[fvc-wat-disc] AUTOMATION: Tell Your MP To Vote For Electoral Reform On May 31st

Tue May 16 18:38:33 EDT 2017

The app set up by a software developer who is an FVC volunteer. Anybody who
calls, it goes in a spreadsheet only I have access to. If they checked the
box to get communications from us, I'll add them to our list, if they
don't, I won't. Same as we do when we use the dogooder program for people
to send petitions, sign up for actions.

Anita

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Laurel.  This was done by one of our supporters himself, ran as a
> candidate for election to Council, even--as it says on the about link.  As
> it is 'on behalf of' Fair Vote Canada I would assume our normal privacy
> policy would apply.
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Laurel L. Russwurm <laurel.l at russwurm.org
> > wrote:
>
>> 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>
>> 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> 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>
>>>> 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> 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 <%28519%29%20571-5509>
>>>>>> Bryan -     510 624 7440 <%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
>>>>>> <%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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