A few thoughts following the first session Sept 17 09

Many of the registered participants at the first session mentioned that it was great to be in Council Chambers - at the end of the session the question of how people can see the Chambers, or take a tour came up. Access Toronto has a self-guided tour of City Hall available - the link to the information is here. Council Chambers are open during Council meetings -to find out when those are you can visit http://www.toronto.ca/city_council/index.htm

One thing I noticed is how often we use acronyms in our writing and speeches - must watch out for that. Many people might be unfamiliar with OMB (Ontario Municipal Board); GTA (Greater Toronto Area) or even TPS (Toronto Public Service - the staff of the City, but is sometimes used to refer to the Toronto Police Services). Hope everyone can help us to be mindful of this - just let us know if we slip one or two in that we haven't adequately explained.