[fvc-wat-disc] [fvc-wat-announce] Discussion Night at 7pm Wed, 27 Feb 2019 in the Community Room at Bread&Roses

[Mary Jackes]

Sorry Sharon - tonight there's a big OHC meeting.  My apologies.

On 2019-02-26 3:09 p.m., Sharon Sommerville wrote:
> Thank you Ellen.
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 1:20 AM Ellen Papenburg <sagittaep at gmail.com 
> <mailto:sagittaep at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Jim and I won't be there for to  beginning but either Sebastian or
>     Lydia will let you in.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Ellen
>
>     (via my android phone,  typos may occur)
>
>
>     On Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 21:41 Bob Jonkman, <bjonkman at sobac.com
>     <mailto:bjonkman at sobac.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi everyone: February is a short month, so the last Wednesday
>         of the
>         month has arrived well before I'm ready for it.  But our
>         Discussion
>         Night is on!
>
>         *What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion Night
>         *When*: Wednesday, 27 February 2019 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=
>
>
>         Last month we had a combination Executive and Strategy
>         meeting. If you
>         weren't able to be there you can read the meeting notes at
>         http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2019-january-executive-and-strategy-meeting/
>
>         There's a bit of old business that needs to be taken care of:
>         We want to
>         move our website http://fairvotewrc.ca to a new server, which
>         needs some
>         funding. We'll hear from the people who volunteered to help with
>         fundraising, and we'll make a decision on how to proceed.
>
>         In the Strategy Meeting there was talk of having a big annual
>         event,
>         tentatively for July or August. We can discuss what format
>         this will
>         take, and solicit volunteers to make it happen. People who
>         aren't at
>         Discussion Night may be cheerfully volunteered in absentia!
>
>         And what to discuss? For those of you into Social Media, you
>         may have
>         seen some discussion on "Electoral Reform" vs. "Proportional
>         Representation". While the mandate for Fair Vote Canada is
>         strictly to
>         advocate for proportional representation, there are many other
>         aspects
>         to our electoral system that could stand improvement, eg. term
>         limits,
>         abolishing whipped votes, or reducing the power of the PMO.
>
>         * BC's Green Party leader introduces private member's bill to
>         limit MLAs
>         to three terms:
>         https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/out-with-the-old-mlas-in-with-the-new-says-green-party-leader-1.5029035
>
>         * Scott Simms Says Party Whips Have Devoled Parliament:
>         https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/05/15/scott-simms-party-discipline-whips_a_23435478/
>
>         * John Milloy: Yes, the PMO should be reformed:
>         https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/9189493-john-milloy-yes-the-pmo-should-be-reformed-but-actually-doing-it-will-be-a-tall-order/
>
>
>         As always, if you're driving please park in the north lot, and
>         place a
>         note in your window:
>
>         *Meeting in Community Room re Apt 107 from 7-9pm*
>
>         North Parking Lot Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTL0rw--?m=
>
>
>         See you on Wednesday!
>         --Bob.
>
>
>         -- 
>         Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com <mailto:bjonkman at sobac.com>>  
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