MUNICIPAL AMBASSADOR: Mel Kositksy has been a volunteer with the International Centre for Municipal Development, representing the Federation of Canadian Municipalities at conferences and workshops on local government. Here, he is at a workshop where the Canadian system is explained to mayors and councillors from the Philippines, Thailand and a number of African countries. Councillor Kositsky helped develop Langley's award-winning municipal partnership with the City of San Fernando in the northern Philippines, which concentrated on emergency preparedness and land use planning.