INTRODUCING SLHA AUTHORS

Hello Fellow SLHA Neighbours,

HELP YOUR NEIGHBOURS / FEEL GOOD

This message introduces an on-line way for you to participate and speak out in a blog on matters of concern to you and others_ whether about our SLHA neighbourhood, Ward 33, North York District or the full city. (See signature below for blog connection address.)

Your concern or problem topic or observation or shareable experience might be about Aria, Clovercrest Parkette, street parking/traffic, rooming /rental houses, basement flooding/ Glentworth-Dallington, road conditions, neighbourhood appearance, illegal signs, development projects, garbage strike/ waste costs, mayor's resignation/ mayoral candidates, LRT, greening or the lack of, unfunded liabilities and budget omissions, a needed city service or area improvement and all the rest.

Or, you might just want to tell our neighbourhood about a special event or occasion or experience_ garage sale, art show, ... But please, no business promotions.

Now you can author your own posts in a blog when you send an invitation request to the SLHA blog email box/address:to receive a "formal" invitation
slha.toronto@gmail.com

You can let others know and be aware about what you have to say and get them involved. This is step one in getting a problem recognzed/solved or getting action.

Our neighbourhood speakers soapbox "forum" blog can handle up to 100 "freelance" and invited authors. You must provide a valid email account, your name and telephone number and home address.You or your post can be removed by the blog administrator. Posts must be acceptable civil and legal discourse. That is, if there is a reasonable complaint about the nature of a post, the administrator will remove it. Once you are "registered" you will get a reply email.

In addition, you (you don't need to be an author) might suggest poll questions. With the Google blog there is a simple way of inserting poll questions. When the poll is over, the results will be kept accessible on line. There is a poll on "basement flooding control" needing your input NOW

The SLHA blog started off as a way to do things our website can't handle well. The authorship ability allows more of us to be engaged in a neighbourhood discussion.

As a "forum" author you set the topic. You lead the discussion. Let your neighbours know about the forum and what you have to say.

Forum - a public place or assembly for discussing questions of public interest / a market place of ideas, opinion and commentary giving opportunity for debate / a source of news and information affecting our city life.

PS - There is also a Ward 33 Forum. You can get its author invitation at http://ward33forum.blogspot.com You might also want to vote on and check out its polls: best next mayor & councilllor term limits.