Sunday 30 October 2011

What are the big issues facing Nanaimo?

It's now easier to get your ideas posted here 

You can now post your message by email
There an additional, easy way of getting your message posted here:
• you can send an email to CDNcomment@gmail.com, and we will post it on to the site.
Please add the name you would like to appear with your post, so that readers know that messages are coming from many different sources. (We respect your privacy and do not publish email addresses.)

You can also post messages directly to the site, by taking the following steps.
1. Sign up for a gmail account, if you do not already have one.
2. Create a document using your word-processing software (e.g. Word), and write your ideas.
3. Scroll down under the appropriate tab- Candidates' Comments or Voters' Comments, until you reach the Post a Comment Box
4. Copy your messge into the Post a Comment Box.
5. After the Comment as, choose Google account
6. If you wish, you can click Preview to see your comment and change it before posting it, then
7. Click Post Comment
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• If you're having a problem posting a message, please contact us at CDNcity@shaw.ca, and we'll do our best to help.





Wednesday 19 October 2011

Welcome to Coalition for Democratic Nanaimo



This discussion forum leading up to the Nov. 10 all-candidates' meeting and the Nov. 19 municipal election is intended to encourage a dialogue among candidates and citizens.

In this first stage, candidates and citizens are invited to identify what they consider to be the three most important issues facing Nanaimo, and to explain why they consider these issues important.

As the discussion moves along, the themes that appear will help to shape some of the topics for the all-candidates' meeting on Nov. 10.