AGM / Nomination Meeting - August 11, 2011

Provincial/Federal Riding Association
Annual General Meeting

Thursday, August 11, 2011 Meeting starts at 8:00 pm

Barbara Frum Library

20 Covington Road

North York

(just west of Bathurst and north of Lawrence)

Guest speaker: TBA

We will be electing a new executive, including: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Financial Agent, Membership Officer, Youth Officer and Women’s Representative. Any member in good standing is eligible to run. (see over for more details)

Nomination Meeting

The meeting to select our candidate for the next provincial election will also be held on:

Thursday, August 11^th, 2011

Barbara Frum Public Library

(20 Covington Rd., 3rd Floor)

Meeting starts at: 8:00 pm sharp

We have one declared candidate:

Gerti Dervishi

The nomination meeting will be held immediately following the conclusion of the AGM and the election of the riding executive.

All members of the NDP in good standing living within the boundaries of Eglinton Lawrence, including new members who have been members for at least 30 days prior to the nomination, are entitled to vote. If there is an election call, this meeting will be changed and you will be notified by telephone.

IMPORTANT: Provincial Council on June 10, 2006 adopted new rules to govern nomination meetings. All Candidates for Nomination must read, agree to uphold, and sign the Declaration of Candidate Responsibilities, the Candidate’s Declaration, and Candidate’s Disclosure found in the Nomination Candidate workbook. All of these documents must be received by the Ontario NDP office in Toronto at least 7 days prior to the riding nomination for a candidate’s name to be placed into nomination. Therefore prospective candidates can no longer run from the floor.

For more information feel free to contact:

eglintonlawrencendp@yahoo.ca or

elndp.blogspot.com

Questions? Concerns? Would you like to help out, but maybe not as a member of the executive? We need all the help can get! Do not hesitate to get in touch with us, and we will find something for you.

Defeat/Renewal?

In the wake of the crushing defeat of tonight's election, even the prospect of a strengthened NDP caucus leaves a sour taste when considered against the election of a Conservative majority, which can now proceed to push even further down the dangerous roads it has been leading the country.

And with the NDP's strategy in this election seemingly validated, once wonders if there will ever be attention paid to riding associations left to their own devices to wither.

It is possible that this "orange wave" has gotten new people interested in the NDP, and it's possible that the threat posed by a majority Conservative government might give some people an incentive to stand up and fight. If so, then please: step forward and roll up your sleeves!

What is to be the future of the Eglinton-Lawrence riding assocation? Are there people willing to step forward to reconstitute it with new energy and ideas? Or should it just be wound down and put out of its misery?