[fvc-wat-disc] OUTREACH ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

[Mary Jackes]

Kindred is used by the Council of Canadians, and Amnesty will soon 
switch to Kindred.  It doesn't have a lot of charges and the people are 
very helpful.

Mary

On 2019-02-02 2:29 p.m., Matthew Piggott wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> _I would suggest you contact the following groups:_
> Libro Credit Union via Sean Campbell
> Kindred Credit Union
> Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation (COCHF) and working 
> through them try to get one local housing co-op to switch (maybe the 
> student co-op called WCRI up at UWaterloo?)
>
> The student union of WLU already uses STV for their elections. What 
> about UWaterloo or Conestoga College?
>
> In my work outside of Waterloo Region we are working on a PR 
> implementation guide for civil society organizations. If you would 
> like to collaborate on this, and more importantly work on implementing 
> it locally that would be appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Matthew Piggott
>
>
> El mar., 29 ene. 2019 a las 11:39, David dirks (<daviddirks at rogers.com 
> <mailto:daviddirks at rogers.com>>) escribió:
>
>     Hello Fair Voters.
>
>     It has been awhile since I last reached out to you.  All the v
>     best in 2019!
>
>     In September, we invited you to identify organizations, groups and
>     individuals in our community which/who share like interests to
>     ourselves.  Given the results in BC and the potential in Quebec
>     and PEI, the value of outreach is all the clearer.
>     Our goals remain to:
>     * create awareness of FVC-Wat
>     * offer an opportunity to further educate about PR & the issues
>     * invite endorsement of our work with an invitation to engage or
>     join with us in the future
>     Again, we simply ask that if you are aware of or are involved with
>     a group, which would be interested, please let us know. We all
>     understand that in countries with PR, there is less income
>     inequality, women are better represented in government, action on
>     climate change is greater, there is less "policy lurch" and so on.
>
>     Our target remains coalitions or groups, agencies, perhaps church
>     social action committees and key leaders in our community.Ideally,
>     they have some community profile and the potential for outreach
>     themselves.
>     We would follow up with the identified group or individual to:
>     * describe who we are & our goals
>     * talk succinctly about the benefits to good policy of a PR system
>     * speak briefly and specifically to the area of interest of the
>     group or individual
>     * articulate our asks (endorsement; opportunity to learn more
>     about PR; invitation to join with us)
>     * provide contact name (s) for follow-up.
>
>     As always /*WE*/ */NEED YOU!/*do you know any groups, agencies or
>     individuals which fit our criteria?An interest in the issue,
>     community profile, community connections, key leader. If you think
>     of one, please let us know.We will need the name of the
>     individual/group/agency; (e)mailing address (if possible); contact
>     name to whom we direct any follow up (very important).
>
>     Thank you in advance.
>
>     Yours in electoral reform....
>
>     David Dirks
>     daviddirks at rogers.com <mailto:daviddirks at rogers.com>
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