Greetings All I have been living on my computer since my return from Calgary Wednesday night. I have just sent files to add pages to the Post 1901 Census Project website (located at the URL following my signature) that contain reports and presentations of those attending and/or making presentations at the Town Hall meetings being held by Statistics Canada. I expect that they will be loaded to the server sometime Monday. The files sent contain all reports that I have received for the meetings in Ottawa, Halifax, and Toronto. I would suggest that anyone intending to participate in, or observe, the upcoming meetings in other location, should read the reports on these pages to get an idea of what to expect when attending. There are a number of particpants that have not yet sent me a report, or copy of their presentations, and I would request that they do so, so that they may be added to the website and complete the picture of what is going on. My list of projected particpants for the upcoming meetings has a lot of empty space. If you are scheduled to speak at a meeting and have not already done so, please let me know at what meetings you will participate. The tender for contract for these meetings called for seating for up to 100 spectators. Attendance at meetings held to date have had far less than full attendance. As I have observed before, the worst thing that we can do is to have empty slots for presenters and empty seats for observers. I would encourage anyone that is able to attend these meetings and show our interest in regaining public access to Historic Census records. Meetings held so far have all had time for brief comments by members of the audience. You may not feel like making a full presentation but this may give you a chance to express your support in a few short sentences. Presenters should make mention of the following points. -- knowledge of access after 92 years will not lessen participation in Census or trust in Statistics Canada, but withholding of these records might. -- the 'compromise solution' or 'third option' is not acceptable in any way, shape or form. -- thirty years of discussion is enough -- the time has come to act. Either accept Bill S-12 as a government Bill and see it passed into law, or take steps to act on the recommendations of the Report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records. Meetings coming up this week are at Fredericton, Charlottetown, and St. John's on the 14th, 16th, and 18th respectively. Lets do our best to fill up all speakers slots and have a full house in the audience. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm