[fvc-wat-disc] Fw: [FVCchapters] Toronto Chapter Update Feb 15_16

[Anita]

The outcome of the internal referendum and the new COI policy is that FVC activists in Toronto are finally free to actively promote PR in Toronto! Check out the links to their new materials for Toronto they were using this weekend. We need to get this creative in Waterloo (free chocolate Easter eggs, anyone? I'll dress up like an Easter Egg if anyone has a costume ;).

Thanks, Laurel, for helping, too.

Anita
----- Original Message ----- 
From: June Macdonald 
To: FVC Chapters 
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 9:06 PM
Subject: [FVCchapters] Toronto Chapter Update Feb 15_16


  

The Toronto Chapter participated in two events over this past weekend in connection with our Toronto campaign.  Flirting with Democracy and Yimby (yes in my backyard).  Thanks to Skye Sepp, Corrie Galloway, Heather Jackson, Gary Dale, June Macdonald and Joyce Hall for helping staff the tables at one or both events.



Because it was so close to Valentines we went with the heart theme.



In order to attract people to our table to sign our petition http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/files/toronto_petition_feb16.pdf we handed a small flier on red paper entitled: Have a heart for democracy. When we handed out the flier we gave them a chocolate heart and asked them if they would “have a heart for democracy”. 

http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/files/have_a_heart_for_democracy_feb2012.pdf 





(Something to eat catches peoples’ attention and they obviously enjoyed the play on words. Since valentine candy is inexpensive and even radically reduced after Valentines we were able to buy a fair bit for a few dollars.) 





Tip: The Saturday event involved about 40 different display tables--we went around to all the tables handing out the red flier and hearts and pointing to our table with the red heart balloon. Another tip: we got out in front of our table so we could better interact with passerbys.




Once they got to our table, we had fliers for them: both old and new.



1-“Smarties” flier—Fair Voting for Toronto http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/files/FVToronto_Flyer_Oct2010.pdf (we have a generic version for other communities wishing to advocate for a STV system---just ask)



2—Fair Voting for Toronto brochure:  http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/files/toronto.pdf (April 2010)



3. Representation of women and minorities: Does Toronto do justice to our diversity? Thanks to Laurel Russwurm, Linda Sheppard and Gary Dale for their help)

http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/files/toronto_flier_women_minorities.pdf



(Happy to provide the Word doc to any chapter who wants to adapt these fliers for their own use.)



In terms of activities: visiters to the table could colour in the heart here: 


     

      http://www.fairvote.ca/sites/fairvote.ca/files/ilove_pr.pdf
     

And we would post their coloured heart and their endorsement of PR on the bulletin board.



And of course sign the petition. 


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