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Now times are changing and changing fast . Given that the U.S. economy seems to finally be slowing and in jeopardy of being unable to sustain its eight-year economic expansion for much longer , 2000 may be remembered as a year of lost opportunity for Asia . As long as we are electing the commissioner of agriculture , the land commissioner , the state superintendent of education and all of these different offices are running and elected on their own and people often times do n't know who to vote for. Ainsworth just got elected to land commissioner simply because he was the first name on the ticket . With the maturing of the awards program at the Regional level , Councils and Sections were developing or expanding awards programs of their own . " Donors are changing and their expectations of an organization 's role are changing , " states Mike Logue , senior vice president of KCI , a Toronto-based consultancy dedicated to helping nonprofits succeed in their missions . Many librarians view this as an arena in which NAL can provide national leadership and administrators / managers understand customer needs are changing and this is the future for libraries . With an inflation rate of less than 2 per cent for the last 17 years and an increase in Canada 's per-capita real income of $ 8,200 from 1999 to 2004 , the question to ask is who has received the maximum benefits of this robust economic growth.It is not the poor , the working class or the middle class , but those in charge of the wealth who are making economic decisions.Paul Volker , the former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve , and Warren Buffet have pointed out that the focus on short-term growth , the high rate of returns that shareholders are demanding and the compensation that senior executives are awarded are warping the economy.Until we address this economic condition , a $ 10 minimum wage is a short-term bandage that will not work . I think it would do just exactly what needs to be done for those people whose businesses are shifting and whose businesses are changing and who lose a job because of changes in industry . The traffic patterns are changing and becoming more complex .