Welcome to the Resident's Associations, Neighbourhood Associations, and Community Associations Online Forum (RANACA),

RANACA History: After feeling frustratingly rudderless in establishing and managing the Dovercourt Park Community Association, Kim Bethke (DPCA Founder) responded to a very kind email from Todd Hofley the President of the Liberty Village Residents' Association (LVRA). Both passionate about making Toronto Better they proposed to establish "a forum on best practices for launching, growing, and managing a RA/CA/NA" while building real cross-community connections.

Our first meeting was attended by:

Liberty Village Residents' Association
Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association
Cityplace Residents' Association
Grange Community Association
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association
Corktown Business and Residents Association
Cabbagetown Residents Association
Harbord Village Residents Association
Roncesvalles-Macdonnell Residents' Association
Dovercourt Park Community Association
Confederation of Resident & Ratepayer Associations in Toronto
Ossington Community Association
ABC Resident's Association

let me know if I'm missing anyone!

As of Dec. 2013RANACA currently has over 28 contributing members that use this forum (to review Member Orgs please see the "Members" tab).

RANACA Mandate: It is our belief that community associations throughout Toronto are an absolutely invaluable resource for the City and its residents. With that in mind, RANACA seeks to strengthen community-focused, grassroots organizations by creating connections across RANACAs and uncovering best practices in fundraising, volunteer recruitment, board management, city engagement, organizational structure, and other issues impacting associations. In this way, we hope to ensure that institutional or tribal knowledge of the established or new association can be shared for the benefit of the city overall.

We encourage discussion on topics including:

OMB and Development
Governance
RANACA Structures
Fundraising
Member Engagement
Cross-city Community Building
Community Safety
Board Engagement

In December of 2013, RANACA began reaching out to engage partners across the GTA, and is still seeking to expand participation in forums and meetings. All meetings, networking events, and notable gatherings will be posted through this group. RANACAs are welcome to self-organize "break out" discussions, "Cross Community" or "Twin" partnerships, or local area meet-ups.

Please remember to treat each other with respect, and happy group working!

Kim Bethke (RANACA Co-Founder)

OMB debrief...

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