Hello everyone, and welcome to the the stories and documentation working group. My name is Rachel Simpson, and I am currently coordinating the book project on the Calgary Housing Crisis. The group will produce a book to educate people on the problem in Calgary and why that's a problem for everyone here. The idea is to teach them what they need to know about it and give them the tools to respond in an educated, effective and active manner.

If you are interested in writing a piece for our book, or sharing your story with us, please feel free to do so here or to email me at rachel.i.simpson@gmail.com.

I will be accepting proposals for written pieces for our book until November 18th. After that, you will have until early December to complete it.

James Tworow checking in... Just so you know I'm here now...

I'll be one of the photographer-types, I currently use a Nikon D70s that I recently purchased (for those who know anything about different kinds of cameras)

If anyone is interested to check out my work, I have photo's posted online here at my Flickr account, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77 And since I mentioned about my photowork in Victoria Park, here is that photoset for your perusal... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77/sets/1824288/