vice-presidents were broadcasting executive Bill Bellman and labour leader Ed Lawson. Also on the founding executive committee were hotelier Frank Bernard; UBC history of medicine professor W. C. Gibson; Citizens' Housing Council president Alice Moore; head of UBC's department of community and regional planning; Peter Oberlander; UBC geography professor Walter Hardwick; businessman Charles Jordan-Knox; lawyer Haig Farris; and West Vancouver councillor Donald Lanskail. In less than five years' time, TEAM would be in a position to shift the power balance at City Hall and implement the policies for which the electors had voted. Policies and platform TEAM sought to be a moderate reform group committed to democratic principles, appealing to people of all political leanings. Its candidates would be tied to policies determined by the general membership. In contrast, the ruling Non-Partisan Association endorsed individuals, but not policies. Oberlander described TEAM as the first civic party to run on a platform and with a caucus on council, school board and park board that could coordinate coherent policy. Within a month of the founding meeting, about 150 people met at the Waldorf Hotel to set up committees dealing with all aspects of civic life. There were four subcommittees and a special research committee, operating under an over-all policy committee headed by Oberlander and Farris. Oberlander stated, "We want to involve the maximum number of people in the evolution of our policies." In August 1968, TEAM released its procedure on selection of candidates. Instead of candidates being appointed by the executive board, every eligible nomination would be voted on by the entire membership. In September, there was a general membership meeting to present, discuss and vote on the policies TEAM would promote. These included: creation of a Vancouver Development Authority to plan growth in the city core and particularly False Creek and the downtown waterfront outside of the downtown core, planned commercial and residential districts, each with its own "core" a "parks for people" program aimed at securing park land for future generations greater involvement in regional municipal government a mayoral executive committee to oversee city management and "give the government back to the elected representatives". an expanded city council with some aldermen elected at large and others by district Political opponents criticized the latter as a step backwards to the patronage and cronyism of ward systems past. But Phillips said TEAM had never used the word "ward" and instead was advocating