I've attached a council handbook that I've been working on over the last few months. This document simply reflects my understanding of how council operates. I thought this would be of interest to other candidates in the internal election and to members in general.

I've sent the document to other councillors for review, but in many ways it is still a draft. That is, the contents have not been approved by council as a whole. The document is not an effort to cast anything in stone. In fact, it is certainly possible that some of the processes outlined in the document will be changed by the next council. But I think this document will help to serve as a starting point for understanding what changes (if any) need to be made to get from point A to point B if the new council wants to try to improve things.

Please send me any suggestions for corrections or improvements.

I mention in my internal election campaign materials that I coordinated the GPC's first successful attempt to run 308 candidates in 2004. This success would not have been possible without the efforts of dozens of staff members and volunteers. Click the link to read the original email bulletin that thanked some of our key contributors and confirmed we had achieved our full slate - it was an exciting time! Many of the individuals named in the email contributed as much time and effort as I did during that campaign, or more, and I wanted to thank them once again.   more »

Readers should be aware that the ballot package that was sent out is missing website information for several candidates running in the council election. My blog link was among those missing, even though it was submitted along with my other nomination materials.

I encourage everyone to visit the GPC council election web page to get accurate information for each candidate before voting. Links for all candidates are on my sidebar.

In addition, the last paragraph of my 120-word statement (which also included my blog link) was not included in the package. Clink the link if you would like to see the full 120-word statement as it was intended.

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