[fvc-wat-disc] Re: fvc-wat-disc Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5
Sean Geobey
sgeobey at gmail.com
Fri Nov 10 13:41:47 EST 2006
Sorry about the lack of detail there. Yes, the meeting at WLU on Tuesday is
open to the public. BA102 is the Bricker Academic Building, room 102 on the
Wilfrid Laurier University campus.
Sean
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> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 11:51:36 -0500
> From: "Sean Geobey" <sgeobey at gmail.com>
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> On November 14th at 7:00pm Larry Gordon is going to be presenting in room
> BA102 on the Wilfrid Laurier University campus. This event will be hosted
> by
> the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group, and it would be a
> good
> opportunity for people to coordinate with some of the Laurier students and
> faculty working electoral reform.
>
> Cheers,
> Sean Geobey
> Coordinator, LSPIRG
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> > 1. Mailing list moderation messages (Paul Nijjar)
> > 2. Next Events/Website/Archives (Paul Nijjar)
> > 3. Re: Next Events/Website/Archives (Derek Kraan)
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> > Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:25:48 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca>
> > To: fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> > Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] Mailing list moderation messages
> > Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0611041520360.12171 at credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
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> >
> > First of all, thanks and welcome to our new discussion list
> > members.
> >
> > Secondly: if you post to this discussion list using an address
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> > I have some event-related stuff to say as well, but I'll put
> that
> > stuff in a separate message (today or Monday).
> >
> > - Paul
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:38:51 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca>
> > To: fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> > Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] Next Events/Website/Archives
> > Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0611041526060.12171 at credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
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> >
> > 0. As you saw in Shannon's e-mail to the list, Larry Gordon is
> > coming to speak to the Elementary Teachers of Waterloo Region
> > Representative Council on November 16. I don't know whether this is open
> > to the public/FVC members. Is it?
> > If it is not an open meeting, should we put it on our website?
> >
> > 1. After Prof. Williams' talk a bunch of us were talking about
> > outreach and future events. One idea is to have "Movie nights" where we
> > show (selected?) videos from the plenary sessions.
> >
> > I think we can arrange some movie nights on the UW campus, but
> > it's important that we have off-campus events as well. Is there interest
> > in maybe having parallel movie nights in different areas of the region?
> I
> > am thinking: UW, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge. Would anybody be willing
> > to help organize this?
> >
> > 2. I have added a few pages to the Waterloo Region website:
> > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities
> > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage
> >
> > The first page is a transcription from Craig's AGM notes last
> > April. The second wants to be a listing of all the media coverage about
> > fair voting in the region -- both positive and negative.
> >
> > I need your help. Does anybody have articles and/or citations
> for
> > articles that we can add to this list? I know about Derek's letter to
> the
> > editor and the editorial last Saturday, and will be adding them to the
> > archive next week.
> >
> > Has anybody been keeping a clipping archive? If so, maybe we
> could
> > make photocopies of those articles so that the chapter has a collection.
> >
> > 3. Derek suggested that we take our talks to the people instead
> of
> > hoping the people will come to our talks. Following Larry and Shannon's
> > lead, we can make field trips to neighbourhood associations and other
> > community groups to make FVC presentations. Who wants to help with this?
> > I think the first steps are to have some trainings, polish our
> > presentation skills and speaking points, and then make some connections
> > and infiltrate the region.
> >
> > - Paul
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:54:03 -0500
> > From: "Derek Kraan" <derek.kraan at gmail.com>
> > To: "FVC Waterloo Region Discussion" <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> >
> > Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Next Events/Website/Archives
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> > I'll respond to these in order:
> >
> > 0. It's on the FVC calendar of events:
> > http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events. So I think we can
> reasonably
> > assume that it's okay to put on our website. I don't know whether it's
> > open
> > or not.
> >
> > 1. I didn't hear this discussion, but it sounds like a great idea :) I
> > agree
> > that we need to have events in Kitchener, Cambridge, and UW, although
> > simultaneity may be somewhat difficult.
> >
> > 2. There were letters to the editor covering the referendum threshold on
> > each of the two days before mine appeared. I have a digital copy of my
> > letter (and a hard copy), although we would have to ask The Record
> nicely
> > if
> > we could post it on our website. Or is this even the goal? Is it okay to
> > just have information on where and when the letter / articles were
> > published.
