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The Georgia Straight Newspaper

EDITORIAL

Editor and Publisher
Dan McLeod

Vice President, Operations
Matt McLeod

Editor
Charlie Smith

Senior Editor
Martin Dunphy

Section Editors
Janet Smith (Arts/Fashion—On Leave)
Mike Usinger (Music)
Gail Johnson (Health/Dance—On Leave)
Steve Newton (Time Out)
Carolyn Ali (Travel/Food)
Craig Takeuchi (Movies)
Brian Lynch (Arts)

Associate Editors
Amanda Growe, Stephen Hui, John Lucas, Alexander Varty

Staff Writers
Matthew Burrows, Carlito Pablo, Pieta Woolley

Proofreaders
Patty Jones, Pat Ryffranck

Contributing Writers
Guy Babineau, Ian Caddell, Jack Christie, Deena Cox, Sarah Cox, Ken Eisner, Russ Francis, Terry Glavin, Jurgen Gothe, Mark Harris, Tara Henley, Blaine Kyllo, DJ Lam, Judith Lane, Robin Laurence (Visual Arts), Mark Leiren-Young, John Lekich, Amy Lu, Adrian Mack, Beth McArthur, Verne McDonald, Mac McLaughlin, Guy MacPherson, Tony Montague, Angela Murrills (Food/Fashion), Kathleen Oliver, Ben Parfitt, Jeff Paterson, Alicia Priest, Bill Richardson, Luisa Rino, Shannon Rupp, Gurpreet Singh, Colin Thomas (Theatre), Martin Turenne, Jacqueline Turner, Jennifer Van Evra, Dave Watson, Jessica Werb, Stephen Wong, Ron Yamauchi

Creative Direction
Janet McDonald, Mark Pilon

Design Assistant
Dale Davies

Contributing Artists
Grahame Arnould, Rebecca Blissett, Phillip Chin, John Chong, Louise Christie, Elizabeth Ferber, Rod Filbrandt, Fiona Garden, Evaan Kheraj, Tracey Kusiewicz, Jason Lang, Shayne Letain, Mark Mushet, Dexter Quinto, Shawn Taylor, William Ting, Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

PRODUCTION

Production Manager
Judson Young

Production Supervisor
Mike Correia

Production
K.T. Dean, Steven Jacquier, Josué Menjivar, Sandra Oswald, Annette Spreeuw, Kim Sutherland

AD SERVICES

Acting Ad Services Manager
Melissa Stetski

Ad Services Supervisor
Doug Sarti

Ad Services Associate
Lyndsey Krezanoski

Ad Services Assistant
Jon Cranny

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information Technology Director
Dennis Jangula

Technical Support Specialist
Craig Kitagawa

SALES AND MARKETING

National Sales Director
Tony Barnes

Retail Sales Manager
Nicole Popper

Multimedia Sales Consultants
Alex Dow, Erin Duguay, David Pearlman, Amanda Rawlings, Patrick Ruel, Dawn Searle, Alisha Tokarek

Arts Category Manager
Laura Moore

Agency Rep (Vancouver)
Paul Graham

National Advertising (Toronto)
DPS Media Inc. (416) 413-9291

Promotions and Sponsorships Manager
Navdeep Chhina

Promotions
Monisha Prasad

Sales Assistants
Andrea Polz, Giuliana Vecchio

CLASSIFIEDS

Classified Sales Manager
Sharon Smith

Multimedia Sales Consultants
Glenn Cohen, Andrew Lai, Robyn Marsh, Stephanie McDonald, Kathy Skelton

Personals Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Robin McMillan

DISTRIBUTION

Director of Operations and Circulation
Nick Collier

Distribution
Yolanda Stepien

Distribution Services Representative
James Ingham

ADMINISTRATION

Director of Human Resources
Rose Evans

Credit Manager
Shannon Li

Accounting Supervisor
Tamara Robinson

Accounting
AJ Marshall, Paula Negritto

RECEPTION

Receptionist
Crystal Huba

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