Election Candidate Package

SYS Statement on Election Candidate Package and on Governance Series: Dear Residents of SYSRC: Candidate package: In my series on governance and leadership last week, I indicated that I was preparing a document for actual and would-be candidates. The package contains...

Governance series – Seventh Day

Seventh Day SYSRC Governance series: Thoughts to live by: Dear Residents of SYSRC: How people work together, especially when there are a lot of different opinions, is incredibly important when a body has been entrusted with hard earned contributions from the public in...

Governance series – Sixth Day

Sixth Day SYSRC Governance series: Councillors roles and responsibilities and how to deliver on them: Dear Residents of SYSRC: So far we have talked about the power you, as residents, hold over the next council and the attributes that separate good governing bodies...

Governance series – Fifth Day

Fifth Day SYSRC Governance series: Establishing guiding principles for Councillors and Mayor’s conduct: Dear Residents of SYSRC: I find that having strong principles that guide one’s conduct is a must in order to deliver effective governance and leadership.  What...

Governance series – Fourth Day

Fourth Day SYSRC Governance series: Council’s establishment of a vision and a model for conduct: Dear Residents of SYSRC: SYSRC is a rural community comprised of a mix of housing subdivisions and farmland. People live here for peace and tranquility, space, lower...

Governance series – Third Day

SYSRC Governance series: Good governance and Good Leadership: Dear Residents of SYSRC: Poor governance and poor leadership are at the root of almost every problem on this earth.  I have been a keen observer of both throughout my professional life.  When my kids were...