> >
> > 3. I will be giving a presentation to the NDP Riding Association in
> > Goderich, ON. I would not consider this "local", but it is a good
> > opportunity nonetheless, and we are apparently the closest chapter to
> > them.
> > I'll have to pester Larry Gordon (FVC executive director) some more so
> > that
> > he actually adds it to the online events calendar.
> >
> > I'll probably be circulating my slides for comment soon.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Derek Kraan
> > Co-chair
> >
> > 2006/11/4, Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca>:
> > >
> > >
> > > 0. As you saw in Shannon's e-mail to the list, Larry Gordon is
> > > coming to speak to the Elementary Teachers of Waterloo Region
> > > Representative Council on November 16. I don't know whether this is
> open
> > > to the public/FVC members. Is it?
> > > If it is not an open meeting, should we put it on our website?
> > >
> > > 1. After Prof. Williams' talk a bunch of us were talking about
> > > outreach and future events. One idea is to have "Movie nights" where
> we
> > > show (selected?) videos from the plenary sessions.
> > >
> > > I think we can arrange some movie nights on the UW campus, but
> > > it's important that we have off-campus events as well. Is there
> interest
> > > in maybe having parallel movie nights in different areas of the
> region?
> > I
> > > am thinking: UW, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge. Would anybody be
> willing
> > > to help organize this?
> > >
> > > 2. I have added a few pages to the Waterloo Region website:
> > > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities
> > > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage
> > >
> > > The first page is a transcription from Craig's AGM notes last
> > > April. The second wants to be a listing of all the media coverage
> about
> > > fair voting in the region -- both positive and negative.
> > >
> > > I need your help. Does anybody have articles and/or citations
> > for
> > > articles that we can add to this list? I know about Derek's letter to
> > the
> > > editor and the editorial last Saturday, and will be adding them to the
> > > archive next week.
> > >
> > > Has anybody been keeping a clipping archive? If so, maybe we
> > could
> > > make photocopies of those articles so that the chapter has a
> collection.
> > >
> > > 3. Derek suggested that we take our talks to the people
> instead
> > of
> > > hoping the people will come to our talks. Following Larry and
> Shannon's
> > > lead, we can make field trips to neighbourhood associations and other
> > > community groups to make FVC presentations. Who wants to help with
> this?
> > > I think the first steps are to have some trainings, polish our
> > > presentation skills and speaking points, and then make some
> connections
> > > and infiltrate the region.
> > >
> > > - Paul
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > I'll respond to these in order:<br><br>0. It's on the FVC calendar of
> > events: <a href="http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events">
> > http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events</a>. So I think we can
> > reasonably assume that it's okay to put on our website. I don't know
> whether
> > it's open or not.
> > <br><br>1. I didn't hear this discussion, but it sounds like a great
> idea
> > :) I agree that we need to have events in Kitchener, Cambridge, and UW,
> > although simultaneity may be somewhat difficult.<br><br>2. There were
> > letters to the editor covering the referendum threshold on each of the
> two
> > days before mine appeared. I have a digital copy of my letter (and a
> hard
> > copy), although we would have to ask The Record nicely if we could post
> it
> > on our website. Or is this even the goal? Is it okay to just have
> > information on where and when the letter / articles were published.
> > <br><br>3. I will be giving a presentation to the NDP Riding Association
> > in Goderich, ON. I would not consider this "local", but it is
> a
> > good opportunity nonetheless, and we are apparently the closest chapter
> to
> > them. I'll have to pester Larry Gordon (FVC executive director) some
> more so
> > that he actually adds it to the online events calendar.
> > <br><br>I'll probably be circulating my slides for comment
> > soon.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Derek Kraan<br>Co-chair<br><br><div><span
> > class="gmail_quote">2006/11/4, Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:
> > pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca">pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca
> > </a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px
> > solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left:
> > 1ex;"><br> 0. As you saw
> in
> > Shannon's e-mail to the list, Larry Gordon is<br>
> > coming to speak to the Elementary Teachers of Waterloo
> > Region<br>Representative Council on November 16. I don't know whether
> this
> > is open<br>to the public/FVC members. Is
> > it?<br> If it is not an
> open
> > meeting, should we put it on our website?
