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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Food for thought.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am speaking as someone who not only volunteered
on this project but also donated money. I want to place my
support behind a research project on the condition that the local and the
national media are asked to report on it when finished. Therefor I believe
that all leftover funds should be spent on it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If we as a group do not ask for an independent
unbiased report on what happened leading up to and including last Wednesday's
vote, we haven't finished the job and we can not keep moving forward for
the next time. It will serve notice that the government can't ignore
us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While it would be inappropriate to help fund
it without asking for it to be unbiased upfront. I believe that we can and
should ALL support the project. Money spent on thank you advertising and
gas bills could be better spent as anyone voting for the change to the system
doesn't need to be thanked for voting responsibly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's my two cents worth anyway.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was a pleasure working with all of
you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jan Liggett</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=bryn.ossington@gmail.com href="mailto:bryn.ossington@gmail.com">Bryn
Ossington</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] Surplus not
spent</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I am entirely bias on this. For one I am a board member with
LSPIRG and for two I was involved in the conversation that caused Anthony to
call Brian. LSPIRG typically pays students about $1000 to complete a research
project. What is proposed is between LSPIRG and a partner they split the cost
and together higher a researcher. I think there is some great data to go over
and this could make a great case as to the short falls of this referendum. So
as I said, I am entirely for this and entirely bias. <BR><BR>Bryn <BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/12/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Bob
Jonkman</B> <<A href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">bjonkman@sobac.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I'm
in favour of research! It's money well spent.<BR><BR>--
Bob.<BR><BR><BR>>>> 12 Oct 2007 Brian Tanguay <<A
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org</A>>
<BR>>>><BR><BR>> Hi all,<BR>><BR>> Regarding leftover
money: Anthony Piscitelli of LSPIRG phoned me this<BR>> afternoon to ask
whether we would be interested in (or able to)<BR>> co-sponsoring a
student to conduct a research project on the <BR>> referendum. We mulled
some ideas over and one that came to mind was to<BR>> try to determine if
the pro-MMP vote was higher in polls that were<BR>> canvassed (or had
literature drops) in this region than in those that <BR>> had no contact.
There should be some interesting ways of trying to<BR>> test this, and
Anthony thought that the project might cost around<BR>> $1000 in total,
to be shared by LSPIRG and us. It could lead to a <BR>> publication or
two for the student doing the research, which would be<BR>> excellent for
anyone planning on applying eventually to grad school.<BR>><BR>> So,
do you think we would have maybe $400 to devote to this project? <BR>>
Should we do something like this? I would vote yes, but then I'm an<BR>>
academic ...<BR>><BR>> Anthony promised to send me some more
information about this idea, and<BR>> I'll forward it if you think it's
something worth pursuing. <BR>><BR>>
Brian<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> >>> <A
href="mailto:kevedsmith@gmail.com">kevedsmith@gmail.com</A> 12/10/2007
1:05:02 pm >>><BR>> Hi folks:<BR>><BR>> Bronwen (our CFO)
has informed me that provincial didn't spend our <BR>> surplus, aside
from the $1350 they spent on radio ads. Indeed, they<BR>> had
a surplus of their own.<BR>><BR>> I would encourage everyone who's put
a lot into this campaign to fill<BR>> up their gas tank, and keep the
receipt for possible reimbursement. <BR>><BR>> Cambridge had an
unexpected surplus which they're spending on<BR>> thank-you
ads. Did we want to do something similar?<BR>><BR>>
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