Focus Group - $50 MEC card for participating

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Calling all hiking enthusiasts!

Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (Parks Canada) will be conducting conference call focus group meetings in the first and second weeks of August 2010 in the evenings with hiking enthusiasts. All focus group participants will receive a $50 gift certificate from Mountain Equipment Coop for participating. As Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is a relatively new national park established in 2003, we would like to find out from hikers like you how we can improve the hiking experience. Whether you have previously visited in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve area or not, we would like to invite you to attend one of these focus groups.

All groups will be conducted between 6:30 and 9 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on the following dates:
Tuesday, August 3rd – PAST VISITORS to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Wednesday, August 4th – NON-VISITORS to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Tuesday, August 10th – NON-VISITORS to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Thursday, August 12th – PAST VISITORS to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Please contact Cheryl Hooper if you are able to participate and if you have any questions, at the following contact information:

Email: cheryl.hooper@pc.gc.ca
Phone: 204-983-7870

Please note if your household has more than one hiker enthusiast, we would like to recruit just one of you for the groups.

Once your attendance is confirmed, we will send you the teleconference information. Along with a phone line, you will also require an operational high-speed Internet connection during the course of the focus group as we will want your feedback on various concepts that will require showing you photos.

Please visit the following website to download the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve 2010 visitor guide and hiking / camping information, which includes a map of the park:

http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/gulf/v ... hures.aspx

Thank you for your consideration and we hope you are able to participate!

Laurie Peerenboom, Visitor Experience Manager
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve


For more information about Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, see the links below.
Map: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/gulf/carte-map-fl.aspx


Visitor Guide: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/gulf/v ... 010_e.ashx


Hiking and Camping information: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/gulf/v ... ing_e.ashx