> > <br><br> 1. After Prof.
> > Williams' talk a bunch of us were talking about<br>outreach and future
> > events. One idea is to have "Movie nights" where we<br>show
> > (selected?) videos from the plenary sessions.<br>
> > <br> I think we can
> arrange
> > some movie nights on the UW campus, but<br>it's important that we have
> > off-campus events as well. Is there interest<br>in maybe having parallel
> > movie nights in different areas of the region? I
> > <br>am thinking: UW, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge. Would anybody be
> > willing<br>to help organize
> > this?<br><br> 2. I have
> added
> > a few pages to the Waterloo Region website:<br><a href="
> > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities">
> > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities</a><br><a href="
> > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage">
> > http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage
> </a><br><br> The
> > first page is a transcription from Craig's AGM notes last
> > <br>April. The second wants to be a listing of all the media coverage
> > about<br>fair voting in the region -- both positive and
> > negative.<br><br> I need
> your
> > help. Does anybody have articles and/or citations for<br>articles that
> we
> > can add to this list? I know about Derek's letter to the
> > <br>editor and the editorial last Saturday, and will be adding them to
> > the<br>archive next
> > week.<br><br> Has anybody
> > been keeping a clipping archive? If so, maybe we could<br>make
> photocopies
> > of those articles so that the chapter has a collection.
> > <br><br> 3. Derek
> suggested
> > that we take our talks to the people instead of<br>hoping the people
> will
> > come to our talks. Following Larry and Shannon's<br>lead, we can make
> field
> > trips to neighbourhood associations and other
> > <br>community groups to make FVC presentations. Who wants to help with
> > this?<br>I think the first steps are to have some trainings, polish
> > our<br>presentation skills and speaking points, and then make some
> > connections<br>
> > and infiltrate the region.<br><br>-
> > Paul<br>_______________________________________________<br>fvc-wat-disc
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> > http://listserv.thinkers.org/mailman/listinfo/fvc-wat-disc
> > </a><br></blockquote></div><br>
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> Sean Geobey
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> On November 14th at 7:00pm Larry Gordon is going to be presenting in room
> BA102 on the Wilfrid Laurier University campus. This event will be hosted by
> the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group, and it would be a good
> opportunity for people to coordinate with some of the Laurier students and
> faculty working electoral reform.
> <br><br>Cheers,<br>Sean Geobey<br>Coordinator, LSPIRG<br><br><div><span
> class="gmail_quote">On 11/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:
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> Kraan)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Date:
> Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:25:48 -0500 (EST)<br>From: Paul Nijjar <<a
> href="mailto:pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca">
> pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:
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> fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org</a>><br>Message:
> 1<br><br><br> First of all,
> thanks and welcome to our new discussion
> list<br>members.<br><br> Secondly:
> if you post to this discussion list using an address
> <br>different from the one you were subscribed with, then the first time
> you<br>make a post you will receive a moderation message. So long as the
> list<br>admins can figure out who is posting, we will approve the messages
> and
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> list.<br> (In English: If
> Derek subscribed you with your @<a href="http://fairvote.ca">fairvote.ca</a>
> alias,<br>then expect to get a moderation message the first time you post.)
> <br><br> I have some
> event-related stuff to say as well, but I'll put that<br>stuff in a separate
> message (today or Monday).<br><br>-
> Paul<br>------------------------------<br><br>Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:38:51
> -0500 (EST)
> <br>From: Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca">
> pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:
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> fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org</a>><br>Message:
> 2<br><br><br> 0. As you saw
> in Shannon's e-mail to the list, Larry Gordon is
> <br>coming to speak to the Elementary Teachers of Waterloo
> Region<br>Representative Council on November 16. I don't know whether this
> is open<br>to the public/FVC members. Is
> it?<br> If it is not an open
> meeting, should we put it on our website?
> <br><br> 1. After Prof.
