[fvc-wat-disc] OUTREACH ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
Mary Jackes
mkj at bell.net
Sat Feb 2 14:52:41 EST 2019
C of C? yes. AI is going to be moving to Kindred (don't know exactly when).
Mary
On 2019-02-02 2:44 p.m., Matthew Piggott wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> 519-501-2736
> 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
> <mailto: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 <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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