Dear Councillors, Your support/advice is needed! As you know, every year in March we appoint Councillors to different roles, including as panellists to the Community Selection Panel which selects recipients of the Community Excellence Award. Currently, our representatives on this Panel are Margarita and Stephen. The selection process will start shortly and might extend beyond March. So, the question is what to do with our representatives. There are two options: - Option A. We allow Margarita and Stephen to complete this round of selection however long it takes (although Margarita will step down from the Council, I hope that will not be an issue). In March, we select new people to the Panel because both Margarita and Stephen have served two terms. The new panellists would participate in the selection process next year. I hope that both Margarita and Stephen are fine with this option. - Option B. We do not wait until March and select two new representatives now. The issue here is that with 5 Councillors stepping down in March, the pool of potential volunteers is significantly smaller than it will be in March. Please let me know your thoughts. Shall we allow Margarita and Stephen to complete this round of selection (if they agree, of course)? Thank you, ]{atrina