[fvc-wat-disc] Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion Night at Egg Roll King Restaurant, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 at 7:00pm

[Bob Jonkman]

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We had a good crowd, at least 14 people, including some who came
because of the e-mail forwarded to the Council of Canadians --
Welcome, Marilyn, who has an appointment to see Marwan Tabbara today!

Lots of discussion on the report on mydemocracy.ca -- I think the
prevailing feeling was that the Liberals can interpret the results any
way they like, and, in spite of Jenn's optimism, it'll be to ignore
electoral reform.

Harold wanted some specific language for his letter to the Hon. Karina
Gould, but I don't think he was satisfied with anything we came up
with. It's tough to get a politician's attention if they don't want to
listen.

People left around 8:30pm, not sure if that's because conversation had
lulled, or if 9:00pm is just too late for people.

In spite of people disliking ERK for its lack of amenities for
meetings, we seem to get the biggest crowds there. Maybe that's
because it's centrally located in the centre of Waterloo Region. Tony
(the Egg Roll King himself) turned off the music, and put on a looping
fishtank video for us. Thanx Tony!

All in all, it was a good discussion night.  There's no Discussion
Night planned for February, but I think we may have another strategy
planning night then.

- - --Bob.


On 2017-01-25 05:00 PM, STUART CHANDLER wrote:
> Thanks. See ya there.
> 
> Stu
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. 
> Original Message From: Bob Jonkman Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017
> 1:28 AM To: Fair Vote Waterloo Region Announcements Reply To:
> fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org Subject: [fvc-wat-disc]
> [fvc-wat-announce] Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion Night at Egg Roll
> King Restaurant, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 at 7:00pm
> 
> Hi Everyone! Fair Vote Waterloo is having the first Discussion
> Night of the New Year! Join us for an evening of Q&A, political
> discussion, and figuring out strategies for getting electoral
> reform in Canada (hint: meet with, write to, or e-mail your MP).
> 
> It’s been another interesting month: The cabinet in Canada’s 
> parliament has been shuffled; and there’s also been a shuffle in
> the government down south. And Prime Minister Trudeau has been
> holding Town Hall Meetings across Canada.
> 
> In the news:
> 
> Karina Gould won’t promise electoral reform: 
> http://globalnews.ca/news/3178279/justin-trudeaus-new-democratic-institutions-minister-wont-promise-electoral-reform/
>
>  Everybody else wants electoral reform: 
> http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/prominent-canadians-renew-call-for-electoral-reform/
>
>  Electoral Reform Committee offers to help get electoral reform: 
> http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/kady-why-not-let-the-electoral-reform-committee-help-draft-a-bill-on-electoral-reform
>
> 
> 
> See you Wednesday!
> 
> *What*: Discussion Night *When*: Wednesday, 25 January 2017 from
> 7:00pm to 9:00pm *Where*: Egg Roll King Restaurant *Location*: 85
> Courtland Avenue East, Kitchener, Ontario *Map*:
> http://osm.org/go/ZXnwS2IF-?m=
> 
> We expect to be busy talking to MPs and advocating for
> Proportional Representation in the bill that is due in parliament
> in May, so this will be the last Discussion Night for a while.
> We’ll resume on 31 May 2017 with a potluck dinner.
> 
> 
> 
> –Bob.
> 
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