I think a club on campus is a great idea. We have to jump through some hoops, but I don't think it will be too onerous. The Carleton group has had great success with activities like doing classroom visits (for which I can supply the materials). Here's a relevant email from their leader on campus:
<br><br><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Carleton Fair
Vote Club Speaks to Students<br>January 2007<br> The Carleton University
Fair Vote Club undertook to have club members visit as many political
science classes as possible and give<br>short presentations about
then-upcoming Ontario Citizens' Assembly<br>meetings. Most PoliSci
professors were generally open to us speaking for a few minutes on the topic
because it was pertient, it was timely, and we were a group of Carleton
students. At each class<br>visit, either the 1792 brochure or the more
detailed Guide booklet<br>was distributed to all students; each PoliSci prof
also received a kit with these and more information about electoral reform and
Fair<br>Vote Canada, inviting them to contact us for further resources or
if<br>they wanted a speaker to visit their class and discuss the issue
in<br>more depth. In total over 2,300 students in more than a
dozen<br>classes were reached in this manner.<br>The Club also participated in
"Clubs & Societies Days" events at the<br>beginning of each semester,
which was an opportunity to talk to hundreds of students daily in the main
University Centre about the<br>Club. We used this opportunity to focus
on informing passing<br>students and faculty of the Citizens Assembly and
probable upcoming<br>referendum. Over 600 brochures were distributed in
this way as well.<br>These activities show that a large number of students
(voters who are<br>generally very receptive to our cause) can be reached
quickly through<br>a campus club. A group perceived as an outside
lobbying organisation<br>might not gain access as easily. This may be an
important consideration in September when the next academic year starts and
the<br>referendum campaign is in full swing.<br>Andy <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Blair</span><br>Carleton
University Fair Vote Club </font><a href="http:///" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.mirsaya.com/cufvc</font></a></font></font><br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/2/9, Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:pnijjar@sdf.lonestar.org">pnijjar@sdf.lonestar.org</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 <a href="mailto:nrolfe@artsmail.uwaterloo.ca">nrolfe@artsmail.uwaterloo.ca</a> wrote:<br><br>><br>> We'll be accepting club package for another two weeks. Please visit<br>> <a href="http://feds.ca/clubs">
http://feds.ca/clubs</a> and look for the constitution guidelines and example.<br>> That's what we'll need to see before you can be approved.<br><br> I took a quick glance through the requirements. There are lots of
<br>rules! We should think about what we really are hoping to get out of this<br>Feds Club. Here's what I can see so far:<br> - We get some nonpartisan on-campus support<br> - We get some support with booking rooms, posters and such (I
<br>think we can get on poster runs for free)<br> - We get to advertise on Clubs days and stuff<br> - We get a website (but we can't put a discussion forum on it)<br> - We maybe get a locker in the SLC
<br><br> Here are some of the costs<br> - We need to do the AGM dance, and the executive-election dance<br> - We need to fill out lots of forms (e.g. every time we hold an<br>event)<br><br> Neither of these are comprehensive lists, but maybe they can start
<br>the discussion?<br><br> Are there seven undergrads who would be willing to join this club?<br>If we can't meet that requirement then there is little point in trying to<br>do this.<br><br>- Paul<br>_______________________________________________
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