[fvc-wat-disc] Last chance to help with selfies

Thu Aug 15 08:54:07 EDT 2019

Thank you Anita.  This is brilliant! And helpful. Clever and helpful.

On 2019-08-14 11:19 p.m., Anita Nickerson wrote:
> Thanks Don! Great shot.
>
> I know what you mean, but the promise to get rid of FPTP is only part 
> of what was promised (the only part that gets covered)
>
> He promised to get rid of FPTP.
>
> He promised to Make Every Vote Count (objectively, only PR does that - 
> most second choices with AV are never even counted, much less count - 
> it's not a goal of the system).
>
> He promised to follow the advice of experts.
>
> All in that promise speech.
>
> So it's kinda like he said,/"I promise something that's about 8 
> pounds, very fuzzy, purrs, sheds, meows and goes in a litter box"./
> /
> /
> Without saying CAT.
>
> Later: /Don't know you know I would only ever accept a raccoon? I've 
> always been crystal clear./
>
> But I do know what you mean, Don. To most of the media, all he 
> promised was to get rid of FPTP.  That's the narrative.
>
> Agreed that our amazing grassroots efforts were effective in stopping 
> Alternative Vote - we helped make that a political loser for him, at 
> that moment in time. Not really a win to win the status quo, but it 
> leaves the door open for progress in future :)
>
> Anita
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 1:31 PM Donald Fraser <donaldafraser at gmail.com 
> <mailto:donaldafraser at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     image.png
>
>     OK here's a recent one ...
>
>     Anita, when we refer to the 'Broken Promise', we should be careful
>     NOT to imply that Trudeau promised PR ... he promised he would
>     change the voting system, but everybody and his dog knew he wanted
>     ranked ballot which would have given him about 220 seats instead
>     of 184 if RB were used in the last election ... we're lucky he
>     broke his promise and didn't do that. Probably the overwhelming
>     preference for PR indicated by the presentations prevented him
>     from imposing ranked ballot, so all was not in vain.
>
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>     On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 22:04, Anita Nickerson <anitann88 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:anitann88 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Still need help with this - last chance!
>
>         Fair Vote is making a video just for our target ridings. It
>         will be about the Liberal broken promise/betrayal and telling
>         people who the pro PR parties are in that riding.
>
>         It's a short video and we need a grid of about 300 selfies to
>         show diversity of people who support PR. We're up to about 250.
>
>         They will be on a grid, very tiny and changing fast. So nobody
>         is going to be singled out.
>
>         The challenge is *DIVERSITY. We need more selfies of young
>         adults and people of different ethnic backgrounds. *
>
>         Bluntly, most of us wonderful people in Fair Vote Canada are
>         older and caucasian.
>
>         We know of course there are tons of diverse people who support
>         PR and would be happy to do this, but they're not always on
>         our mailing list.
>
>         CAN YOU HELP? It would much appreciated.
>
>         Share this request personally with a real life or facebook
>         friend who might help. Feel free to put them in touch with me
>         if they have any questions.
>
>
>         <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fairvote.ca%2Fphotos%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR20M_03_Njqq-lYY8Oo93W32ZrnzDvIps5u1avwscz-Gn4iecFqBIlj3JE&h=AT2QO1NVqgKDtZHmAT0ZY9Z-M8oqM7rmtBRGv2tH5RY72Piat0CFcP_ioMlJqAzDTgDgaqXy5ynMKX5LQ85ILM2kB5BvAO5I7zOu9PL8AvO3U5qwHqHJ7NFw1H5vYp1eX77hLAi3zL9oMK7z1vto8lzScWM3xgaHOOS6MZ5s>
>         You can upload selfies here (where the tick box with the
>         waiver is):
>
>         https://www.fairvote.ca/photos/
>
>         Thanks so much.
>
>         Anita
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