<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hi folks:</span></span></span></b></font>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are the minutes from tonight. The executive and general meetings were rolled into one.
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<br></span></span></span></span></b></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Kevin.</span></span><br></span></b></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Fair
Vote Canada</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Executive
and General Meetings</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>May
22, 2007, 7pm.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Exec
Present: Kevin, Brian, Derek, Angela, Shannon</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Others:
Paul Nijjar, Katherine Fife.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">1.Outreach
Strategy:</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Katherine
Fife suggestion - approach city and township councils and school
boards</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Waterloo
Region District School Board</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">city
councils will pretty much have to endorse</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">press
release to local papers beforehand</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Groups</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Neighbourhood
Associations: Kevin will be the point person for these</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Waterloo,
Kitchener, Cambridge</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Paul
has links to lists in the Wiki</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Family
Coalition Party – Derek</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Guelph
Civic League – Brian</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">I
Believe in Kitchener – Paul</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Waterlooians
– Brian</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Social
Planning Council</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">KW
– Kevin</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Cambridge
– Paul</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Municipalities
– Angela</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Chamber
of Commerce – Angela</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Pamphlets</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">120
OCA booklets (32-page report) in box – order 600</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Polling</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">rumour
has it that there is 60% soft support for electoral reform</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">heavily
influenced by media</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">people
want a debate, but not a shouting match</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Opposition</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Toronto
Star is against</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">"<font face="Arial, sans-serif">Overthrow
150 years of tradition"</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Witmers
and the conservatives will be opposed (vocally)</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Liberals
will have neutral to lukewarm support</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Main
argument is about the party hacks</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">We
already have party hacks – nominations rigged; MPPs toe party
line</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Media</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Need
heads up when things are published; write letters to editor.</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Brian
will collect past articles from Record</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Derek
will alert us when content comes up</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Shannon
will monitor the Cambridge Times</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Brian
will monitor the Waterloo Chronicle</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Derek
will check into the Woolwich Observer, Elmira Independent, </font>
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">other
townships: North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot -?</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Brian
will face off with Peter Woolstencroft tomorrow, 9-10pm</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">need
to rotate people for each paper</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Record
will print once per two months for each person</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">will
recruit a group to focus on letters</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Events</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">May
27 (Lib – Cambridge): Shannon, Brian.</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">May
29 (Green – Waterloo): Paul, Graham</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">May
31 (Conservative – Kitchener Centre): Derek</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">June
23-24 (Multicultural Festival): Angela, Derek, Shannon, Kevin,
Paul, Brian</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">June
12? (Nonviolence Festival): Derek</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">July
28-29 (Hillside in Guelph): Angela, Kevin can transport</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">June
24 (Dandelion Potluck): Paul</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">May
27(Waterloo 150<sup>th</sup>): Angela, Derek, (Paul will inquire)</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">July
1 (UW Canada Day): Paul will inquire</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Citizen's
Assembly Members</font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">there's
one in each riding</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">may
be interested in campaigning – brainstorm with them</font></p>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br>
</p>
<ol start="2"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Fair
Vote AGM</font></p>
</li></ol>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br>
</p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Angela
and Derek will be going for the whole weekend for sure.</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Kevin
looking at Saturday</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Paul
is unclear about whether he's going (will talk to Kevin)</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">We
should be OK.</font></p>
</li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br>
</p>
<ol start="3"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Next
meetings</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-
Information night on May 8 had 7!! people</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-
Not sure if we can use this space</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-
doors lock automatically at 6pm.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-
Next meeting: Tues, June 12, at 6pm</font></p>
</li></ol>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Adjourned
at 9:15 PM.</font></p>
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