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

[Sharon Sommerville]

Hello All,

I am sending my regrets for tonight's meeting.  Can't face the weather &
driving after a long day.

Kudo's to those who will be attending.

Drive safe,
Sharon

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 11:36 AM Ellen Papenburg <sagittaep at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The weather is going to be bad. A lot of cancellations of other meetings,
> so Jim and I both will be there tonight,  but.... Do you still want to
> meet?
>
> Let us know,
>
> Ellen
>
> (via my android phone,  typos may occur)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 08:27 Mary Jackes, <mkj at bell.net> wrote:
>
>> 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>
>> 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> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
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