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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Congratulations Byron! And thank you for all the work you have done to spread understanding of PR and how badly Canada needs it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> fvc-wat-disc [mailto:fvc-wat-disc-bounces@listserv.thinkers.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharon Sommerville<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 3, 2016 7:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Byron Weber Becker<br><b>Cc:</b> Bob Jonkman; Fair Vote Waterloo Region Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [fvc-wat-disc] ERRE news<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Congratulations Byron! That is a tremendous indication of the validity of your work. Where is this glorious event?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sharon<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Byron Weber Becker <<a href="mailto:byronweberbecker@gmail.com" target="_blank">byronweberbecker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif"'>Folks — </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif"'>Thought the local Fair Vote community would like to know that I’ve been invited to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reform as an “expert witness”. It will be on Oct 19, between 5:30 and 8:00pm. This is based on the modelling work I’ve been doing. If you’re really a glutton for numerical punishment, you can take a peak at </span><a href="http://election-modelling.ca" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif"'>http://election-modelling.ca</span></a><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif"'> or read my brief to the committee at </span><a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/Committee/421/ERRE/Brief/BR8454480/br-external/BeckerByronWeber-e.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif"'>http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/Committee/421/ERRE/Brief/BR8454480/br-external/BeckerByronWeber-e.pdf</span></a><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif"'>. </span><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeue","serif";color:#888888'>Byron</span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>