> Williams' talk a bunch of us were talking about<br>outreach and future
> events. One idea is to have "Movie nights" where we<br>show
> (selected?) videos from the plenary sessions.<br>
> <br> I think we can arrange
> some movie nights on the UW campus, but<br>it's important that we have
> off-campus events as well. Is there interest<br>in maybe having parallel
> movie nights in different areas of the region? I
> <br>am thinking: UW, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge. Would anybody be
> willing<br>to help organize
> this?<br><br> 2. I have added
> a few pages to the Waterloo Region website:<br><a href="
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities</a><br><a href="
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage</a><br><br> The
> first page is a transcription from Craig's AGM notes last
> <br>April. The second wants to be a listing of all the media coverage
> about<br>fair voting in the region -- both positive and
> negative.<br><br> I need your
> help. Does anybody have articles and/or citations for<br>articles that we
> can add to this list? I know about Derek's letter to the
> <br>editor and the editorial last Saturday, and will be adding them to
> the<br>archive next
> week.<br><br> Has anybody
> been keeping a clipping archive? If so, maybe we could<br>make photocopies
> of those articles so that the chapter has a collection.
> <br><br> 3. Derek suggested
> that we take our talks to the people instead of<br>hoping the people will
> come to our talks. Following Larry and Shannon's<br>lead, we can make field
> trips to neighbourhood associations and other
> <br>community groups to make FVC presentations. Who wants to help with
> this?<br>I think the first steps are to have some trainings, polish
> our<br>presentation skills and speaking points, and then make some
> connections<br>
> and infiltrate the region.<br><br>-
> Paul<br>------------------------------<br><br>Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:54:03
> -0500<br>From: "Derek Kraan" <<a href="mailto:
> derek.kraan at gmail.com">derek.kraan at gmail.com</a>>
> <br>To: "FVC Waterloo Region Discussion" <<a href="mailto:
> fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org</a>><br>Subject:
> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Next Events/Website/Archives<br>Message-ID: <
> <a href="mailto:
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> <br><br>I'll respond to these in order:<br><br>0. It's on the FVC calendar
> of events:<br><a href="http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events">
> http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events</a>. So I think we can
> reasonably
> <br>assume that it's okay to put on our website. I don't know whether it's
> open<br>or not.<br><br>1. I didn't hear this discussion, but it sounds like
> a great idea :) I agree<br>that we need to have events in Kitchener,
> Cambridge, and UW, although
> <br>simultaneity may be somewhat difficult.<br><br>2. There were letters
> to the editor covering the referendum threshold on<br>each of the two days
> before mine appeared. I have a digital copy of my<br>letter (and a hard
> copy), although we would have to ask The Record nicely if
> <br>we could post it on our website. Or is this even the goal? Is it okay
> to<br>just have information on where and when the letter / articles
> were<br>published.<br><br>3. I will be giving a presentation to the NDP
> Riding Association in
> <br>Goderich, ON. I would not consider this "local", but it is a
> good<br>opportunity nonetheless, and we are apparently the closest chapter
> to them.<br>I'll have to pester Larry Gordon (FVC executive director) some
> more so that
> <br>he actually adds it to the online events calendar.<br><br>I'll
> probably be circulating my slides for comment soon.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Derek
> Kraan<br>Co-chair<br><br>2006/11/4, Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:
> pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca">
> pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca</a>>:<br>><br>><br>>
> 0. As you saw in Shannon's e-mail to the list, Larry Gordon is<br>>
> coming to speak to the Elementary Teachers of Waterloo Region<br>>
> Representative Council on November 16. I don't know whether this is open
> <br>> to the public/FVC members. Is
> it?<br>> If it is not an
> open meeting, should we put it on our
> website?<br>><br>> 1.
> After Prof. Williams' talk a bunch of us were talking about<br>> outreach
> and future events. One idea is to have "Movie nights" where we
> <br>> show (selected?) videos from the plenary
> sessions.<br>><br>> I
> think we can arrange some movie nights on the UW campus, but<br>> it's
> important that we have off-campus events as well. Is there interest
> <br>> in maybe having parallel movie nights in different areas of the
> region? I<br>> am thinking: UW, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge. Would
> anybody be willing<br>> to help organize
> this?<br>><br>> 2. I
> have added a few pages to the Waterloo Region website:
> <br>> <a href="http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities</a><br>> <a
> href="http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage
> </a><br>><br>> The
> first page is a transcription from Craig's AGM notes last<br>> April. The
> second wants to be a listing of all the media coverage about<br>> fair
> voting in the region -- both positive and negative.
