Building your liquor accord membership

A broad member base and active participation is essential to a liquor accord's success. Building membership is an ongoing activity.

To help you achieve this it is good to:

• have a dedicated liquor accord website or social media page
• use regular newsletters to local businesses and organisations
• network at events and more.

An annual membership drive is a great way to raise awareness of your liquor accord group and attract new members. It’s an opportunity for you to show the benefits of membership, highlight your successes and showcase strategies and initiatives.

Accord membership for all licence types

To make sure liquor accord meetings benefit everyone, it's important to include topics that matter to all license types. While some issues are specific to certain licenses, it's best to focus on discussions that affect everyone. If a topic mainly concerns one type of license, consider discussing it at the end of the meeting or in a separate session. This helps manage time better and makes sure that everyone can participate in discussions that affect your community. By being inclusive and fair, liquor accord meetings can best serve the interests of all involved.

The L&GNSW website has a list of suggested speakers that will help form your agenda and keep it interesting and relevant for members.