NAFTC Responsibilities for National AFV Day Odyssey
and Site Support:

• Identify overarching purpose of the event with its sponsors, partners, and contributors
• Provide overall national-level coordination and development of the event
• Define goals and objectives for the event
• Develop theme, look-and-feel, program identity, and key messages
• Provide national program support to individual sites
• Provide each new Participating Site with a Site Coordinators Notebook ('08 participants will only receive updated materials for the '10 event) filled with information, checklists, aids, and templates for guidance with:
  
  
  • Recruiting and working with local planning committees
  • Planning and developing activities, agendas, budgets, etc.
  • Developing mailing lists and media contact
  • Identifying and recruiting participants, program personnel, etc.
  • Developing local media and promotional activities
  • Conducting evaluation and follow-up
  • Providing other helpful aids and materials such as graphics, etc.


• Provide basic promotional national Odyssey materials and make arrangements for additional materials to be available at cost on a limited basis (Examples: giveaways, brochures, fact sheets, etc.) for each Participating Site
• Recruit national sponsors and partners to provide support and/or materials for each local site event
• Provide national promotion for the National AFV Day Odyssey
• Provide national media campaign
• Provide national Web site and highlight each participating site
• Compile and distribute Odyssey Executive Summary to key industry leaders, Congress, national sponsors and partners, and site coordinators
• Provide each participating site individual feedback and appropriate national recognition