[fvc-wat-disc] Fw: Fair Vote Canada at the GreenPAC FLIP summitJanuary 22, 12 noon ! Feel free to register! :)

Sat Jan 22 17:57:47 EST 2022

Hi Dave.  Yes, I did manage to get my discount AND get in.  I have to say
it took half an hour to figure it out--and then they were zoom meetings
anyway.  It was a really neat virtual conference centre--but you need to
have a conference on how to manipulate the conference centre before you go
ahead and have a *real* conference, IMO.

My biggest problems were, figuring out how to get back to my avatar where I
could unmute.  NOT using the mouse to move around (it didn't work you
needed to use the arrow keys on the keyboard.)  NOT stopping in the doorway
and making it impossible for anyone else to get around you (that is rude,
and is such a natural thing to do!)

Apart from those challenges, it was pretty good for what I attended.  The
connecting the dots (our session) was really well done!!
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On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 5:35 PM Dave Arthur <arthurd23 at bell.net> wrote:

> Did anyone participate in the FLIP Summit today?
>
> I registered, paid my $12, and tried to join twice.
>
> There was no way to use the discount when I registered.
>
> The format was terrible and there were no instructions.
>
> I tried to find a way for ten minutes each time and then left.
>
> Did anyone else figure it out?
>
> I’d like my $12 back if I can get it.
>
> Dave A
>
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> *From: *David dirks <daviddirks at rogers.com>
> *Sent: *Friday, January 14, 2022 5:01 PM
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> *Subject: *[fvc-wat-disc] Fw: Fair Vote Canada at the GreenPAC FLIP
> summitJanuary 22, 12 noon ! Feel free to register! :)
>
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>
> Just want to ensure that you see this opportunity.
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>
> David
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> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>
> *From:* Anita Nickerson <anita.nickerson at fairvote.ca>
>
> *To:* Chapters Google Group <fair-vote-canada-chapters at googlegroups.com>
>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2022, 06:36:49 PM EST
>
> *Subject:* Fair Vote Canada at the GreenPAC FLIP summit January 22, 12
> noon ! Feel free to register! :)
>
>
>
> Hello, everyone! Happy New Year.
>
> *Your effort to connect PR to issues is working!*
>
>
>
> Fair Vote Canada was invited by GreenPAC <https://www.greenpac.ca/> to
> partner for a session on Environment and Electoral Reform at their FLIP
> Summit. SEE FULL AGENDA BELOW THIS EMAIL OR ON THE EVENTBRITE PAGE.
>
>
>
> *https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507
> <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507>**Making
> Every Vote for the Environment Count*
> *
> <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507>*
> Host:
> Alejandra Bravo (Broadbent -you may remember Broadbent was one of the key
> players in the 2016 "Alliance" and the Vote PR BC campaign)..
>
> Panelists:
>  - Anna Keenan, Green Party Democratic Reform Critic
> - Hugh Segal, former Conservative Senator of Canada
> - Sonia Theroux, Executive Director of Leadnow
> - Dolly Cepeda Montufar, youth advocate & National Board Member of Fair
> Vote Canada
>
>
>
> We will also be "boothing" at the summit. (Did you know "boothing" was a
> word? We will be sitting at our virtual table in our virtual booth... :)
>
>
> *WHY REGISTER:*
> It should be an interesting session on the connection between these issues.
>
>
>
> But aside from that,
> * it's to communicate that lots of people are interested in this.*
> That better environmental outcomes (from policy supported by a majority)
> and electoral reform are connected is obvious to us, but it's a new idea
> for a lot of people. Including people FVC can't usually reach.
>
>
>
> I know I'm out of the usual zone but we're making progress when somebody
> says "I never even thought about it before, until recently."
>
> GreenPAC is a non-partisan org to promote environmental leadership in
> politics.
>
> They endorse candidates from *every party* each election and feature
