Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Convention is coming! Convention is coming!

With summer pretty much over and Halloween just around the corner all the signs point to the annual MNL Convention coming to the Pepsi Centre in Corner Brook on October 8th to the 11th.

This year's agenda is full to to brim with great educational sessions on most all facets of municipal life. Of course the one session you can't afford to miss is scheduled for Friday morning at 8:30. Yes it's the CCRC session and jokes aside you should be in attendance.

This year there will be three presenters for the CCRC session. To start the sustainability wheels turning we'll have Sarah Breen speaking on small scale local level hydro possibilities in the province. Next will be Steve Quintin, the Project Coordinator of the Self-Assessment project and he will provide an update on the project including trends that have been identified in the results to date. I will be the final speaker and my time will dedicated to talking about ICSPs and what's will happen over the next year and a half for all municipalities receiving gas tax funding. I (Ryan Lane) will also briefly cover general CCRC activities but for this coming year the issue of priority will be ICSP development. I'm hoping to provide a rough timeline as well as identify some support mechanisms that will be in place to help those who need it.

Hope to see you there!

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