Stopped in at the town office today to check out what dates the rec hall is available for rent and then contacted some people from the Parkland Institute to see about speakers. Felt a little dumb on the phone when I introduced myself as someone who works for the Post Carbon Institute and proceeded to explain who we were after the lady I was talking to explained she knew who we were and that someone from the PCI was going to be speaking a Parkland's Energy forum this November.

If this is going to happen in the next little while it'll be sometime between the middle of August or the middle of September. As was pointed out to me the middle or end of August will probably not be the best time to gain an audience seeing as most people will probably be on vacation.

Last October I attended a showing of the End of Suburbia doc at Red Deer College where provincial NDP MLA and energy critic David Egan came and spoke a little after the show. I think sticking to a simple format like that is the best way to go. Just show the film, have someone from Parkland come and speak and then have whoever is speaking answer some questions from the audience. Hopefully given that I'm working for the town this summer as a summer student I'll be able to convince some of the higher ups around town to take a stop by and see some of the show and talk.

We’ll see how this all shapes up in the next month or so.