Hi all,<br><br>I have asked if we could meet them at the printers to get our 80 signs straight away. I am planning to install as many signs as I can on Thursday afternoon with Tracey, and I will go with Angela on Thursday evening to install yet more signs.
<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Derek Kraan<br>Vote for MMP Campaign<br>Waterloo Region<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Black</b> <<a href="mailto:peter.black@sympatico.ca">
peter.black@sympatico.ca</a>><br>Date: 2 okt. 2007 18:05<br>Subject: Large MMP Signs for Your Local Campaign - Email No. 2<br>To: Supporters of MMP <<a href="mailto:peter.black@sympatico.ca">peter.black@sympatico.ca
</a>><br>Cc: Gary Shaul <<a href="mailto:garyshaul@gmail.com">garyshaul@gmail.com</a>><br><br></span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dear
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Riding Captains</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> and Regional Coordinators
</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This
is the second email I am sending on this topic (the first one is set out
below). </span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">If you did not receive our first email, please respond ASAP
to the offer set out in our first email (below). <font color="red"><span style="color: red;">SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO GARY SHAUL (COPIED HERE).</span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">The response in 24 hours has been wonderful – about 50
ridings have replied requesting 800 signs</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">. We will have no
problem in finding a "market" for all 1000.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">As
I type this, the printing presses are starting to roll, and the signs will be
ready sometime tomorrow. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We
plan to move them late Wednesday or early Thursday to 3 depots in Toronto
(west, centre, east) for people to pick them up (<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">we'll email you tomorrow about the exact locations and the phone number of
the person "minding" the signs in each depot</span></b>). For the
other signs, we will arrange for 3 vans to head west, north and east
(hopefully, on Thursday) to deliver them to the ridings or meet the riding rep
somewhere to transfer the signs to them. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Set
out below (email no. 1) are specifications about what supplies and tools you
will need to get. I want to mention here that <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">the
stakes you need </span></b>(as well as being 5 feet long and pointed) <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">should be 1 by 2 inch in size. And, if you can get an
iron bar to pound into the ground first to create a "beginning" hole,
your job will be easier.</span></b></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">My
t</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">hank</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">s to </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Gary Shaul</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> who is
doing a wonderful job of dealing with the printer, responding to all of your
emails, and figuring out the logis</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">tic</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
s of this
"little project". </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cheers</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Peter
Black</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Ottawa
Coordinator (pinch hitting for the provincial campaign)</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">613-828-1401
(home)</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">613-219-1401
(cell)</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></p>
<p><u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">First
Email Sent Monday, October 1</span></font></u></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dave
Scrymgeour, head of field support, has had to leave the campaign. </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Gary Shaul</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
and I have
volunteered to "pinch hit" for the remainder of the Campaign to
assist/support your efforts in the field, where the grassroots campaign grows
in strength every day.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We
will send an email tomorrow on other ways to get your message out, but our
focus in this email is getting large MMP signs, paid for by the provincial
campaign, into your hands as soon as possible.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Today,
we ordered 1000 large signs (48" x 30"), two-sided, for putting up in
public places (not on private lawns unless they're on a busy road). They should
be put up where the most people will see them, day after day.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">They
will be ready sometime on Wednesday when we will take them to 3 depots in </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Toronto</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
(west,
centre, east, locations TBD) for easier pick-up.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We
can get them into your hands in one of two ways:</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(1)</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">you
send someone to </span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Toronto</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
late
Wednesday or (more likely) Thursday to pick them up </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(2)</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">if you cannot do
that, we will find a way to have them delivered to you (we're looking at buses
or vans to depart </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Toronto</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> on Thursday)
</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">In order to install these signs, you need: </span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Supplies </span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
- the
central campaign will reimburse you for wooden stakes with receipt </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(1)</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">two 5 foot long pointed stakes for each
sign – <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">put them in the ground first,
then screw the signs on the stakes</span></b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(2) hardware: screws, washers <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">(heavy duty staplers won't do it)
</span></b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(3)</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">tools: electric screwdriver and
mallet, sledgehammer or axe to bang in the stakes</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Locations</span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(1) locations vary from community to
community - high traffic is key</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(2) do not put signs on private
property without permission</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Sign
crew volunteers</span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">organize volunteers to put them up
ASAP – Thursday night or Friday night or Saturday morning.</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">We need to know from each of you how many signs you could use</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
. There are
about 70 ridings (ex </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Ottawa</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, which has enough
signs) which have riding captains or active Regional Coordinators. If everyone
wanted their share, each riding could have 14 signs. Since not all will have
the capacity to make use of this order, however, we'll offer 20 signs for each
riding that wants them. And, if we run out, we run out. Better to have a few
ridings without signs than many signs without ridings.</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">So, please contact </span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">
Gary
Shaul</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"> ASAP by email (<a href="mailto:garyshaul@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
garyshaul@gmail.com</a>)
and copy me with the following info:</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Your name</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Phone Number</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Name of Riding(s)</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Number of Signs (up to 20 per riding) you could use</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Either now, or soon if you don't know yet, tell us whether
you could pick them up, can meet our truck along the way or are able to relay
them to other ridings along the way.</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Let's show </span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">
Ontario</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"> that MMP strength is spreading every day and everywhere!</span></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Looking
forward to hearing from you.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cheers</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Peter
Black</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Ottawa
Coordinator (pinch hitting for the provincial campaign)</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">613-828-1401</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">613-230-8905</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
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