Cue the music: Carry On by FUN The week before convention was a tough one for my team – tempers were running high, work and school obligations were pressing, we were spending more money than we had planned, I was travelling, doing founding meetings and still trying to be a
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Scott's DiaTribes: Biennial LPC – Day 4 (final) impressions
This is going to be a shorter post then my others I only was here til 11 am before I had to run for my train home and didn’t catch the constitutional stuff.. but thanks to the good flow of motions as done by the chairpersons (Maryanne Kampouris and Ralph
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A thank you to the Liberal Party of Canada for their hospitality in inviting bloggers to cover their Biennial Convention. The treatment of bloggers was second to none, and we all hope it continues for future events the Liberal Party holds. The Flickr Stream of photos from the Biennial will
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Biennial LPC Convention – Day 3 Impressions
A very early start to the day (7 am) when I visited the Breakfast Suite for Leanne Bourassa, one of the National Membership Secretary candidates (at the time – more on that later). I’ve known of Leanne for a while now, and she seems to have known of I and
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Where to start! A VERY busy day today. -I know it has to be done, but the constitutional by-amendments opening of the Biennial was a tad dry. It was a good move to have held this in a smaller conference room. Less people there (as obviously they knew better). If
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: First impressions of #Lib14 Montreal Biennial
– There are a lot (I mean a LOT) of people here for a non-leadership convention. I hear it may be the largest of these they’ve ever seen. – The powerbars work at he bloggers tables and arent in short supply – a dramatic improvement over the Showcase. We also
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Almost Time For Montreal To Cover The LPC Biennial Convention
I was pleased to receive in my email from Andree-Lyne Halle (Comm Mgr for the LPC) a “Bloggers Welcome Note” for those of us bloggers accredited to the Montreal Biennial. I’m also intrigued we’re getting formally welcomed and “briefed” by National Director of the LPC, Jeremy Broadhurst, on Friday AM.
Continue readingThe LPC Biennial Convention: We (& affiliates) will be there with full coverage!
We’ve received in email our “Bloggers Welcome Note” for the LPC Biennial Convention (#Lib14 on Twitter, as well as on here, we will be trying to use/encourage our bloggers to use #Lib14 in their tags on their blogs, so people can search for them easier at our main site) that
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: CPC Leaked Strategy Doc on Exploiting LPC Divisions Will Have Opposite Effect
You may have read this past week about the leaked documents the Toronto Star obtained that showed the Conservative Party hinting they will try to disrupt and cause disunity amongst Liberal Party members at the upcoming Biennial Convention in Montreal starting this Thursday (being attended by Yours Truly and other
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