Not much change to chamber executive

Chamber members wasted no time getting down to business Thursday night as they picked their 2010 Executive committee during the first official meeting following the November AGM.

Not much changed as Sean Lawlor (pictured) remains in the president's chair and Derek Shogren in the first vice chair. John Cescenzi is the only new member to join the executive in the 2nd vice president's chair. All the positions were acclaimed.

President - Sean Lawlor

First Vice President - Derek Shogren

Second Vice President - John Cescenzi

Third Vice President - John Strang

Treasurer - Rick Evans

Past President - Mark King

Following the appointment Lawlor settled into his second term as president outlining where he wants the chamber to go and issues he sees as priority. Topping his list is the Ontario Growth Plan. He told fellow board members that invested northern parties will not have a chance to see, correct, or add to the document before final approval by the provincial government.
Lawlor says that it is unbelievable that no one will the opportunity to look over the plan that is supposed to drive the northern economy for the next 25 years and says that answer is unacceptable and the Chamber will take the first step to get public input by writing government ministers in an effort for them to rectify the situation.

Lawlor also addressed the issue of the HST questioning the proposed public input sessions after the fact, he says the government missed the opportunity to engage the public they represent.