> environmental leaders from all parties. (Sort of like Equal Voice or Samara
> on but on a different issue).
>
> They also run a Parliamentary internship program that pairs interns with
> MPs.
>
>
>
> They have Liberal Ministers who come on their webinars and people like
> Chrystia Freeland write glowing testimonials of their programs.
>
> They have numerous foundations and corporations that fund them.
>
> In other words, people who usually wouldn't touch PR/FVC with a ten foot
> pole.
>
>
>
> *So it's exciting that GreenPAc would invite us to partner for this
> conversation! It will reach some new people. Let's make the best of it by
> having a good audience size! *
>
>
> *HOW TO REGISTER: *
> Go here:* https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507
> <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flip-20-future-leaders-in-politics-tickets-191281296507>*
>
> It does cost money - about $12 - but there is a FVC Discount Code for 20%
> off:* FLIP20OFF *
>
>
> *If money is a barrier for you but you'd like to attend, just email me
> off-list. *
> Hope to see lots of you at the summit and feel free to say hi at our
> "virtual booth" :)
>
> Anita
>
>
>
> AGENDA in EST
>
> *Event details are subject to change
>
> *9:00 - 9:45 *Morning Mingle
>
> *9:45 - 10:00* Opening Remarks
>
> *10:00 - 11:00 Centering Indigenous Sovereignty in Environmental Politics*
>
> Speakers: *Lori Idlout, *MP of Nunavut, *Graeme Reed*, Senior Policy
> Advisor at Assembly of First Nations, *Dr. Hayden King*, Executive
> Director at Yellowhead Institute
>
> *11:00 - 11:55* Concurrent Sessions #1
>
> POLITICO: *FLIPPED: Getting Environmental Leaders into Office*
>
> Speakers: *Mike Morrice*, MP of Kitchener Centre, *Dr. Paul Thomas*,
> Director of Parliamentary Internship Programme, *Robin Edger*, National
> Director, Climate Change at the Insurance Bureau of Canada, *Tria
> Donaldson*, Former NDP Candidate for Regina-Lewvan
>
> Moderator: *Najib Jutt*, Political Advisor and Strategist
>
> ADVOCATE: *Breaking it down: Advocacy to Different Levels of Government*
>
> Workshop by *George Benson*, Managing Director of the Climate
> Displacement Planning Initiative
>
> *12:00 - 1:00 *Concurrent Sessions #2
>
> POLITICO: *Making Every Vote for the Environment Count*
>
> Partner: *Fair Vote Canada*
>
> Speakers: *Hugh Segal*, Former Senator, *Anna Keenan*, Former Candidate
> with Green Party of Canada, *Sonia Theroux*, Executive Director of Lead
> Now, *Dolly Cepeda Montufar*, National Councillor at Fair Vote Canada
>
> Moderator: *Alejandra Bravo*, Director at Broadbent Institute
>
> ADVOCATE: *Demystifying the Landscape for Municipal Climate Advocacy*
>
> Partner:* Youth Climate Lab*
>
> Speakers: *Megan Curren*, North Vancouver Councillor, Steering Committee
> Chair at Climate Caucus, *Don Iveson*, Former Mayor of Edmonton
>
> *1:00 - 1:45 *Intermission & Virtual Booths
>
> *1:45 - 2:15* Lunchtime Keynote:
>
> *Dr. Amita Kuttner,* Interim leader of the Green Party of Canada
>
> *2:30 - 3:30* Concurrent Sessions #3
>
> POLITICO: *The New Climate Conservatives: The Landscape for Environmental
> Change on the Right*
>
> Speakers: *Lisa Raitt*, Former CPC Deputy Leader, *Tim Powers*, Former
> Adviser to CPC Cabinet, Columnist and Commentator, *Dan Albas*, MP for
> Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
>
> ADVOCATE: *Getting Science Through Politics*
>
> Partner: *Evidence for Democracy*
>
> Speakers: *Dr. Ted Hsu*, Former MP for Kingston and the Islands, *Dr.
> Amita Kuttner,* Interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, *Dr. Deborah
> McGregor*, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice
>
> Moderator: *Dr. Verena Sesin*
>
> *3:30 - 4:15* *Moderated Networking* with Sustainable Youth Canada
>
> *4:15 - 5:15 *Closing Panel
>
> *Young and Political: Leading for the Environment Today*
>
> Speakers: *Alison Gu*, Burnaby City Councilor, *Josh Swift*, Regional
> Advisor for Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, *Jesse
> Hitchcock*, Senior Research Analyst at E Source & Founder of Young Voters
> of PEI, *Tesicca Truong*, Co-founder of CityHive
>
> Moderator: *Kat Cadungog*, Executive Director of the Foundation for
> Environmental Stewardship
>
>
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