[fvc-wat-disc] [fvc-wat-announce] Reminder: Discussion Night 7pm Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at Bread & Roses Community Room

[Myron Steinman]

I will strive to attend tonight October 31, but will be late (We have
access to only one car at the moment and my wife works until 7 pm.
Myron Steinman

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:36 PM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone: Just a quick reminder of the Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion
> Night tomorrow (Wednesday):
>
> *What*: FairvoteWRC Discussion Night: Weighted First-Past-The-Post
> *When*: Wednesday, 31 October 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
> *Where*: Community Room, Bread and Roses Co-op
> *Location*: 307 Queen Street South, Kitchener
> *Map*: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTLMg--?m=
>
> Larry Kryski will be presenting his solution for proportional
> representation, a weighted vote in parliament.
>
> Since it's Hallowe'en some people will be delayed from giving candy to
> the little monsters, so Larry's presentation will start sometime after
> 7:30pm
>
> In the meantime, there are lots of other things worthy of discussion:
>
> * We just had a municipal election, where ranked ballots became a thing.
> What can Fair Vote Waterloo do to encourage the adoption of ranked
> ballots in multi-member wards to achieve proportional representation?
>
> * Some people from Fair Vote Waterloo spent some time canvassing
> door-to-door. What were the results? We'll get a quick report from the
> participants.
>
> * Acronyms: Based on a thread in the Discussion mailing list, we've been
> using many acronyms like PR, ER, RB, MMP and so forth. The jargon is
> obscuring our message.  I've compiled a short list, but let's work on
> creating a more comprehensive glossary of terms that we can post on the
> Resources page of our website.
>
> STV - Single Transferable Vote
> MMP - Mixed Member Proportional
> DMP - Dual Member Proportional
> RUP - Rural-Urban Proportional
> AV - Alternative Vote
> IRV - Instant Runoff Voting (same thing as AV)
> PB - Preferential Ballot (same thing as AV)
> FPTP - First Past The Post
> SMP - Single Member Plurality (fancy words for FPTP)
> RB - Ranked Ballot (used by STV, AV, IRV, PB)
> PR - Proportional Representation
> ProRep - Proportional Representation
> ER - Electoral Reform
>
> MP - Member of Parliament
> MPP - Member of Provincial Parliament
>
> AMA - Ask Me Anything (online interview on Reddit)
>
>
> Anything else?
>
>
>
> If you're driving to Bread And Roses, please park in the north parking
> lot and place a note on the dashboard of your vehicle:
>
> *Meeting in Community Room re Apt 107 from 7-9pm*
>
> See you there!
>
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