Take part in the TransLink 2012 annual general meeting in person or online May 29, 2013!
Take part in the TransLink 2012 annual general meeting in person or online May 29, 2013!
Ken Bampton is one of the many riders who rely on the transit system run by TransLink every day. He’s the first of our four real rider stories!
Our annual general meeting is tomorrow! Besides the main presentations of our accomplishments and financial highlights in 2012, we’ll be showing four videos of real riders on the system. We had a good time shooting these stories of four different perspectives and four different ways people use transit in Metro Vancouver.
If you’d like to participate in our AGM, you can do so from the comfort of your home or in person. Here’s how:
Participate online:
The AGM will be webcast. Just click on this webcast link, fill in the required fields (first and last name and email address), then click on the “TransLink’s 2012 Annual General Meeting” stream.
If you’d like to ask a question which can be read on your behalf during the AGM question and answer period, you have a few options:
- submit your question at any time during the webcast by clicking the “Ask your question” on the webcast page itself.
- Ask you question in the comments section of this or the previous buzzer blog post on the 2012 AGM
- Tweet your question to @TransLink with the hashtag #translink2012
- email us your question before or during the AGM.
Attend the meeting in person:
The AGM will be held in Surrey at the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre near Gateway Station. The meeting will take place between 9:30am-10:30am on Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
Please note, we’ll have limited time to answer all of the questions we get in person or online. However, if we can’t get to your questions tomorrow morning, we’ll do our best to answer them after the AGM.
We’re looking forward to tomorrow morning! See you there or online!
How much did it cost to make the video?
How many people were involved in making it?
How many hours did each person put in?
Hi Eugene – we don’t typically share production details, but we are very mindful of how much we spend and I do know the videos were very cost-effective to produce. Bear in mind that the videos are part of our 2012 Annual Report release—publishing the report is part of our commitment to transparency, and the videos and other materials help us raise awareness of the report!
Why is there no mention of this?
http://www.translink.ca/~/media/Documents/plans_and_projects/station_exchange_improvements/metrotown/metrotown_info_boards.ashx
Sheba: we’re planning a post! Stay tuned!
@ Jhenifer
Why do you not typically share production details?
I’d like to know the opportunity costs, because I think that it is unfair for Translink to spend money on projects that don’t necessarily provide a good return on investment.
When I look at annual reports, the numbers are so huge, and the money is spent on such vague projects, that it is hard to know where to begin making suggestions.
It is frustrating that Translink gets funding with no accountability.
Remember people are standing out in the cold, waiting for a ride that might not show up. $100 could pay for a taxi ride home. Paying for luxuries like roads and videos are a no-no.
As if that isn’t enough, I think that you could have at least emphasized the availability of the routes mentioned in the video. Are those buses crowed at that time of day? If not, then why not encourage more riders over there? By encouraging us to fill up the buses, at least, we can bring in new revenue, and increase service.
Awareness of the report won’t make me warm on rainy windy day. It won’t cheer me up, when I miss my bus at Scott Road Station, and have to wait another 29 minutes, and that happens all the time now.
Jhenifer, why is Translink so happy to get people to ride buses, and so adverse to promoting specific routes that are not crowded? It’s like you guys have a fetish for making people ride crowded buses only.
@ Jhenifer
By the way, I’m not saying that you guys have a fetish for that. It’s just that I sense resistance for focusing on filling empty buses.
You want TransLink to promote reasonable options Eugene? ;p
The Metrotown Station upgrades open houses (and associated info) was posted on the site last week. There’s been no effort to promote that by putting a link to it on the main page of the site, and the only mention of it on here has been by me.
The open houses are for tomorrow (Tues) and Weds and there’s been no mention of it!?!
Hi Sheba: You’re absolutely right. We should have had info on the blog earlier about Metrotown. I am planning on posting about it a.s.a.p. We’ll try better to post these things on the blog and on our other channels sooner. Thanks for raising this. In the mean time – here’s the info – http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Metrotown-Station-and-Exchange-Upgrades.aspx