[fvc-wat-announce] Fw: Join us for the biggest and best convention in Fair Vote Canada’s history!

[Anita]

Hi everyone! Update today about the Fair Vote Canada convention:

The NDP who will be joining Elizabeth May and Stephane Dion on the keynote panel is Craig Scott - new MP for Toronto Danforth (Jack Layton's riding). On Friday evening Jim Harris will be giving a keynote talk on the robocall scandal, followed by live entertainment. If you haven't read his #1 blog on the robocalls you can find it here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jim-harris/robocalls-scandal_b_1305397.html

Thanks again for helping us build a movement for a vote that counts, and I hope to see many familiar faces in Toronto on May 26.

Anita
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From: Anita 
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Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 7:50 PM
Subject: Join us for the biggest and best convention in Fair Vote Canada’s history!


Hi Fair Vote Canada Waterloo supporters! I imagine most of you are on the national mailing list, but if you're not, please take note of our convention below, and share!

Having been very involved in planning aspects of this convention, I guaranteed it will be quite different from previous years -something for everyone! Each of the centre-left parties is now talking about electoral reform - the public is more aware than ever of the need for change. Proportional representation really could be an election issue in 2015, but we need to speak up and build this campaign together! I really see the next three years as the time for Fair Vote Canada to build a much larger national movement for a vote that counts, bringing together concerned citizens, activists, allied groups, experts, and politicians from all across Canada to make this a highly visible, ballot box issue in 2015. We can do it - but we need you!

Please join us on May 26.

Anita


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Fair Vote Canada 
To: Anita Nickerson 
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 7:01 PM
Subject: Join us for the biggest and best convention in Fair Vote Canada’s history!


        

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            Fair Vote Canada supporters,

            Join us for the biggest and best convention in Fair Vote Canada’s history!  Saturday, May 26th, 2012 in Toronto, we’ll be bringing together supporters and activists from across the country for a dynamic lineup of speakers and workshops, and to launch the Fair Vote Canada Action Network.  You won’t want to miss it! 

             Register now - space is limited, and filling up fast!

            http://fairvotecanadaagm2012.eventbrite.ca/

            We’re at one of those true turning points in Canadian political history.  Momentum for electoral reform has never been stronger.  That’s why we’re offering a special deal for first-time attendees: Just $20 gets you admission to the convention and a full-year’s membership in Canada’s national movement for proportional representation.


              a.. Engage with Stephane Dion, MP (Liberal), NDP (to be announced), and Elizabeth May, MP (Green) (Live from Saanich-Gulf Islands) on how they plan to bring proportional representation to the top of the agenda in their own parties and make it a major election issue in 2015. 

              a.. Learn the method and power behind building a massive online and on-the-ground movement from Jamie Biggar, Executive Director of Leadnow.ca, Canada’s fastest growing online citizen’s campaign 
              a.. Trade activist strategies with a powerhouse of Canada’s youth environmental movement, Tria Donaldson, as she shares her online and on-the-ground tools that we can use to mobilize Canadians to demand fair elections. 
              a.. Join facilitator Bronwen Bruch for Scenario Dialogues, a cutting-edge method of looking objectively at all paths to win proportional representation in Canada, and developing strategies to move forward.  These cross-sectoral dialogue-and-action processes were first used in 1991 and 1992 to bring together a diverse group of South Africans to effect the transition from apartheid to electoral democracy.

              b.. Tap into the experience and expertise of Shayna Englin (live from Washington, D.C.), Principal of Englin Consulting, a team which develops the most effective strategies, plans and campaigns to mobilize grassroots advocacy organizations to win. Englin’s successful campaigns have included Tobacco vs. Kids, Equality California, and more! 
              a.. Get inspired by Canada’s top voting reform experts. Dennis Pilon will show us how citizens of other countries have successfully reformed their voting systems, and reflect on our own journey.  Henry Milner will tell us how we can engage today’s youth (tomorrow’s voters) in the fight for a vote that counts. 
              a.. New to the cause?  Got questions?  Class is in session.  Dr. Milner will also be running Voting Systems 101. 
              a.. Ever wonder what it’s like to live in a democracy where nearly every vote counts?  Activist Steve Withers will be beamed in live all the way from New Zealand.  He’ll take your questions on how the Kiwis scrapped first past the post for proportional representation, and what that transition has meant for democracy. 
              a.. Let inspirational Canadian women Sylvia Bashevkin and Donna Dasko  take you beyond the glass ceiling, as we strive for gender parity in our houses of government. 
              a.. Finally, be part of the official launch of Fair Vote Canada’s new Action Network. Teams of activists will be joining us from living rooms across the country to decide our first collective action, together! 


            You know electoral reform is the game-changer.  We deserve a vote that counts, and a government that reflects our values and aspirations. This is the event you don’t want to miss. 

            Invite your friends, by word of mouth, email and Facebook!
            http://www.facebook.com/events/424034907624045/

            See you in Toronto.  Onwards!

            AGM Team
            Fair Vote Canada

            P.S. For those of you who can’t make it to Toronto, our Convention will be live-streamed, with parts of it interactive. Stay tuned for details.

            P.P.S. Interested in learning more about the speakers and workshop leaders? See below.


            Stephane Dion, MP (Liberal)  
            Dion’s Proposed Voting System
            Elizabeth May, MP (Green) 
            May Talks about the Problems with First Past the Post


            Jamie Biggar, Executive Director, Leadnow.ca
            Leadnow.ca

            Tria Donaldson
            Campaign and Articles
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E53Xlhs3Wvs
            http://rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/15736

            Bronwen Bruch

            Shayna Englin
            Englin Consulting
            Dennis Pilon
            Speech on Proportional Representation, Waterloo, Ontario, March 22nd, 2012
            The Internet Generation: Engaged Citizens or Political Dropouts
            http://www.equalvoiceinpolitics.ca/News/3.html

            Sylvia Bashevkin
            Book: Women, Power, Politics: The Hidden Story of Canada’s Unfinished Democracy
            Donna Dasko, Equal Voice 






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