{"id":79202,"date":"2025-12-15T08:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=79202"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:39:20","slug":"call-for-applications-municipal-accommodation-tax-mat-committee-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/call-for-applications-municipal-accommodation-tax-mat-committee-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications: Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) Committee Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79204\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.19-600x114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.19-600x114.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.19-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.19-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.19.png 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1145px;\" width=\"599\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"519\">The Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation (SECFDC) is seeking an engaged, community-minded individual to serve as a member of the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) committee.<\/p>\n<p>The MAT committee provides strategic oversight and guidance on the allocation of Municipal Accommodation Tax revenues. These funds support tourism development, destination marketing and initiatives that enhance the visitor economy. Committee members play an important role in ensuring transparent, responsible, and impactful use of MAT funding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roles and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review and provide recommendations on MAT revenue allocation and project funding proposals.<\/li>\n<li>Support the development of strategies that strengthen local tourism and enhance visitor experience.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor program outcomes and ensure alignment with legislative requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Attend scheduled meetings monthly.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute expertise in tourism, hospitality, or community engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><br \/>\nWe invite applications from individuals who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have experience or strong interest in tourism, hospitality, or community engagement.<\/li>\n<li>Possess sound judgement, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate within a committee structure.<\/li>\n<li>Are a resident within the Municipality of Wawa.<\/li>\n<li>Can commit to regular meetings and reading of materials in advance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in sitting on the MAT committee, please email a letter describing your attributes and a brief resume for the Committee\u2019s Review to Heidi Trudeau at trudeau@superioreastcfdc.ca by January 15th, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>If you need further information on the activities of SECFDC, please contact our office at (705) 856-1105 or by email trudeau@superioreastcfdc.ca or visit our website at www.superioreastcfdc.ca<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"519\">La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019aide au d\u00e9veloppement des collectivit\u00e9s du Sup\u00e9rieur EST (SADCSE) est \u00e0 la recherche d\u2019une personne engag\u00e9e et soucieuse de la communaut\u00e9 pour si\u00e9ger au comit\u00e9 de la taxe d\u2019h\u00e9bergement municipal.<\/p>\n<p>Le comit\u00e9 de la taxe d\u2019h\u00e9bergement municipal assure la supervision strat\u00e9gique et fournit des orientations concernant l\u2019affectation des recettes de la taxe d\u2019h\u00e9bergement municipal. Ces fonds soutiennent le d\u00e9veloppement du tourisme, le marketing des destinations et les initiatives qui dynamisent l\u2019\u00e9conomie touristique. Les membres du comit\u00e9 jouent un r\u00f4le important pour garantir une utilisation transparente, responsable et efficace des fonds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>R\u00f4les et responsabilit\u00e9s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examiner et formuler des recommandations sur l\u2019affectation des recettes de la taxe d\u2019h\u00e9bergement municipal et les propositions de financement de projets.<\/li>\n<li>Soutenir l\u2019\u00e9laboration de strat\u00e9gies visant \u00e0 renforcer le tourisme local et \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer l\u2019exp\u00e9rience des visiteurs.<\/li>\n<li>Suivre les r\u00e9sultats du programme et veiller \u00e0 leur conformit\u00e9 avec les exigences l\u00e9gislatives.<\/li>\n<li>Assister aux r\u00e9unions mensuelles.<\/li>\n<li>Apporter son expertise en mati\u00e8re de tourisme, d\u2019h\u00f4tellerie ou d\u2019engagement communautaire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><br \/>\nNous invitons les personnes qui r\u00e9pondent aux crit\u00e8res suivants \u00e0 postuler :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoir de l&#8217;exp\u00e9rience ou un int\u00e9r\u00eat marqu\u00e9 pour le tourisme, l\u2019h\u00f4tellerie ou l\u2019engagement communautaire.<\/li>\n<li>Poss\u00e9der du bon jugement, de solides comp\u00e9tences analytiques et de la capacit\u00e9 de collaborer au sein d\u2019un comit\u00e9.<\/li>\n<li>\u00catre un r\u00e9sident de la municipalit\u00e9 de Wawa.<\/li>\n<li>\u00catre en mesure de s\u2019engager \u00e0 participer aux r\u00e9unions r\u00e9guli\u00e8res et \u00e0 lire des documents \u00e0 l\u2019avance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Si le poste au comit\u00e9 de la taxe d\u2019h\u00e9bergement municipal vous int\u00e9resse, veuillez envoyer une lettre d\u00e9crivant vos qualit\u00e9s et un bref curriculum vitae \u00e0 Heidi Trudeau \u00e0 trudeau@superioreastcfdc.ca par le vendredi 9 janvier 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Pour obtenir plus d\u2019informations sur les activit\u00e9s de la SADC, veuillez vous adresser \u00e0 notre bureau au 705-856-1105 ou par courriel trudeau@superioreastcfdc.ca, ou consulter notre site Web \u00e0 l\u2019adresse www.superioreastcfdc.ca.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.56.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79206\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.56-600x60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.56-600x60.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.56-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.56-768x76.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-08.25.56.png 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation (SECFDC) is seeking an engaged, community-minded individual to serve as a member of the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) committee. The MAT committee provides strategic oversight and guidance on the allocation of Municipal Accommodation Tax revenues. These funds support tourism development, destination marketing and initiatives that enhance the visitor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1765],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ad-text"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 21:37:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79208,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79202\/revisions\/79208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}