Council Membership - Terms & Conditions
The terms and conditions govern your Council’s participation and membership in the Garage Sale Trail Program and form a binding agreement between the Council named in the Council Registration Form (“Council”) and Garage Sale Trail Foundation Ltd (ACN 154 116 515) (“Garage Sale Traill”). These terms and conditions also set out the support you can expect to receive to assist you in delivering the program locally.
By registering as a Council member, the Council acknowledges that it is entering into an agreement with Garage Sale Trail for the duration of the term set out in the Council Registration Form and the Council acknowledges and agrees that it has read, understood and agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
COST OF MEMBERSHIP
Membership fees exclude GST and are as outlined in your confirmation email. Membership Fees are payable in each year of the term and the Membership Fees increase annually in line with CPI.
INVOICING AND CANCELLATION
MEMBER COUNCILS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
Over the course of the ten-week campaign, we will keep you and your elected members up to date with the latest news and information to assist you in delivering the weekend of garage sales program locally.
WHAT COUNCILS DO TO DELIVER THE WEEKEND OF GARAGE SALES:
In order to maximise the impacts, Council are required to:
KEY DATES:
Upon payment of membership fees:
Council Starter Kit provided
Mid August:
Garage Sale Trail kick off session
Council Dashboard and campaign materials made available to member councils
Mid September:
Garage Sale Trail campaign media launch
Registrations for the weekend of garage sales open to the public
November:
Two weekends of garage sales
Mid December:
Post Campaign Impact Report provided to member councils
KEY CONTACT DETAILS
Barbara Gill
General Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0431 245 043
Pip Helene
Business Development Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0416 186 916
APPENDIX
The Campaign materials provided in 2022 included:
By registering as a Council member, the Council acknowledges that it is entering into an agreement with Garage Sale Trail for the duration of the term set out in the Council Registration Form and the Council acknowledges and agrees that it has read, understood and agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
COST OF MEMBERSHIP
Membership fees exclude GST and are as outlined in your confirmation email. Membership Fees are payable in each year of the term and the Membership Fees increase annually in line with CPI.
INVOICING AND CANCELLATION
- The Membership Fee payable in the first year of the term is payable within 14 days from the date of confirmation by Garage Sale Trail, unless otherwise agreed.
- In the consequent years membership fees are payable upon the commencement of each membership year (i.e. participation in 2024 is payable by 01/01/24)
- If Council cancels or otherwise terminates its Membership before the end of the agreed term, then Council must pay Garage Sale Trail an amount equivalent to 50% of the total fee due for the remaining portion of the term.
MEMBER COUNCILS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
- Free and unlimited access to the program for member council residents (Trail Tutorials and weekends of garage sales).
- Ten-week national communications campaign to promote the weekend of garage sales, covering TV, radio, print, social media and other digital marketing channels.
- Ready-made council branded communication assets, including print and digital materials, to enable effective council promotion and community engagement in the program (see Appendix for a list of campaign materials provided via a digital Dashboard).
- Series of online reuse workshops for residents (minimum two).
- PR assets including rights cleared images and media releases to undertake local media activity.
- Project management tools including campaign activation guide.
- Council Account Manager to support delivery of the program locally.
- Access to a council onboarding session run by Garage Sale Trail.
- Council promotion through Garage Sale Trail communication channels including council logo placement on the Garage Sale Trail website and mentions in social media.
- Real-time data on registrations and impacts in your area delivered via a digital Dashboard.
- Localised post event report to help you evaluate the outcomes of the program prepared by a third-party research company.
- Management of the seller and shopper community by Garage Sale Trail.
- Access to the database of sellers participating in your area, available in real-time via a digital Dashboard
- Use of the Garage Sale Trail brand and trademark
Over the course of the ten-week campaign, we will keep you and your elected members up to date with the latest news and information to assist you in delivering the weekend of garage sales program locally.
WHAT COUNCILS DO TO DELIVER THE WEEKEND OF GARAGE SALES:
In order to maximise the impacts, Council are required to:
- Involve two or more teams in delivering the program locally. Successful councils involve two or more departments including but not limited to Waste, Community and Communications teams.
- Have all members of the team involved in delivering the program locally attend a one hour onboarding session.
- Promote the program locally through council channels.
- Undertake local community engagement with relevant community groups and residents.
- Generate any desired local media to supplement the national and state media generated by Garage Sale Trail.
KEY DATES:
Upon payment of membership fees:
Council Starter Kit provided
Mid August:
Garage Sale Trail kick off session
Council Dashboard and campaign materials made available to member councils
Mid September:
Garage Sale Trail campaign media launch
Registrations for the weekend of garage sales open to the public
November:
Two weekends of garage sales
Mid December:
Post Campaign Impact Report provided to member councils
KEY CONTACT DETAILS
Barbara Gill
General Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0431 245 043
Pip Helene
Business Development Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0416 186 916
APPENDIX
The Campaign materials provided in 2022 included:
- Planning tools: Campaign activation guide and key messages.
- Intranet and Staff Engagement tools: Commonly Asked Questions for Customer Service Teams and Email Signatures.
- Print: Posters, Flyers, Bus stop artwork, Outdoor Banner.
- Community Engagement: How-to Guides and Email templates.
- Social Media: Social Media schedule and guide, a series of waste education social media tiles and animations.
- Media: Rights-approved image library, series of Media release templates and newspaper adverts.
- Council website & e-newsletters: Template event listing, newsletter copy and website advert.
- Design Files: Artist characters & logos.
- Video Content: Garage Sale Trail Ambassador, shopper and waste education video content.
