7 A6- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 22, 2003 Retired teacher embarks upon bold, democratic move By JENNIFER LANG A RETIRED elementary school teacher from Ter- Tace and a former Alcan employee Kitimat will be part of a bold experiment in democracy next year. Sandra Hart, a grand- mother of six, and Wolf- gang Scholz, a retiree known for his weekly Ger- man language program on CIFW-FM, have been se- lected from the Skeena riding to join the Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform which will consid- er changes to how we vote for provincial politicians. The first members of ,the assembly were select- ed last week at meetings in northern B.C. and the central-interior. Prince Rupert residents Dan Green, a 36-year-old fire suppression techni- cian, and Margaret Ander- son, a Northwest Com- munity College First Na- tions Studies instructor, were selected from the North Coast riding. Michael Pritchard, a 23-year-old forest technol- ogist from Hazelton, and Joanne VanderMeulen of Smithers, a 40-year-old re- ceptionist and mother, were selected from the electoral district of Bulk- ley Valley-Stikine. By Noy, 25, the assem- bly will have 158 mem- bers — a woman and a man from all 79 ridings. Their job, will be to study various electoral systems over the next year and decide if they should propose a change to B.C.’s current voting system, be- gins next year. “There’s a real sense that the’re part of something special.” The first four members chosen at the Fort St. John meeting Oct. 13 were thrilled, putting their arms around each other in con- gratulations and began swapping phone numbers. “People bonded right away,” said Marilyn Ja- cobson, director of com- munication for the Citi- zen’s Assembly, which has a small staff and a $5.5 million budget. “There's a real sense that they’re part of something special.” Two hundred eligible voters in each constituen- cy were initially contacted at random. Interested can- didates were then invited to selection meetings, where they were asked to put their names forward. 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