Monocal, founded in early 2009, is guided by a vision of networking small communities. Too frequently there is a lack of communication between separate organizations in a community, important events are held at different locations at the same time and on the same day. Additionally, many people can find themselves overwhelmed with a barrage of promotions for community events through traditional mediums such as poster campaigns, newspaper ads, and booths. Often, individuals miss events of particular interest to them. It is clear that communities and information are not always self organized. Through effective marketing and communication strategies however, these issues can be overcome.

Starting in the Laurier community, Monocal has developed a web calendar that allows campus organizations to post details about events that they are running. This approach to networking small communities is now being expanded to other university and college campuses as well as other forms of small communities to aid in networking efforts.

Colin McGlone studied biology at WLU before founding Monocal. While in school he worked in the IT department at Laurier, as well as holding jobs in retail computer sales and participating in extracurriculars like debating. Colin greatly dislikes talking about himself, especially in the third person. If you would like to reach Colin, email him at colinmcglone@monocal.com

Griffin Carpenter is a fourth year student in the PPE (Philosophy, Political Science, Economics) program at Wilfrid Laurier University. At the university he has held a wide array of positions including a Director of the Students' Union, founding member of the Campus Environmental Coalition, campus co-ordinator for the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, contributing writer for the Blueprint, intramural basketball captain, LSPIRG researcher, campus club president, residence life representative, research assistant in the economics department, and countless others. As the contributor liaison he is responsible for ensuring that Monocal is meeting the needs of all the contributing groups on campus and ensuring quality control over events uploaded to the website. Griffin can be reached by email at griffincarpenter@monocal.com

Ryan Hall has studied Business and Computer Science at WLU in addition to being a former Campus Club president. Before starting Monocal, Ryan worked at Research In Motion as a website developer. Ryan is responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of Monocal; please contact Ryan if you encounter any technical difficulties or wish to share your ideas to improve this service. ryanhall@monocal.com