JA Company Program | Holiday Break & Week 8

Hello Achievers and Advisors,

*Please note that this weekly update is being sent to both Achievers and Advisors in the program - please ensure you are all reviewing these updates and reminders!*

Included in this email:

CP Team Holiday Break
Product Approvals
Shopify
Banking
Upcoming Deadlines & Holiday Break (Submission links included!)
Parent Consent Forms (Team Challenge Points!)

CP Team Holiday Break & Happy Holidays!

Please note that the CP Team will be stepping away from our desks for the remainder of 2021. Our JA offices will also be closed between Dec 24-Jan 3rd. If you are emailing us between now and January, we thank you in advance for your patience. We will respond to you as soon as we can upon our return.

Thank you all for your hard work, dedication and enthusiasm over the last 7 weeks. It has been so great to see your teams slowly come together. We are looking forward to seeing your companies unfold in 2022.

On behalf of all of us at JA Central Ontario, wishing each of you a very happy and restful holiday season!

Product Approvals

Thank you for submitting your product approval forms! It is always an exciting time for us to review your ideas and we were once again impressed by the time and creativity you have all put into your companies.

If you received an approval from us to move forward, you're good to go and get started. If you received a tentative approval or if we responded with questions, please ensure you review them with your team and get back to us before you proceed.

Best of luck to everyone!

Shopify

If you requested to use Shopify and received a product approval from us, your lead advisor (plus 1 student) should have received an invite to access your Shopify account. Lead Advisors will have the ability to add additional students as needed.

If you requested to use Shopify but have not received product approval from us, you will need to wait until January to get access to your Shopify account. Please ensure you respond to our questions/comments regarding your product approval so that we can finalize your approvals.

Banking

To open the bank account:

JA can issue a bank letter for the advisor(s) to bring to the bank. Please have one person on your team complete this form with the following information:

Name of 1 to 2 advisors who will act as the signatories
Name of your JA Company (i.e. XYZ, a JA Central Ontario Company)

Please note:

Please keep in mind that if you are scheduling an appointment to allow time for JA to send you the bank letter - we are not always able to respond to requests immediately.
As we will be off for the holidays, bank letters will be sent out in January.
You can have your VP of Finance/Finance Department do some research and schedule an appointment to open the bank account. There may be options to open the account virtually or in-person at the branch.
You should be looking at speaking to a small business or community banking specialist and opening a community account.

For more information, please review the following documents:

Upcoming Deadlines

For the full CP Calendar, please bookmark this page:

https://www.jacocompanyprogram.ca/calendar

All deadlines are due at 11:59 PM on the dates listed below.

Submissions can be made by an advisor or by the a student - please communicate with your team to determine who will submit on behalf of the team.

Friday, December 17 - Election Results and Updated Students List Due

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for Election Results

Submit your Election Results here: https://forms.gle/KPzbhVeL6Cqx64wR9

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for Students List

Submit your Student List here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/71uJYP26CFWnWvTyLGOZ
Please make sure you follow the instructions below to receive full team challenge points:

Submit your list in EXCEL SPREADSHEET format only. (NO PDFS)
Provide your list in ALPHABETICAL ORDER by FIRST NAME.
3. Please indicate clearly which students are ACTIVE and which are no longer active (withdrawn from the program).

Friday, January 21 - Business Plan and Fixed Cost #1 Due

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for Business Plan

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for Fixed Costs #1

Teams will submit a completed business plan for their product/service to JA. Teams will also submit their first fixed cost instalment of $75.

Parent Consent Forms

We have a number of outstanding parent consent forms that have not yet been completed and have followed up with parents.

Friday, December 17 - All Parent Consent Forms Due

*10 Team Challenge Pts* for full team completion of the forms by deadline.

If your team has already completed the parent consent forms, you will automatically receive the points.

Returning from the Holiday Break

The Holiday/Winter Break will take place between December 20th to December 31st. If your team meets on Mondays, please confirm with your team whether a meeting will take place on January 3rd or if it will be postponed to the following week.

VP of HR & President/Executive Team:

This is your chance as leaders in your company to keep the momentum going! While you're not required to work during the break, we do encourage you and your team to keep the conversations going and stay connected.

The first week back is also an opportunity to be re-energized so start planning some fun ice-breakers and activities to kick-start the new year with your team.

Make sure everyone is connected and aware of your meeting dates, timelines and next steps - get everyone excited to return and start building your business!