Winnipeggers are taking control of their city as Winnipeggers do - Enough is enough and when we take actions it's real. Winnipeggers have successfully launched many causes that are still flourishing here and in other parts of Canada. We love our city and want to make it into a place anyone would want to live and raise a family, so let's get to it - here is the information - see you on the 16th - do not sit at home and complain, do something about it then you can have the right to complain:



Founding meeting for the Winnipeg Citizens' Coalition coming this Monday, June 16th, Carol Shields Room, at the Millennium Library, 7:00 pm! For the last 8 months, members of the community have been coming together to talk about common issues and share their vision of Winnipeg. We are now ready to formalize the organization, and move forward.

Winnipeg is a wonderful city and we believe the people who live and work here need to have a voice in how it is managed.

We ask that you forward this invitation to your networks. We hope to have many people sign for memberships but all those in attendance will be eligible to vote at the election of the coordinating executive committee.

Check out the web site at http://winnipegcitizenscoalition.com/ for more about the WCC. We strive to have this organization be as inclusive and as democratic as possible. A Nominating Committee will be presenting a slate of potential candidates for co-chairs of the various working committees but we there will be an opportunity for nominations from the floor as well.

Our hope is that the "business meeting" portion will be quite short so we can hear from our guest speaker, Shellie Bird, who comes from Ottawa's Citizens' Committee (and has been active with Child Care) which was founded two years ago. The organizing committee members hope that we can learn from their experience.

Thanks to all of you for your interest and support.

Mary Scott
Interim co-chair