Non-Partisan Association decides not to change name to Vancouver First

by Carlito Pablo on June 30th, 2010 at 2:48 PM

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The next question is: Will the NPA be the comeback kid in next year’s civic elections?

In a meeting Tuesday evening (June 29), members of the Non-Partisan Association decided to stick with the political party’s old name, and ditched the idea of becoming Vancouver First.

NPA president Michael Davis posted the following statement on the same night:

We ARE the NPA
It is settled: The NPA will remain the NPA and will NOT change its name to Vancouver First or anything else.
In a General Meeting this evening the membership overwhelmingly rejected a special resolution that would have changed the name of our association.
I want to thank the Committee chaired by Bill McCreery that put together two surveys of current and ex-members and collated all the data. And I want to thank all the members that took time out of a beautiful evening to come have their say. It was a good discussion.
Now it is time to focus on our real job: finding excellent candidates to run in the 2011 election and helping them get elected.

Comments

3 Comments

Matt T

Jun 30, 2010 at 3:52pm

No.

Is anyone really all that surprised that the No Plebes Association didnt change their name ?

In any event, changing their name to Vancouver First would be just as misleading as using Non Partisan Assocaition - wouldnt Vancouver's West Side First be more appropriate ?

There are, after all, the self described "cream of the crop" and "captains of industry".