<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I realize that most may already know this but here goes anyway.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">While it is vital to inform the general public, it is far more important to impress upon our elected local officials that we need it adopted.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Why ?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Because it is they who will be making the decisions to accept or deny it from being implemented, not us.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">People need to continually contact their elected officials and remind them that their future depends upon this change in how vote results are tabulated is a must.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">As changes to the status quo are not generally acceptable, especially to anyone who has been in office for a decade or more, without serious public pressure for them to change, it will not happen.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">So what I am saying is, educate the public to pressure their politicians to vote for change.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">No vote no change.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><div><br></div><div>Les Kadar</div>iPad email</div><div><br>On Aug 5, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Jennifer Ross <<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com">2jennross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">That's absolutely fantastic Paul! Thank you for this work.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Paul Nijjar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I got some more news about library outreach today.<br>
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First, the good news: The Region of Waterloo library (which services<br>
the townships) is potentially interested in having a couple of<br>
electoral reform information sessions. Having only one FVC<br>
representative is okay, but we must be clear about our biases up<br>
front. The timing is towards the end of September, on a Tuesday,<br>
Wednesday, or Thursday. They will get back to me with some potential<br>
dates. The time is likely to be in the evening.<br>
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The format will be approximately the same as the KPL presentation: 45<br>
minutes of presentation followed by 45 minutes of Q&A.<br>
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They are interested in having one presentation in Elmira (!) and one<br>
in New Hamburg. I offered our services to other branches but I do not<br>
think they are interested.<br>
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Do we have some people who are willing/able to do these information<br>
sessions? Transportation is going to be an issue for some of us, I<br>
fear. In the worst case I might be able to do something, but<br>
transportation will definitely be an issue for me.<br>
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Next, the bad news: the Idea Exchange (aka Cambridge library system)<br>
is not interested.<br>
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I have also contacted the WPL but have not heard back from them.<br>
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- Paul<br>
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Electoral reform committee is happening! Submissions due Oct 7!<br>
See <a href="http://fairvotewrc.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://fairvotewrc.ca</a> for local events.<br>
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