When it comes to social media, a surprising number of Burnaby candidates have no individual presence at all.
To a large extent, many appear to be relying on the social media efforts of their parties/slates to take care of their social media - TEAM Burnaby, the Burnaby Citizens Association and the Burnaby Municipal Greens all have active presences on Facebook and Twitter.
(For an analysis of how the parties are doing with their social media efforts, see separate, related story.)
However, if you're a voter looking to contact a candidate directly on social media, you won't have a lot of luck with some names.
The following make the "Didn't Show Up For Class" list by having no obvious Twitter or Facebook presence. (Note that some may be on Facebook, but with profiles that aren't searchable or that don't make it immediately obvious who they are; a couple have Facebook pages set up but have done nothing with them, as of the writing of this.)
Nick Akvenich, independent candidate for council
Richard Chang, BCA candidate for council
Lotus Chung, TEAM Burnaby candidate for council
Garth Evans, TEAM Burnaby candidate for council
June Jeffries, TEAM Burnaby candidate for council
Adrianne Merlo, Green candidate for council
Graham Murchie, TEAM candidate for council
Ray Power, TEAM candidate for council
Nick Volkow, BCA candidate for council
Homara Ahmad, Parents Voice candidate for school board
Helen H.S. Chang, Green candidate for school board
Larry Hayes, BCA candidate for school board
Alex Hui, TEAM candidate for school board
Scott Janzen, Green candidate for school board
Pablo Su, TEAM candidate for school board
Anne Sharleen Sylva, TEAM candidate for school board
Helen Ward, Parents Voice candidate for school board
Long Xue, Parents Voice candidate for school board
Franca Zumpano-Luongo, independent candidate for school board *(Note: Zumpano-Luongo appeared to be in the process of setting up a wordpress blog, but it was completely inactive as at the writing of this.)
* NOTE: Candidates' presence or absence on Facebook and Twitter was determined on Monday, Nov. 7. Some candidates may have shown up since. To comment on this story, visit Julie MacLellan's blog - use the link off the home page, or check under the Opinion tab.
