[fvc-wat-disc] OUTREACH ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

[Matthew Piggott]

He did not.

Mary, did you mean Council of Canadians and Amnesty International are
members of Kindred Credit Union? If so they could help advocate from within.

Sincerely,

El sáb., 2 feb. 2019 a las 14:36, Jennifer Ross (<2jennross at gmail.com>)
escribió:

> Hey Matthew, did Sean Campbell ever get back to you on whether the changes
> at Libro mean a PR system?
>
> Jenn
> Bookkeeping Services
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> No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in
> the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 2:33 PM Mary Jackes <mkj at bell.net> wrote:
>
>> 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>)
>> 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
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