[fvc-wat-disc] Ride to Guelph Robocall town hall Sun?

[Eleanor Grant]

Hi fair voters, just wondered if anybody could give me a ride to this event
in Guelph from Uptown Wloo Sunday?

Eleanor
On 23 Jan 2015 12:00, <fvc-wat-disc-request at listserv.thinkers.org> wrote:

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>    1. Re: [fvc-wat-announce] Update on our meeting with Harold
>       Albrecht, Party Nominations & Robocall Town Hall (Jonny B)
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> From: Jonny B <jon.bathmaker at gmail.com>
> To: fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org
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> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:14:32 -0800
> Subject: Re: [fvc-wat-disc] [fvc-wat-announce] Update on our meeting with
> Harold Albrecht, Party Nominations & Robocall Town Hall
> Hi All,
>
> I find it very instructive to note that every MP is actually elected by
> the number of voters who voted for the second place candidate plus one.
> So, the total number of votes "wasted" (defined as votes that did not
> actually elect anyone) is equal to the total votes cast minus that number.
> I.E. Wasted = total votes cast - (votes for second place person +1).
> Looked at in this manner the number of "wasted" votes is huge.
>
> Best,
> Jon
>
> *“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of
> the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." - Adam
> Smith*
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> On 23 January 2015 at 07:07, Sharon Sommerville <
> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good Morning FairVoting Supporters,
>>
>> Happy Friday, there are three things to talk about this morning: an
>> update on our meeting with Harold Albrecht, party nomination meetings &
>> Sunday's town hall on the Robocall crisis.
>>
>> Our Meeting with Harold Albrecht
>> On Tuesday morning, a group of five supporters of voting reform met with
>> Harold Albrecht, MP for Kitchener-Conestoga for 45 minutes.  While there
>> was no conversion on the road to Ottawa, we had a courteous, straight
>> forward discussion about ensuring that every vote cast is equal & effective
>> in sending a representative to Ottawa.  Harold accepted our petition
>> requesting electoral reform and committed to presenting it to the House of
>> Commons.   The key is to keep sending the message to our elected
>> representatives that equal & effective votes is an issue that matters to
>> voters.  We can influence our local MP's by sending the message over &
>> over.  If you can email, write, phone or visit. Many thanks to Jean
>> Pellegrini-Cook, David Weber, Laurel Russwurm & Dr. Betsey Daub for the
>> excellent team work during our meeting with Harold.
>>
>> Party Nomination Meetings
>> In the lead up to the last unfair election latter this year, all the
>> parties are having nomination meetings in the next 6 - 8 weeks.  Nomination
>> meetings may seem dull but they are the bedrock of candidate selection. One
>> of those candidates will go on to become a MP and for the ambitious
>> possibly a cabinet minister, party leader or even prime minister. We want
>> to send as many strong PR supporting MPs as possible to Ottawa so we
>> encourage you to choose your party, become a member & support the candidate
>> that will take the message of voting reform to Ottawa. Membership cut offs
>> are coming up so you have to join soon to be eligible to vote at a
>> nomination meeting.  Each riding association for each party has a website
>> which will be the place to start to find out about the candidates and the
>> nomination meeting.  Choose you party, join now & support the candidate who
>> most strongly supports PR, what could be more fun!
>>
>> Town Hall on Robocall Crisis
>> This Sunday, the Guelph FVC chapter is hosting a town hall on the
>> Robocall crisis.  It promises to be an interesting event as Professor
>> Emeritus Michael Keefer who is completing a book on the Robocall crisis
>> will give the big picture of the crisis, Anna Budra, returning officer
>> for Guelph will give an impact statement, voters who received calls will
>> speak and there will be an overview of the Sona trail. The town hall is
>> this Sunday,  2 - 4 pm at St. James, the Apostle Church, 86 Glasgow St.
>> North in Guelph.  The poster for the town hall is attached.
>>
>>
>> Thank you to everyone for your continued support of proportional
>> representation.  Working together, 2015 will be our last unfair election.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Sharon Sommerville
>> for FVC-WR
>>
>>
>>
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