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<p>I think it's interesting and informative. I'm afraid she was
physically uncomfortable, but she was articulate and clear. She's
smart.</p>
<p>She presents a very antipodean point of view of the electorate's
mindset ("give it a go"). Do Canadians think that way?</p>
<p>She says at the beginning "It DOES change the culture". And she
demonstrates this by talking about exactly who is elected. And
coalitions and so on. "Support parties" - just imagine that
concept! Collaboration.........! Discussions, input from the
other parties........! "How refreshing", she said. Autocratic,
dictatorial prime ministers are impossible. More Maoris. FPTP >
duopoly - not fair.<br>
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It wouldn't be a bad thing to show. Not at all.<br>
<br>
Mary<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2018-06-27 5:58 PM, Sharon
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the recommendation Dave, will make sure
to see it.
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<div>Is is suitable for a public showing?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:39 PM, Dave
Arthur <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Again, I’m sorry too that I have
another commitment tonight keeping me from the AGM.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I just watched the Broadbent
Institute video of their presentation in BC by Helen
Clark, former PM in New Zealand, on their experience
with PR and MMP.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Excellent!!! A must-see!!!</p>
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Ross</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:20 AM<span
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Waterloo Region Discussion</a><br>
</span><b>Subject: </b>Re: [fvc-wat-disc]
[fvc-wat-announce] AGM and Discussion Night,7pm Wed
27 Jun 2018 at Bread&Roses</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am SO SORRY to be missing
the AGM. There goes my perfect AGM attendance
record. And particularly because it sounds
like a great one; please take copious notes if
you can't record it, LOL.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My condo AGM is also
tonight, I'm still debating whether to stand
for that board this year.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at
3:21 AM, Bob Jonkman <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi again: The AGM Agenda
has been finalized:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/fairvotewrc-annual-general-meeting-and-discussion-night/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/<wbr>fairvotewrc-annual-general-<wbr>meeting-and-discussion-night/</a><br>
<br>
The minutes from the 2017 AGM are available:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/meetings/2017-agm/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/<wbr>meetings/2017-agm/</a><br>
<br>
New Business items are:<br>
<br>
1) Festival Season! (Sharon Sommerville,
Cathy Scott)<br>
<br>
2) Should we initiate a provincial petition
similar to our federal<br>
petitions for our regional MPPs? (Casey
Howard)<br>
<br>
3) Should we begin a door to door canvass
about electoral reform? (Casey<br>
Howard)<br>
<br>
4) Possible Fall Event: Panel discussion
with Denis Pilon, Bob Hepburn<br>
(who wrote Ontario politicians should stay
clear of electoral reform),<br>
and Mitch Potter (who wrote Will Ontario’s
vote results open the door to<br>
electoral reform?) (Sharon Sommerville).<br>
<br>
5) Municipal Electoral Reform Referendum in
Cambridge (Yes, Cambridge!)<br>
(Myron Steinman, Sharon Sommerville)<br>
<br>
6) Meeting with the new Chief Editor at the
Record (Cathe Campbell)<br>
<br>
7) Marketing plan to draw people into our
movement more effectively<br>
(Kevin Smith)<br>
<br>
<br>
With this number of New Business items we
may not get to the Discussion<br>
part of Discussion Night. If so, we'll
postpone the Election Analysis<br>
until our meeting in August. Anyway, there
was only one submission for<br>
analysis by some guy wearing a green tie...<br>
<br>
<br>
And a note from Scott Stager Piatkowski, the
Co-ordinator at Bread and<br>
Roses:<br>
<br>
> The north lot is currently being
repaved. It is still closed!<br>
> <br>
> FairvoteWRC members may wish to
consider not driving to the meeting or, if
they do, parking off site (street parking on
Benton or David, lot parking at Victoria
Park, just inside the gate).<br>
<br>
<br>
See you all Wednesday!<br>
<span style="color:#888888"><br>
<span class="m_-8023207083040538716hoenzb">--Bob.</span></span></p>
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On 2018-06-26 11:48 AM, Bob Jonkman
wrote:<br>
> Hi all: Quick reminder of
tomorrow's Annual General Meeting and<br>
> Discussion Night. You can review
the agenda at:<br>
> <br>
> <a
href="http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/fairvotewrc-annual-general-meeting-and-discussion-night/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/<wbr>fairvotewrc-annual-general-<wbr>meeting-and-discussion-night/</a><br>
> <br>
> The New Business section has been
updated with the following items:<br>
> <br>
> * Festival Season!<br>
> <br>
> * Should we initiate a provincial
petition similar to our federal<br>
> petitions for our regional MPPs?<br>
> <br>
> * Should begin a door to door
canvass about electoral reform?<br>
> <br>
> * Possible Fall Event: Panel
discussion with Denis Pilon, Bob Hepburn<br>
> (who wrote Ontario politicians
should stay clear of electoral reform),<br>
> and Mitch Potter (who wrote Will
Ontario’s vote results open the door to<br>
