In no less than five sentences explain your plan for writing to the Council based on the questions.

You are the Communications Manager of the Small Business Committee of Vancouver. Your Committee includes many small businesses from food trucks, to specialty tea makers, to unique chocolate makers, independent web designers and more.

You want to convince the Council of the Hupaasath First Nation on Vancouver Island to blog about their Kleekhoot Gold maple syrup business, which uses the unique big leaf maples of Vancouver Island. You want to know the recent history of the business. Have they considered partnering with anyone else to make candy or tea or other maple syrup products? You dont want to sound like you are promoting other businesses who are members of your committee. But, you do think it would be a good idea to partner.

This news on your blog would be inspirational and informative across BC and increase interest in your blog and your approach to small business. But, you have learned that when you communicate with indigenous communities, you cant be aggressive and you cant have a strict deadline.

How can you convince the Council and the small business people involved with the maple syrup business to write for you? 1) What techniques of persuasion can you use and why? 2) How can you propose this sensitive project to the Council? What words would you use? 3) What information should you include or exclude? 4) What product will you use to communicate and why?