[fvc-wat-disc] Discussion Night and Exec Meeting, 7pm on Wed 30 Jan 2019 at Bread&Roses

[Bob Jonkman]

Hi again: Here's the agenda for this evening. Yes, I'll bring 10 copies. 
See you all there! And bundle up!

--Bob.

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= Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter =
== Strategy Meeting, Executive Meeting, and Discussion Night ==

*When*: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
*Where*: Community Room, Bread & Roses Cooperative Housing, 307 Queen 
Street South, Kitchener

=== Executive Meeting ===

Web Site:  http://fairvotewrc.ca/

Aden Seaman has been running the hardware and purchasing services 
out-of-pocket.  Now the infrastructure needs to be upgraded, and service 
providers are increasing service charges.  In order to bring the website 
and services under management of the Executive Board a budget for these 
services needs to be created, funding established, and vendors retained.

Website hosting:  About $60/year for a minimal server (20 GBytes), about 
$150/year for 70 GBytes storage (unknown how much storage is being used 
now). https://www.ovh.com/  Note that local (Waterloo Region) providers 
may have lower prices for community groups.

Domain name registration: About $40/year from https://register4less.com 
; maybe $20/year from https://gandi.net/

Phone number: +1–519–279–2990 – Receives little use, but gives 
professional appearance to our chapter.  Transfer (porting): $10.00 + 
$0.85/month service + $0.01/minute calling.  Free voice mail, phone 
conferencing, IVR (voice mail menus). https://voip.ms/

Total: from $90/year to $200/year

*MOTION*: To establish funds in order to continue to maintain the 
website, then purchase required services.

=== Strategy Meeting ===
* Summer Festivals: Race Relations (21 March), TriPride (early June), 
Multicultural (late June), Nonviolence (early July), Kultrun (early 
July), others?

* Federal Election, 21 October 2019 strategy for Fair Vote Canada, Fair 
Vote Waterloo?

* Outreach Committee report?  (David Dirks)

* Door to door pilot campaign discussion (Sharon Sommerville)

* Other business

=== Discussion Night ===
What things have been going on in the political world that Proportional 
Representation might have improved,  prevented, or made unnecessary?

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On 2019-01-29 10:28 a.m., Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hi everyone: Happy New Year! Now that we have a whole month of 2019 
> under our belts, it's time for another Discussion Night.
> 
> At the beginning of the year we usually have a strategy and planning 
> meeting, where we discuss what Fair Vote Waterloo will be doing in the 
> upcoming year.  There are community events, summer festivals, and 
> there's a federal election coming up in October!  What other things are 
> happening this year? How can FairvoteWRC promote Proportional 
> Representation at these events?
> 
> We'll combine this month's Discussion Night with a meeting of the 
> Executive. The main agenda item deals with moving our website to a 
> commercial webhosting service. There will be regular recurring costs for 
> this, so we need to establish a budget. Perhaps we need to organize a 
> fundraising event, or work fundraising into our regular activities.
> 
> *What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion Night and Exec Meeting
> *When*: Wednesday, 30 January 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=
> 
> 
> If you're driving to Bread And Roses, please park in the north parking
> lot and place a note on the dashboard of your vehicle:
> 
> *Meeting in Community Room re Apt 107 from 7-9pm*
> 
> North Parking Lot Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTL0rw--?m=
> 
> 
> 
> See you at the meeting!
> --Bob.
> 
> 

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