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Conferences are educational Conferences a major source of learning Education is the principal reason Mr Allison cited for going to 10 hydrorelated conferences in Mr Allison went to the con to become a better com missioner as far as theTown of Hills is concerned he said in an interview Friday And the basis for choosing a conference or seminar is that after attending it the commissioner is significantly more knowledgeable about an aspect of the job Mr Allison said at every con ference a commissioner attends there is usually one speaker you might have difficulty paying atten tion to but by and large they the seminars are extremely educa Hie MEA strongly advocates that commissioners attend the associations affiliated con ferences and seminars the reason being the more knowledgeable I am the more credibility I have when it comes to decision making within Halton Hills Hydro and the Mr Allison said Mr Allison said he was ill equipped to be a District 4 MEA representative when first elected to the body in November idea I had to attend a lot of different seminars in to grasp the functions of municipal utilities Mr Allison defined the as the voice for 316 utilities in On tario to speak to the provincial government the Energy Board and Ontario Hydro Murt Allison Participation in the was the reason Mr Allison gave to ex plain why he attended more con ferences last year than the other four commissioners And records show in 1988 and 1968 Mr Allison didnt attend more conferences than the majority of other commissioners When first asked why the Halton Hills commission spent more money on conferences in 1989 com pared to Brampton Hydro and Hydro commissioners Mr Allison explained the system is structured so that if a commis sioner attends a conference then that person receives But later on during the Inter view when asked the same ques tion Mr Allison said he couldnt make a comparison between the three commissions Mr Allison used an upcoming Legal Matters conference to ex plain the importance of con ferences The commission is ex pected to employ someone to im plement and administer the pro vincial governments municipal Freedom of Information and Pro tection Act this year But be can t be expected to hire a qualified staff person to do the job until having knowledge about the legislation he said Mr Allison also said attendance at the various conferences raises a commission s visibility in the com munity Mr Allisons major expense last year was just over to attend the IEEE conference in New Orleans The manager of training and development Leo Podetz said this conference is aimed primarily at engineers Mr Allison justified his attendance at the conference because he wanted to find out about the different ap proaches of Implementing a system of on site billing I feel our utility should take advantage of this system he said And its an idea that has been a pet project of his for several years said Mr Allison On site billing means people would receive their hydro bill at RUNNING WITH THE LEADERS The best fashion athletic wear has to look good feel good and work as hard as you play They have to be fun ctional and fashionable they have to be from LA Gear WORK OUT White Black and Pink KIDS 26 LADIES 29 AaHvB LA IMPACT Ladies Sizes Available In AH Over White K ABDUL JABBAR White With Purple Trim FLETCHERS Iterator mi Mf 9D0LMSJOpn- THE FOOT PROFESSIONALS 8771664 FAMILY SHOES Hills Hydro commis sioner Jim said the annual meeting and the MEA Sum mer Conference are two of the most important conferences hydro commissioners can attend Mr Fisher who attended both these meetings in 1989 said they were not compulsory but to miss them would mean commissioners wouldnt be representing their areas very well The MEA is a major source of learning for commissioners especially since Halton Hills is a relatively small utility and doesn have the resources of larger utilities like Toronto he said Mr Fisher attended three other conventions in 1969 and they m eluded the Commissioners Manager Conference and several MEA training seminars and O E meetings He spent a total of to at tend the five conferences When questioned about the pro posed change in the policy about the commission covering the ex penses of the spouses of hydro commissioners at conventions Mr Fisher suggested the current system Is unfair Not all wives ac- Jim Fisher companied their husbands to con ferences he explained He speculated the system was Initially introduced because a commis sioners stipend isnt very much So maybe it was something a lit tie extra to merit the Job be said 21 RCA COLOUR TELEVISION ItCA 338 Remote Control COLOUR TELEVISION Mf Deluxe VCR Hildas hutin Cantftii Quilt now 440 ONLY VVO VHS VIDEO TAPES Only MAIN ST DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN SALES and I SERVICE GUARANTEED SERVICE WITH ALL SALES flW