May I introduce you to my fellow pilgrim steering committee members - here are the faces for the names you already know:

Audrey Riffenburgh (New Mexico), chair of program committee
Bill Dubay (California), PLAIN Webmaster
Carol Ann Wilson-Story (Houston, Texas), PLAIN Membership Coordinator
Nicole Watkins-Campbell (Nova Scotia), creator of the P.L. Directory
Susan Milne (Ontario), won our contest to name the conference, and sheparded th program package designs and bags
Christine Mowat (Alberta)

May I also introduce the Toronto co-chairs who have poured their hearts into this conference and about whom I'll have a great deal more to say at the end of our time together. They are:

Sally McBeth of Clear Language and Design (CLAD), and
Michelle Black of Simply Read

I also want to acknowledge at the outset our wonderful Canadian sponsors and supporters:

  • National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada
  • British Columbia Securities Commission
  • Clarica, a Sun Life Financial Company
  • Government of Nova Scotia

For the first time, we have financial sponsorship from a large government organization, Canada's National literacy Secretariat. We are immensely grateful to them for their generosity, and also for the support of the British Columbia Securities Commission; Clarica, a Sun Life Financial company; and the Nova Scotia Government.

This mix of government, regulatory, and financial support illustrates the diversity of plain language's appeal.

Thank you also to PLAIN's partner for this conference - East End Literacy.

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