[fvc-wat-disc] democratic and electoral reform

[Bob Jonkman]

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Hi all: Fair Vote Waterloo has not held regular meetings for
discussion amongst members, but I think that's a great idea!

Generally, we've held meetings to organize activities, such as the
information tables at festivals and public events.  Naturally, since
we're all political wonks we're a bit busy with the Electoral Reform
all-candidate meetings we're holding in each electoral district for
the general election.  We're intending to hold two more, one for
Kitchener South--Hespeler and one in Cambridge. We're still looking
for an accessible low-cost venue, so if anyone knows of something in
the south-Kitchener or Cambridge area please let us know!

We're also hosting a post-election public event called "How to win
Proportional Representation", conducted by Paul Nijjar, to be held at
7:00pm on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at St. John's Kitchen, 97
Victoria St. N. (corner of Weber St). Aside from the discussion at the
event itself, I'm sure there will be some people who go to a local
beverage establishment afterwards to have more lengthy discussions.

http://fairvotewrc.ca/event/how-to-win-proportional-representation/


Doug, Paul: Do you want to have some discussion sessions sooner,
perhaps before the election? If so, pick a date and a handy coffee
shop, restaurant or maker space where we can gather, and I'll
certainly come out to talk politics!

- --Bob.
Co-chair of FairvoteWRC


Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>          Phone: +1-519-635-9413
Candidate  for the Green Party of Canada in  Kitchener-Conestoga
https://bobjonkmangpc.ca/       mailto:bob.jonkman at greenparty.ca
Vote for the person  who will best represent you in your riding!


On 09/10/15 11:01 AM, Paul Schellenberg wrote:
> I would be interested in joining a group to discuss democratic and 
> electoral reform.
> 
> I do not support ranked ballots.
> 
> Paul Schellenberg
> 
> On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:43 AM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
> 
>> With the election coming up, I've done a lot of thinking about 
>> democratic and electoral reform in Canada, and I'm looking for a 
>> group of people to discuss this with. Fair Vote Waterloo looks
>> like a good place to start. This group has no meetings scheduled,
>> so is the mailing list the best place to have a conversation? I
>> would also be interested in getting together with a group of
>> people to have a discussion, either by organizing a meeting, or
>> joining some group who is already doing this.
>> 
>> This group seems focused on proportional representation as the
>> best way to reform the electoral system. Not sure how you all
>> feel about the ranked ballot? I'm also more generally interested
>> in democratic reform: ending the dictatorship of the PMO and
>> giving power back to our elected representatives in the house of
>> parliament.
>> 
>> Doug Moen.
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