> electoral reform?).<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> If you want to add any other items
under New Business please let me know<br>
> by tommorrow at noon.<br>
> <br>
> See you all tomorrow!<br>
> <br>
> --Bob.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 2018-06-16 05:52 PM, Scott
Stager Piatkowski wrote:<br>
>> Just chiming in as the
Co-ordinator at Bread and Roses. The
north lot is currently being repaved. It
SHOULD be open again on June 25, but
that is subject to weather and other
variables. If it is open, it may be
unusually full due to other lot
closures.<br>
>><br>
>> FVWR members may wish to
consider not driving to the meeting or,
if they do, parking off site (street
parking on Benton or David, lot parking
at Victoria Park, just inside the gate).<br>
>><br>
>> Scott <br>
>><br>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry — the
most secure mobile device — via the Bell
Network<br>
>><br>
>> Original Message <br>
>> From: <a
href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bjonkman@sobac.com</a><br>
>> Sent: June 16, 2018 5:25 PM<br>
>> To: <a
href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">fvc-wat-announce@listserv.<wbr>thinkers.org</a><br>
>> Reply to: <a
href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.<wbr>thinkers.org</a><br>
>> Subject: [fvc-wat-announce] AGM
and Discussion Night, 7pm Wed 27 Jun
2018 at Bread&Roses<br>
>><br>
>> Hi everyone! The provincial
election is over, June is more than half<br>
>> over, and the year is almost
half over! It's time to have the Annual<br>
>> General Meeting for the Fair
Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> == AGM Agenda ==<br>
>> Date: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
from 7:00pm to 9:00pm<br>
>><br>
>> 1) Introductions<br>
>><br>
>> 2) Review/Accept minutes from
2017 AGM<br>
>><br>
>> 3) Statement from the Chair<br>
>><br>
>> 4) Financial Statement<br>
>><br>
>> 5) Old Business<br>
>><br>
>> 6) Election of Executive:<br>
>><br>
>> There are five positions on our
Executive Board up for re-election:<br>
>><br>
>> * Co-Chair (1 position, two
year term)<br>
>> * Treasurer (1 position, two
year term)<br>
>> * Member-At-Large (3 positions,
one year term)<br>
>><br>
>> The other two Executive
positions (Co-chair Sharon Sommerville
and<br>
>> Secretary Kevin Smith) will
start the second year of their two year
term.<br>
>><br>
>> You can nominate someone at the
meeting, or nominate yourself. If you<br>
>> can't make it to the meeting
but would like to stand for nomination
then<br>
>> contact me or FairvoteWRC by
phone or e-mail (contact info below),
and<br>
>> we'll ensure your name is on
the ballot.<br>
>><br>
>> The voting will be by Single
Transferable Vote; once elected, the new<br>
>> Executive will decide amongst
themselves which positions to fill.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone who is a member of Fair
Vote Canada can vote at the AGM and be<br>
>> nominated for a position on the
Executive. You can get or renew your<br>
>> membership ($25) at the
meeting, or online at<br>
>><br>
>> <a
href="https://secure.fairvote.ca/en/civicrm/contribute/transact?id=12"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://secure.fairvote.ca/en/<wbr>civicrm/contribute/transact?<wbr>id=12</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 7) New Business<br>
>> 7.1) Festival Season!<br>
>><br>
>> If anyone has additional items
for the New Business section of the<br>
>> agenda, please let me know
(contact info below).<br>
>><br>
>> 8) Adjournment of AGM.<br>
>><br>
>> 9) Discussion Night: Provincial
Election Analysis<br>
>><br>
>> The 2018 provincial election
gave the usual results: 40% votes, 60%<br>
>> seats, 100% power. But there
are more subtle insights; some of<br>
>> FairvoteWRC's members have
given it deeper thought than 40:60:100.
If<br>
>> you've done some analysis I
invite you to come to the Discussion
Night<br>
>> portion of the evening and
present it, 5 minutes for presentation,
plus<br>
>> 5 minutes for Q&A. Please
contact me if you have some analysis to
present.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> See you all there!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> *What*: FairvoteWRC Annual
General Meeting and Discussion Night<br>
>> *When*: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
from 7:00pm to 9:00pm<br>
>> *Where*: Community Room, Bread
and Roses Co-op<br>
>> *Location*: 307 Queen Street
South, Kitchener<br>
>> *Map*: <a
href="https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTLMg--?m="
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTLMg--?<wbr>m=</a><br>
>><br>
>> PARKING:<br>
>><br>
>> If you're driving to Discussion
Night at Bread And Roses, place a note<br>
>> on the dashboard of your
vehicle:<br>
>><br>
>> *Meeting in Community Room re:
Apt 107 from 7-9pm*<br>
>><br>
>> and park in the north lot, on
the other side of the Morrison-Reist<br>
>> building (Map: <a
href="https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTL0rw--?m="
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://osm.org/go/ZXnwTL0rw--<wbr>?m=</a>
)<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --Bob Jonkman, Co-Chair, Fair
Vote Waterloo<br>
>><br>
>> Phone: +1-519-635-9413<br>
>> E-mail: <a
href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bjonkman@sobac.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> FairvoteWRC Contact Info:<br>
>> Phone: +1–519–279–2990<br>
>> E-mail: <a
href="mailto:info@fairvotewrc.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">info@fairvotewrc.ca</a><br>
>><br>
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