner.

* Groups that become partners prior to December 31, 2002 will be identified as "Founding Partners".

Examples of ways a partner can assist in the formation and operation of CAFA chapters are:

assist in chapter organizational meetings.
encourage your employees to become members
encourage your employees to become part of a Chapter executive
send emails, disseminate brochures etc on behalf of CAFA
assist in marketing or promoting CAFA to professionals outside of your company or to farmers
assist in educating the public regarding what CAFA is and how farmers will have easier accessibility to qualified farm advisors through CAFA and/or
assist in other in-kind support that your organization and CAFA National believes will be useful.

CAFA will offer the following benefits for being national, provincial and/or local partners:

1. National Partnership Benefits

You will be identified as a national partner of CAFA:

in our literature
on the CAFA website, www.cafanet.com
at national and regional conferences
in selected speeches in the province(s) of which you assisted in the formation and/or operation of the chapters
You will be invited to be on the planning committee of the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors.

2. Provincial Partnership Benefits

You will be identified as a provincial partner of CAFA:

in literature written for the province(s) of which you helped assist in the formation and/or operation of the chapters
on the provincial section of the CAFA website, www.cafanet.com
at provincial conferences in the province(s) of which you help assist in the formation and/or operation of the chapters
in selected speeches in the province(s) of which you are a partner

3. Local Partnership Benefits

You will be identified as a local partner of CAFA:

at a local chapter meeting
on the annual schedule of the monthly chapter meetings
on the local chapter section of the CAFA website, www.cafanet.com