by Ron Scott | Apr 23, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 606 pages Hours in meetings: 1 hour Just an informal meeting of the council this week to catch up. Most councillors have been on a road trip to the far east of the Region....
by Ron Scott | Feb 26, 2024 | News, Strategy
This week I read about a plane that suffered bird strike, which damaged part of a wing and had to divert to a closer airport. Nothing particularly unusual about that. What really got me thinking was the passenger noticed the damage and was worried about its extent. He...
by Ron Scott | Feb 25, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 495 pages Hours in meetings: 3 hours Just the one formal meeting this week. The reading was mostly in preparation for next week and a catchup on the Environment Court decision...
by Ron Scott | Apr 9, 2023 | News
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by Ron Scott | Aug 28, 2022 | News
The Statistical Research Group was a unit of the US military in the second world war that employed statisticians to solve military challenges. One problem was how to better protect airplanes from being shot down. Here is the scenario: You don’t want your planes...