Watch the Ward 14 Councillor’s Debate
Click on the image below to watch the archived debate on YouTube. More information is below or at our original advert post.
In this section
Your Candidates and links to their websites
Links to Candidates websites
About the Host - Deer Run Community Associations
About the advertising/spreading the word
About the Moderator of the night - thank you!
About the Tech and Setup - thank you!
About the Host
About Calgary City Council
What a night! On Saturday, Oct. 9th four well-informed candidates participated in the Ward 14 Councilor’s Debate in Calgary. These folks obviously care a great deal about their ward and the people who live in it! If you missed it, you can watch the debate on YouTube.
To recap - we solicited questions online from ward 14 residents. Then Joey, the moderator took those questions and organized them into categories. The night had opening and closing statements, Q&A, speed rounds and open debate & discussion between very civilized candidates.
For more elections information and to find out where to vote please visit electionscalgary.ca.
About the Moderator
Our Moderator Joey Oberhoffner did a fantastic job! He took Ward 14 residents, business owners and community association reps questions and organized the night into a professional and well-rounded debate. Joey mentioned he loved doing this and it really shows (its not just is radio announcer voice). Thanks Joey - you made the night a complete success!
About the Tech
We are grateful for the help of the media gurus from Knexions Church. They donated all the equipment and ran it! They even coached the host to get all the YouTube portions running.
As a sign of our appreciation, we have agreed to share their information and pass on an invitation from the church. They meet the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month at 10:30 AM at the Holiday Inn - Deerfoot Meadows. Click here for more information.
About Calgary City Council
City Council is the main governing and legislative body for The City of Calgary. Its role is to ensure The City of Calgary provides services Calgarians need and want. City Council responds to the community’s immediate concerns and opportunities while planning for Calgary’s long-term growth and development.
Calgary city government, often called “municipal” government, is separate from the provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada. The Province of Alberta gives powers to the Calgary municipal government to administer the area within city boundaries.
Municipal services include:
water and sewer
garbage collection
fire prevention
parks
public transportation
public infrastructure
building and planning
public safety
You can find more details about the role of council on the city’s website in City Council.
About the Host
Deer Run Community Association (DRCA) decided to host this event after a resident emailed the community association and asked if we would consider hosting a debate so everyone could make an informed choice.
The debate aligns with our mission to “Facilitate a variety of fun programs and activities to encourage community involvement and volunteer opportunities”.
We are grateful to all the candidates who agreed to attend the debate.
Your Candidates
Peter Demong
Anton Ovtchinnikov
Andrea Hinton
Stephen Dabbagh
About the Spreading of the word
Many thanks to all the community associations who spread the word like wildfire through physical signs, facebook, twitter and email blasts. It would not have happened without you.
Other Info & Links
The reason for putting these links is as other community associations asked for our recipe.
Software purchased - ecamm (its SUPER intuitive and the video tutorials are short and excellent). Was YouTubing in less than 10 minutes having never done this before. We used a Logitech StreamCam plus - but next time buy a 90° wide. Closeup Cam was a suped up Canon SLR
Original YouTube Upload (low audio quality - begins at minute 12)