Have you tried the new templates ALDC has produced in the last couple of months? We've commissioned a series of FOCUS and campaign material templates, these are exclusively available to members of ALDC. 

Packs 1 and 2 have included:
A3, A4, and A3 booklet style FOCUS 
Direct Mail
Squeeze Materials
Posters
Letterheads
Flying Start leaflets
Councillor's Annual Reports

Pack 3, which is out this week, includes everything you need for your election campaign: 
- election time FOCUS
- squeeze materials
- blue letters
- eve of poll & good mornings
- knock up leaflets
- "thank you" FOCUS

All the materials are produced as appropriate in three versions: black and white, two colour (for RISO) and in full colour (for external printers). All our resources are produced in PagePlus11 (these will still open in later versions of PagePlus). We've also included PDFs of all the documents for you take a look at each template. 

The templates use a standard set of fonts, which you need to install on your computer first - or the templates won't work correctly!

ALDC members can download PDF and PagePlus files of all the Pack 1 templates  from our website here and here for pack 2 Remember you need to 'log in' first as a member. 

If you're not a member of ALDC please join us! Our current Membership rates are just £1.50 a week, and we have a great special offer of HALF PRICE for all Lib Dem 2011 Local Election candidates (only available by direct debit). Join today, without any paperwork here. 

MyCouncillor, the websitge platform for Lib Dem councillors and local campaigners provided by ALDC has been getting an upgrade in the last few weeks. Since launching the system in 2006 MyCouncillor has grown to become the biggest network of Lib Dem sites in the country.

Highlights from the changes include:

New Themes for your websites: 

New features include:

"Get Involved" buttons, (shown here) which make it easier for people to contact you and interact with the Party or electoral system

an automatic Twitter feed to display your "tweets" on your site

link up to Google Analytics to monitor who looks at your site

an up to date Content Management System (using up to date Wordpress 3) which makes it easier to upload stories, pictures and files. 

a weekly ALDC 'news feed' of national Lib Dem stories, to help your site keep up to date (even if you never post to it!)

giving you the power to choose which content appears on your website using RSS feeds. 

If you'd like a site just register online here - we'll set your site up in the next few days. (Take a look at some of the many sites currently in operation - see the most recently updated sites in the left hand column).  

If you're not a member of ALDC please join us! Our current Membership rates are just £1.50 a week, and we have a great special offer of HALF PRICE for all Lib Dem 2011 Local Election candidates (only available by direct debit). Join today, without any paperwork here. 

ALDC has commissioned a series of FOCUS and campaign material templates for use by Liberal Democrat campaigners. These are exclusively available to members of ALDC. 

Pack 1 was released in December:
The templates include: A3, A4, and A3 booklet style FOCUS  - all of which have been produced in black and white, two colour (for RISOs) and in full colour (Colour RISO or commercial printer). All the FOCUS leaflets have variations to allow for single and for two and three member wards and election campaigns, and different bar charts for fighting the Tories and Labour. 

These are accompanied by some other resources useful all year round - two letterhead template and year-round doorstep calling leaflets - also in various versions. 

Pack 2 has been released at the start of February: 

This contains materials to cover the period up to the early part of the election campaign 'proper' and includes: 

Ideas for direct mail  - new voter letters and insert, postal voter recruitment letters and form, and a 'campaign launch' direct mail with different versions for conservative and labour facing areas, together with an A4 direct mail insert. 

Also enclosed for the start of your election campaign is an A3 "Flying Start" Focus leaflet and a "Councillors Annual Report" and some election poster templates. 

All the materials are produced as appropriate in three versions: black and white, two colour (for RISO) and in full colour (for external printers). All our resources are produced in PagePlus11 (these will still open in later versions of PagePlus). We've also included PDFs of all the documents for you take a look at each template. 

The templates use a standard set of fonts, which you need to install on your computer first - or the templates won't work correctly!

Remember you need to "log-in" as an ALDC member to download these files - your log-in details are the bottom of your weekly Campaigner email. 

ALDC members can download PDF and PagePlus files of all the Pack 1 templats  from our website here and here for pack 2

If you're not a member of ALDC please join us! Our current Membership rates are just £1.50 a week, and we have a great special offer of HALF PRICE for all Lib Dem 2011 Local Election candidates (only available by direct debit). Join today, without any paperwork here. 

LGiU and CCLA are pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2011 C'llr Achievement Awards. The winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony on 8 February.

See how many Lib Dems you can spot!

CCLA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Financial Performance

• Cllr David Finch, Essex County Council
• Cllr Roland Spencer, Gedling Borough Council
• Cllr Robin Harris, Luton Borough Council
• Cllr Paul Watson, Sunderland City Council
• Cllr Maurice Heaster, London Borough of Wandsworth

Community Champion

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Elections have taken place to elect the principal councillor representative on two Federal Party Committees for 2011-2012:

On the Federal Executive Committee the following have been elected:

Cllr Stan Collins (South Lakeland DC and Cumbria CC)
Cllr Keith House (Eastleigh BC and Hampshire CC)

On the Federal Policy Committee the following have been elected:

Cllr Louise Bloom (Eastleigh BC)
Cllr Stan Collins (South Lakeland DC and Cumbria CC)
Cllr Chris White (St Albans CC and Hertfordshire CC)

Full details of the election results are here courtesy of Cllr Colin Rosenstiel.

• Federal Executive
• Federal Policy Committee