by Morgan Hite and Dave Stevens
Lessons Learned
* Develop a brilliant website and update it regularly - : it makes your group's information accessible, and is a great recruiting and organizing tool.
* Organize townhall meetings, however quickly, as a great way of generating participation.
* Film public meetings: the footage can be used later in short videos and posted on YouTube.
* Keep all levels of government up to speed about community concerns: municipal; provincial (including MLA, ministers and premier); federal and local First Nations .
* Take breaks, but don't give up.
* All efforts seem to pay off: even small delays in a project could lead to important unforeseen opportunities for a project to change.