[fvc-wat-disc] AUTOMATION: Tell Your MP To Vote For Electoral Reform On May 31st
Laurel L. Russwurm
laurel.l at russwurm.org
Tue May 16 15:21:48 EDT 2017
Dear All:
Bob was going to try to say something here, but he's really busy and I
see he hasn't yet, so I will throw out his concerns (that I remember he
mentioned... I expect he'll weigh in when he gets a chance.)
Where did this system come from? Who is doing it, what are they
doing with the personal information they are collecting, where is
the privacy policy?
These are all serious issues. Those of you involved with political
parties may be aware of the seriousness of protecting the personal
information parties get from the voters list they are given access to
during elections. Third Party organizations like FVC WRC need to take
care both to adhere to privacy law and to ensure that supporter's
personal data is not abused.
I once put a great deal of energy in getting people to sign a petition,
but the individual who was maintaining it decided to share the personal
data on the list with another likeminded organization so it could
contact the signers about the issue.. Which was all well and good...
except that other organization continued to use that list to spam the
signers for other things, which I heard about when people I had
encouraged to sign began complaining to me about the abuse of their
personal privacy.
If FVC WRC is supporters to this anonymous site and telling them to use
this system, FVC can certainly be blamed, discredited (and possibly even
held to account legally) if some privacy law transgression of that
nature transpires.
Regards,
Laurel
On 05/16/2017 12:45 PM, Anita Nickerson wrote:
> We will just remind each other and promote this a lot. I wish we had
> something like "I pledge to call" then we'd know we had enough people.
> Actually, a simple thing we could do for that is ask people to sign
> up. If those two days got filled up, we could add days :).
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com
> <mailto:2jennross at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> As the tester, I can tell you that I've tried it out, and called
> Raj Saini's office after 1 a.m. Or it called me. Or something.
> It was way cool, but it calls as soon as you enter your
> information--there was no way to 'set a time' beyond being the
> time you hit enter with your information.
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Sharon Sommerville
> <sharonsommerville at gmail.com <mailto:sharonsommerville at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> HI Anita,
>
> Thank you for the clarification! Could you check to see if
> you can pre-register? it doesn't sound like it, but just in case.
>
> S.
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:09 AM, Anita Nickerson
> <anitann88 at gmail.com <mailto:anitann88 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I don't /think /you can register in advance with the
> system to use it like an alarm clock (I wish!).
>
> But the way it works is you fill it in with your number,
> then /your /phone rings and it'll say "press 1" to connect
> to your MP and then it connects you with Raj (or Marwan or
> Bryan). Of course you can just call the regular way, but
> by using this we can see how many people called!
>
> I love that idea of tying up their office line for two
> days. Wish we could tie it up for 2 weeks. If they
> couldn't get anything else done it might cut a hole in the
> "nobody cares about this" argument.
>
> Anita
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Sharon Sommerville
> <sharonsommerville at gmail.com
> <mailto:sharonsommerville at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello FairVoting Friends,
>
> As many of you know, the NDP has a motion scheduled
> for May 31st to ask parliament to adopt the
> recommendations in the ERRE committee report. The
> primary recommendation is to move to a moderate form
> of proportional representation. All Waterloo Region
> Liberal MPs campaigned on electoral reform and this
> vote is an opportunity for them to keep their campaign
> promise. We expect that all the NDP & Conservative
> MPs and Elizabeth May will vote in favour of the
> motion. For it to pass, 20 Liberal MPs have to
> support it.
>
> We are asking that Raj, Marwan and Bryan vote for the
> motion. To convince them that they should, could you
> give them a call on either the 29th or 30th of May?
>
> We have a great computer system called "click and
> call" to call Raj. If you live in Kitchener Centre
> you can register here:
>
> *https://fairvote.callmymp.ca/
> <https://fairvote.callmymp.ca/>*
>
> and the computer program will call you on the
> 29th/30th to connect you directly to Raj's office.
>
> For Marwan or Bryan you will need to call their offices:
>
> Marwan - 519 571 5509 <tel:%28519%29%20571-5509>
> Bryan - 510 624 7440 <tel:%28510%29%20624-7440>
>
> As a member of cabinet, Bardish is required to vote
> with the government and wouldn't consider voting for
> the motion. If you are a constituent of Bardish's, it
> would be worthwhile to call on the 29th & 30th to
> remind her that you haven't forgotten about their
> electoral reform promise. Her constituency office
> number is: 519 746 1573 <tel:%28519%29%20746-1573>.
>
> A few talking points are attached to this email, if
> that is helpful.
>
> If you are in Kitchener Centre, register here to call Raj:
>
> *https://fairvote.callmymp.ca/
> <https://fairvote.callmymp.ca/>*
>
> Thank you in advance for taking action, speaking up
> and demanding change. It is the only way change will
> happen.
>
> With thanks,
> Sharon
> for FVC-WR
>
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