Galiano Island Creative Collections Etsy Team

Galiano Island Collections Etsy Team supports and promotes community-building and profitable, ethical and worldwide sales of made-on-Galiano fine arts and crafts, vintage ware, supplies and certain food and plant products on-line and on land.

www.etsy.com/teams/14073/galiano-island-collections

Team tag: Galiano Collections

Recommended tags: Gulf Islands, West Coast, British Columbia, BC, Canada, PNW, Pacific Northwest, Salish Sea,

Galiano Island Collections...

Is open to all residents of Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada who produce fine arts and crafts, antiques, vintageware, applicable food products and plant products and other items that are sellable on Etsy.com

Meets regularly for planning sessions, workshops, crafting parties and more! Attending meetings is entirely optional.

Assists members to set up high quality Etsy Shops that can also appear on www.activeislands.com, local arts collective websites, artist websites and www.galianoisland.com

Believes that with a concerted effort and using our pooled knowledge along with expert advice we can give our shops their best chance at becoming profitable and meet members' artistic and financial goals

Supports local boutiques by linking to their websites, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and works closely with shop owners in advertising efforts (also assisting with stock and pricing strategies)

Will put together it's own unique charter

Will put together it's own unique visual identity (logo, bling), voice (slogans, texts, mascots, etc)

Employs a Team Captain who:

Provides support, updates content, facilitates workshops, edit photographs, coordinate advertising and search optimization activities and, in general, nurtures and manages the team's efforts

Timeline

Phase I: Funded Nurturing...local funding for a Team Captain to manage start up efforts

Phase 2: Member-supported...fund the Team by membership fees and / or commissions (or another method)

Phase 3: Profits...develop a model where original funding is re-paid and profits are shared

Located at the Galiano Community Development Office:

www.facebook.com/galianocdo

<3 West Coast Small Island Arts!