Connie Brochure

Vote Connie Leonard

~Please vote with our Community in mind and heart.~

Re-Elect Connie Leonard

Kukwstsetsemc (Thank you everyone)

Exercise your right to vote on November 14th, 2009 Your Vote Matters Our Future Generation is counting on it

Polling Station Sk’elep School November 14th, 2009 from 8:00am-8:00pm

“Building Connections”

Advance Poll Sk’elep School November 7th, 2009 from 8:00am-8:00pm

Connie is a strong voice of reason and works hard for the community as a whole. Connie supports a vision that we all need to work together in a good way in order to achieve our collective goals.

Connie is Reliable, Dependable, and Hardworking

Family Connie’s strong connection to the reserve comes from her experiences of growing up and living on the band with her many relatives Connie’s Parents: the late Joseph Leonard Sr. and VIvian Leonard Connie’s Grandparents were Alec Leonard and Amy Manuel

Experience in First Nations Leadership • 27 years of working and advocating First Nations interests • Various First Nations committees, organizations, and corporate work • 6 years on TIB (KIB) Council • 15 years School District #73 First Nations Advocate • Previous small business owner • Contract consultant Administration and Planning Education: Bachelors Degree (BGS) First Nations Leadership and Administration Program, Minor in First Nations Studies, Certificate in Negotiations, and more.

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Proven Results and Leadership Participation • Reinstated and Improved Finance Committee Meetings • Improved Financial Position • Improved Financial Controls • New and Improved membership services and benefits • Increased employment, education, and training opportunities • Improved Band Operations • Improved Advocacy and Funding Networks • Collaborated on New Agreements • Creating Capacity to deal with operational and service delivery gaps • New and Improved Strategic Planning Processes • More support going to Departmental goals and initiatives • New Business Analysis Process • Initiated work on Comprehensive Community Planning Projects • New Governance project results • New and Improved Policy Development • Advanced relationships, networks and agreements • Functional Analysis of organization • Investment Planning strategies for future goals • Ensuring due diligence in decision making. • Research and Implementation of Best Practice Studies • Informative Portfolio Reporting Current Concerns

ote Connie Leonard for more positive change!!!

• Financial Policy in Process that would bring the audited financial report to membership for transparency • Risks relating to over commitments of band funds due to poor planning and poor decision making • Lack of community strategic plan • Lack of progress on important goals and initiatives • Need for more effective leadership

Our Band needs a good leadership team dedicated to careful decision making, strong advocacy, while maintaining a positive public image to work on behalf of our community.

Tk’emlups- Where the Rivers Meet

Connie has a good work ethic and a good network of political influence to create positive change for the greater good of our community

~Vote Connie Leonard~