[fvc-wat-disc] BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT

[David Lubell]

The Kitchener-Waterloo chapter of the Council of Canadians is also 
engaged in this (https://www.facebook.com/KWCofC/) and is happy to 
collaborate further. Our email address is kw.cofc at gmail.com. Please send 
all further emails to that address since it's much easier for me to then 
forward to our members.


On 22/04/2017 4:12 PM, David dirks wrote:
> Hello Fair Voters.
> My apologies as this note is a little long, so please bear with us.
> What follows is a proposed outreach plan Cathy Scott and I have 
> developed from our February strategy meeting /*with a request.*/
> Cathy and I are proposing to approach over time key organizations, 
> groups and individuals in our community which share like interests to 
> ourselves.We know that in countries with PR, there is less income 
> inequality, women are better represented in government, action on the 
> climate change is greater and so on.
> Our goals are to
> * create awareness of FVC-Wat
> *offer an opportunity to further educate about the issue
> * invite endorsement of our work with an invitation to engage or join 
> with us in the future
> Given our resources we will focus on one area at a time.The first time 
> out is a test to see whether this strategy has merit and to tweak it 
> as needed.Our target is coalitions or groups, significant agencies, 
> perhaps church social action committees and key leaders in our 
> community.Clearly, we want to contact those with an interest in the 
> area we identify, ideally some community profile and with the 
> potential for outreach themselves. We want to be strategic and also 
> keep the number of contacts manageable given our resources and so 
> maximize the impact of our efforts.
> We would send the targeted groups a letter or email.  In our brief 
> communication we would:
> * describe who we are & our goals
> * talk succinctly about the benefits to good policy of a PR system
> * speak briefly and specifically to the area of interest of the group 
> or individual
> * articulate our asks (endorsement; opportunity to learn more about 
> PR; invitation to join with us in our issue)
> * provide contact name (s) for follow-up.
> OK.So we */NEED YOU!Our ASK; /*Our first and test area is that of 
> *income inequality*.Do you know any groups, agencies or individuals 
> which fit the above criteria?Clear interest in the issue, community 
> profile, community connections, key leader. If you think of one (even 
> two), please let us know.We will need the name of the 
> individual/group/agency; mailing address (if possible); contact name 
> to whom we direct the correspondence (very important).
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Yours in electoral reform....
>
> Cathy & David
>
>
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David Lubell
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