I am only one of many residents right now that are trying to figure out where the Inspiration for our new brand came from.
I think I may have found the answer on my fellow bloggers latest post regarding A return to Mountain Freedom and one of the comments available at. http://blog.johnprince.ca/
http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-3271019-stock-footage-triangles-representing-mountains-forming-up-different-formations-retro-computer-game-style.html
http://www.johnprince.ca/images/image.png
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You can find lots of "inspiration" by following the links on this page:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=mountain+logos
Or just give a toddler a crayon and ask for mountains.
:^)
BTW, the link to the "Brand Guide" on this page now requires a password:
http://www.crowsnestpass.com/2013-btranding
I have a copy if anyone cares.
Wonder if they used this clip in their focus groups?
It seems that you are now copying everything from John's site. Go back to being original again please. Your site was so informative.
Our council continues having too many “in camera” meetings. The latest topic circulating around the community is the “rumor” that our representatives are weighting on the potential benefit of selling our power distribution assets. Now, to remind our councillors, these assets are not “land” sale which can be debated “in camera.” Power distribution network, such as it may be in the Crowsnest Pass, is one of the major assets of the community. If there is to be a discussion about disposition of a major asset of the community, such discussion should not take place in secret. Check what happened in Calgary when they floated the idea of selling Enmax. There are many issues to consider here, not the least is the business acumen of our elected councillors. After they paid $47,000 for an off the rack logo for the community, can they be trusted with more complex business analysis without a proper community input? Hopefully this was only a flyer that has been already put to bed. But if they are still working on this, this should involve public discussions.
I am dumb. What exactly are our "power distribution assets," and who would buy them, and why?
Our community owns the power lines which supply electricity to our homes in many parts of our municipality. The rest of the power lines are owned by Fortis, and a company like Fortis Alberta can offer to purchase the lines which are owned by the community.
An argument can be made that the power lines are in need of upgrade and this is best done by selling them to Fortis instead of spending the money ourselves to do it. But, on the other hand, we make money from distributing power over our network, so to understand the amortized costs of owning these lines is not that simple.
It would not be very hard for a company like Fortis to send a couple of city slickers with a Power Point presentation to scare the hell out of our councillors about possible future costs of upgrades. They may dangle some big numbers and show what a prudent course of action a sale would be. Our leadership, thinking of itself as pretty savvy and sophisticated, may even jump on such an opportunity.
But without having a proper cost benefit analysis of all the pros and cons, the answer is not easy. You can get a consultant on each side of the argument and they will both sound and look very smart.
Hopefully all of this was just a rumor because it took generations of the Crowsnest Pass residents to pay for these lines and it would not be very good to discuss such potential sale in secret. Very poor form, indeed.
And by the way:
“FortisAlberta An investor-owned electricity utility and wire service provider” is an outstanding Alberta Company.
Fortis is not Alberta owned. Do your homework. The sale of the distribution network would be one of the worst things this council could do.
Upgrade or repair by anyone is funded by the revenue from the assets so in the end the user pays no matter which side of the coin you are on.
Thank you 3:18
That was a great explanation. I appreciate you bringing this to my (our?) attention.
(The dummy 10:02)
Fortis Alberta is a part of a larger company, and it is all investor owned, it's a public company. The point is simple, if there is a valid argument to sell community assets, as the discussion went in Calgary about a proposed sale of Enmax, don't do it in secret, or you are going to screw it up like the Fire Dept. restructuring. Can it be any simpler?
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