[fvc-wat-disc] Fwd: Large MMP Signs for Your Local Campaign

[Joshua Smyth]

I have no car, but I can certainly come around on Thursday and put
them up. Making plans when we meet tomorrow sounds just right, but
count me in.
- Josh

On 10/1/07, Angela Yenssen <ayenssen at rogers.com> wrote:
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> I have a car and can drive wherever is necessary on Thursday evening to put
> up signs.  I have none of the equipment required to drive the stakes and
> lack the physical coordination to do this job without assistance, so I will
> need a volunteer to come with me to help post the signs.  I suggest that we
> make a plan for distributing the signs around the region (who will cover
> what territory) at the meeting tomorrow evening.
>
> Angela
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> From: fvc-wat-disc-bounces at listserv.thinkers.org
> [mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces at listserv.thinkers.org] On
> Behalf Of Derek Kraan
>  Sent: October 1, 2007 8:07 PM
>  To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
>  Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] Fwd: Large MMP Signs for Your Local Campaign
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> Hi all,
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>  The plans for large signs have changed. Apparently the provincial campaign
> has gone ahead and ordered 1000 large signs, and I have asked for 80 of
> these (since the limit is 20 per riding and we have four). I've already
> replied to the above email.
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>  So, this affects our plans in two ways:
>  1. We now have $1000 more to spend than we had originally thought. This is
> a good thing rather than a bad thing, so let's everyone put on their
> thinking caps and think of ways to do this creatively and effectively.
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>  2. We will have 80 signs. These signs don't come with stakes. They also
> don't come with sledgehammers, or a knowledge of the regional bylaws
> regarding the use of election signs. We need to organize to get these signs
> up pronto.
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>  Regional Bylaws:
> http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabID=589
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> http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/Docid/06175693979A892A85256C5D005576AE?OpenDocument
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>  This is what we need:
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>  160 - five foot long pointed stakes; two for each sign. Will someone with a
> car purchase these? You will be reimbursed if you keep the receipt.
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>  Teams to get ALL these signs up on Thursday afternoon / evening and Friday
> afternoon / evening.  Those with cars who can drive and those without cars
> who can drive stakes into the ground should pair up. Each team will need (1)
> staple gun with staples or heavy-duty screwdriver with screws and (2) a
> sledgehammer to drive the stakes into the ground.
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>  We will also need one person who can drive to Toronto to get our signs on
> Wednesday evening. They will fill the back of your car. By my estimation,
> the dimensions will be three feet by four feet by three feet (3x4x3).
> Contact me for more information if you can do this.
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>  One last note, if nobody can go canvassing malls with Tracey on Thursday
> afternoon, then perhaps I will suggest to her that she can be my driver, and
> that we can go around putting up large signs. I'm willing to take an
> afternoon off for this.
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>  Please reply to this email if you have any of the supplies mentioned above
> (sledgehammers and staple guns especially) or can volunteer time (and when
> that time is) to either drive or drive stakes.
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>  Thanks everyone!
>
>  Derek Kraan
>  Vote for MMP Campaign
>  Waterloo Region
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  From: Derek Kraan < derek.kraan at gmail.com>
>  Date: 1 okt. 2007 19:42
>  Subject: Re: Large MMP Signs for Your Local Campaign
>  To: Gary Shaul <garyshaul at gmail.com>
>  Cc: Peter Black < peter.black at sympatico.ca>
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>  Hi Gary,
>
>  This is Derek Kraan. My phone number is: 519-342-5345. I'm representing the
> regional campaign for Waterloo Region. We have 4 ridings
> (Kitchener-Waterloo, Kitchener-Centre, Cambridge and Kitchener-Conestoga) to
> take care of, and we will be able to use the full 80 signs.
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>  I'm pretty sure that we can pick them up in Toronto, but I'm not sure about
> the details yet.
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>  Cheers,
>
>  Derek Kraan
>  Vote for MMP Campaign
>  Waterloo Region
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> 2007/10/1, Peter Black <peter.black at sympatico.ca>:
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> Dear Riding Captains, Chapter Presidents and Regional Coordinators (and any
> unintentional recipients! )
>
> Dave Scrymgeour, head of field support, has had to leave the campaign. Gary
> Shaul and I have volunteered to "pinch hit" for the remainder of the
> Campaign to assist/support your efforts in the field, where the grassroots
> campaign grows in strength every day.
>
> We will send an email tomorrow on other ways to get your message out, but
> our focus in this email is getting large MMP signs, paid for by the
> provincial campaign, into your hands as soon as possible.
>
> Today, we ordered 1000 large signs (48" x 30"), two-sided, for putting up in
> public places (not on private lawns unless they're on a busy road). They
> should be put up where the most people will see them, day after day.
>
> They will be ready sometime on Wednesday when we will take them to 3 depots
> in Toronto (west, centre, east, locations TBD) for easier pick-up.
>
> We can get them into your hands in one of two ways:
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> (1)     you send someone to Toronto late Wednesday or (more likely) Thursday
> to pick them up
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> (2)     if you cannot do that, we will find a way to have them delivered to
> you (we're looking at buses or vans to depart Toronto on Thursday)
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> In order to install these signs, you need:
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> Supplies - the central campaign will reimburse you for wooden stakes with
> receipt
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> (1)  two 5 foot long pointed stakes for each sign
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> (2)  hardware: screws, washers OR heavy duty staples
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> (3)   tools: electric screwdriver OR heavy duty staple gun, mallet,
> sledgehammer or axe to bang in the stakes
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> Locations
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> (1) locations vary from community to community - high traffic is key
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> (2) do not put signs on private property without permission
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> Sign crew volunteers
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> organize volunteers to put them up ASAP – Thursday night or Friday night or
> Saturday morning.
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> We need to know from each of you how many signs you could use . There are
> about 70 ridings (ex Ottawa, which has enough signs) which have riding
> captains or active Regional Coordinators. If everyone wanted their share,
> each riding could have 14 signs. Since not all will have the capacity to
> make use of this order, however, we'll offer 20 signs for each riding that
> wants them. And, if we run out, we run out. Better to have a few ridings
> without signs than many signs without ridings.
>
> So, please contact Gary Shaul ASAP by email ( garyshaul at gmail.com) and copy
> me with the following info:
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> Your name
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> Phone Number
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> Name of Riding(s)
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> Number of Signs (up to 20 per riding) you could use
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> Either now, or soon if you don't know yet, tell us whether you could pick
> them up, can meet our truck along the way or are able to relay them to other
> ridings along the way.
>
> Let's show Ontario that MMP strength is spreading every day and everywhere!
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter Black
>
> Ottawa Coordinator (pinch hitting for the provincial campaign)
>
> 613-828-1401
>
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