> <br>><br>> I need
> your help. Does anybody have articles and/or citations for<br>> articles
> that we can add to this list? I know about Derek's letter to the<br>>
> editor and the editorial last Saturday, and will be adding them to the
> <br>> archive next
> week.<br>><br>> Has
> anybody been keeping a clipping archive? If so, maybe we could<br>> make
> photocopies of those articles so that the chapter has a
> collection.<br>><br>>
> 3. Derek suggested that we take our talks to the people instead of
> <br>> hoping the people will come to our talks. Following Larry and
> Shannon's<br>> lead, we can make field trips to neighbourhood
> associations and other<br>> community groups to make FVC presentations.
> Who wants to help with this?
> <br>> I think the first steps are to have some trainings, polish
> our<br>> presentation skills and speaking points, and then make some
> connections<br>> and infiltrate the region.<br>><br>> -
> Paul<br>> _______________________________________________
> <br>> fvc-wat-disc mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:
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> 7bit<br>Content-Disposition: inline<br><br>I'll respond to these in
> order:<br><br>0. It's on the FVC calendar of events: <a
> href="
> <a href="http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events">
> http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events</a>"><a href="
> http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events">
> http://fairvotecanada.org/calendar_of_events</a></a>. So I think we
> can reasonably assume that it's okay to put on our website. I don't know
> whether it's open or not.
> <br><br><br>1. I didn't hear this discussion, but it sounds
> like a great idea :) I agree that we need to have events in Kitchener,
> Cambridge, and UW, although simultaneity may be somewhat
> difficult.<br><br>2. There were letters to the editor covering
> the referendum threshold on each of the two days before mine appeared. I
> have a digital copy of my letter (and a hard copy), although we would have
> to ask The Record nicely if we could post it on our website. Or is this even
> the goal? Is it okay to just have information on where and when the letter /
> articles were published.
> <br><br><br>3. I will be giving a presentation to the NDP
> Riding Association in Goderich, ON. I would not consider this
> "local", but it is a good opportunity nonetheless, and we
> are apparently the closest chapter to them. I'll have to pester Larry Gordon
> (FVC executive director) some more so that he actually adds it to the online
> events calendar.
> <br><br><br>I'll probably be circulating my slides for comment
> soon.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Derek
> Kraan<br>Co-chair<br><br><div><span
> class="gmail_quote">2006/11/4, Paul Nijjar <<a
> href="mailto:
> <a href="mailto:pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca">pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca</a>"><a
> href="mailto:pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca">pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca</a><br></a>>:</span><blockquote
> class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,
> 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
> 0.8ex; padding-left:
> 1ex;"><br> 0.
> As you saw in Shannon's e-mail to the list, Larry Gordon
> is<br><br>coming to speak to the Elementary Teachers of Waterloo
> Region<br>Representative Council on November 16. I don't know whether
> this is open<br>to the public/FVC members. Is
> it?<br> If
> it is not an open meeting, should we put it on our website?
> <br><br><br> 1.
> After Prof. Williams' talk a bunch of us were talking
> about<br>outreach and future events. One idea is to have
> "Movie nights" where we<br>show (selected?) videos
> from the plenary sessions.<br>
> <br><br> I
> think we can arrange some movie nights on the UW campus, but<br>it's
> important that we have off-campus events as well. Is there
> interest<br>in maybe having parallel movie nights in different areas
> of the region? I
> <br><br>am thinking: UW, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge. Would
> anybody be willing<br>to help organize
> this?<br><br> 2.
> I have added a few pages to the Waterloo Region website:<br><a
> href="
> <a href="http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities</a>"><br><a
> href="http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_possible_activities
> </a></a><br><a href="<a href="
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage</a>"><a
> href="http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage">
> http://www.fairvotecanada.org/wat_local_media_coverage</a></a><br><br> The
> first page is a transcription from Craig's AGM notes last
> <br><br>April. The second wants to be a listing of all the media
> coverage about<br>fair voting in the region -- both positive and
> negative.<br><br> I
> need your help. Does anybody have articles and/or citations
> for<br>articles that we can add to this list? I know about Derek's
> letter to the
> <br><br>editor and the editorial last Saturday, and will be adding
> them to the<br>archive next
> week.<br><br> Has
> anybody been keeping a clipping archive? If so, maybe we could<br>make
> photocopies of those articles so that the chapter has a collection.
