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

[Bob Jonkman]

I see there have been lots of volunteers already, but I'm available to 
pick up sign Wednesday after work.  I've got previous sign-picking-up 
experience, I'm halfway there already, AND I know where the MMP office 
is :-)

Let me know what gets decided.

--Bob.


>>> 1 Oct 2007  Derek Kraan <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>  >>>

Hi all,

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.

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.

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.

Regional Bylaws:
http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabID=589

http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/Docid/06175693979A892A
85256C5D005576AE?OpenDocument

This is what we need:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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>

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.

I'm pretty sure that we can pick them up in Toronto, but I'm not sure
about the details yet.

Cheers,

Derek Kraan
Vote for MMP Campaign
Waterloo Region

2007/10/1, Peter Black <peter.black at sympatico.ca>:
>
>  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:*
>
> (1)     you send someone to Toronto late Wednesday or (more likely)
> Thursday to pick them up
>
> (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)
>
> *In order to install these signs, you need: *
>
> *Supplies * - the central campaign will reimburse you for wooden
> stakes with receipt
>
> (1)  two 5 foot long pointed stakes for each sign
>
> (2)  hardware: screws, washers OR heavy duty staples
>
> (3)   tools: electric screwdriver OR heavy duty staple gun, mallet,
> sledgehammer or axe to bang in the stakes
>
> *Locations*
>
> (1) locations vary from community to community - high traffic is key
>
> (2) do not put signs on private property without permission
>
> *Sign crew volunteers*
>
> organize volunteers to put them up ASAP – Thursday night or Friday
> night or Saturday morning.
>
> *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:*
>
> *Your name*
>
> *Phone Number*
>
> *Name of Riding(s)*
>
> *Number of Signs (up to 20 per riding) you could use*
>
> 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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