> <br><br><br> 3.
> Derek suggested that we take our talks to the people instead
> of<br>hoping the people will come to our talks. Following Larry and
> Shannon's<br>lead, we can make field trips to neighbourhood
> associations and other
> <br><br>community groups to make FVC presentations. Who wants to
> help with this?<br>I think the first steps are to have some trainings,
> polish our<br>presentation skills and speaking points, and then make
> some connections<br>
> <br>and infiltrate the region.<br><br>-
> Paul<br>_______________________________________________<br>fvc-wat-disc
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:34:56 -0500 (EST)
> From: Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca>
> To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
> Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Re: fvc-wat-disc Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0611091733090.435 at credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
> In-Reply-To: <d1483dc90611090851s19fe4218g552ace5b50d5c62b at mail.gmail.com>
> References: <200611051700.kA5H0E919622 at peltier.cp.thinkers.org>
> <d1483dc90611090851s19fe4218g552ace5b50d5c62b at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Sean Geobey wrote:
>
> > On November 14th at 7:00pm Larry Gordon is going to be presenting in
> room
> > BA102 on the Wilfrid Laurier University campus. This event will be
> hosted by
> > the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group, and it would be a
> good
> > opportunity for people to coordinate with some of the Laurier students
> and
> > faculty working electoral reform.
>
> What does BA stand for?
>
> Is this open to the public? if so, it would be good to announce to
> the announcement list. You can send it if you want and Derek or I can
> approve it.
>
> I will add this to the webpage (but maybe not until tomorrow).
>
> - Paul
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:39:08 -0500 (EST)
> From: Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca>
> To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
> <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
> Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Next Events/Website/Archives
> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0611091736390.435 at credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
> In-Reply-To: <d226af410611041254y4c290e08nb12070805cc7cb79 at mail.gmail.com>
> References: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0611041526060.12171 at credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
> <d226af410611041254y4c290e08nb12070805cc7cb79 at mail.gmail.com>
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> Message: 3
>
> On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Derek Kraan wrote:
>
> > 1. I didn't hear this discussion, but it sounds like a great idea :) I
> agree
> > that we need to have events in Kitchener, Cambridge, and UW, although
> > simultaneity may be somewhat difficult.
> Nothing says these showings need to be on the same day. Groups in
> the three areas can independently organize showings. But we need some
> people to step up to the plate to advertise.
>
> > 2. There were letters to the editor covering the referendum threshold on
> > each of the two days before mine appeared. I have a digital copy of my
> > letter (and a hard copy), although we would have to ask The Record
> nicely if
> > we could post it on our website. Or is this even the goal? Is it okay to
> > just have information on where and when the letter / articles were
> > published.
> The bare minimum is a citation list, I think. Article texts are
> good too, if we can get them legally. Links are good if they can be
> permanent.
>
> Does anybody else have articles? I know we wrote a few for Imprint
> last Winter term. Also some of you read the Record -- maybe you folks
> could forward citations to me?
>
> > 3. I will be giving a presentation to the NDP Riding Association in
> > Goderich, ON. I would not consider this "local", but it is a good
> > opportunity nonetheless, and we are apparently the closest chapter to
> them.
> > I'll have to pester Larry Gordon (FVC executive director) some more so
> that
> > he actually adds it to the online events calendar.
> I will add this (and Sean's talk, and the citations I know about)
> tomorrow, probably.
>
> - Paul
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:48:04 -0500 (EST)
> From: Paul Nijjar <pnijjar at utm.utoronto.ca>
> To: fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
> Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] UW Campus: Cosponsorships with Feds?
> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.52.0611091746000.435 at credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
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>
>
> In addition to hooking up with campus political groups and WPIRG,
> Sharmila suggested that we cosponsor events with Feds. They might be able
> to get us good rooms if we want to do movie screenings, for example. Is
> anybody interested in working on this? If so, respond to the list or send
> me personal e-mail and I can forward contact information.
>
> - Paul
> ------------------------------
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