<div dir="ltr">Hi, All,<div>Just confirming the info from Jay that the next meeting for FVWR discussion group will be:</div><div>Wed. Nov. 27</div><div>7:00 pm</div><div>at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church</div><div>at the corner of Water and Duke streets in Kitchener</div><div><br></div><div>I learned that someone who hasn't attended recently was unable to get into the church when he arrived late and there was no one at the door.</div><div>Although it is difficult to have someone at the door after the meeting begins, we will try to check the door more diligently for late arrivals. </div><div><b>Also, anyone who arrives late and can't get in, may call my cell phone, and we'll come let you in: 519 504-0090.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Here are notes from the meeting of 30 Oct. 2019:</b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Region Fair Vote Waterloo Discussion Group </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span lang="EN-US">Meeting notes for 30 Oct. 2019</span></u></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"> Discussion of the election results and their
effect on the cause of electoral reform.
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Plans for visiting Waterloo Region
MPs to deliver information about Citizens’ Assemblies and encourage their
support:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Marwan Tabara (Kitchener South-Hespeler): Jay Judkowitz, Corliss Olson and David Dirks </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Bardish Chaggar (Waterloo): Terry Henderson and Dave Arthur</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Raj Saini (Kitchener): </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Tim Louis (</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Brian May (Cambridge): </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Website: Jay offered to talk to Bob and Aden to
consider ways of getting our website back online.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Possibility of organizing a public event and/or a door-knocking campaign.
A strategy meeting is needed to discuss this further.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p></div><div><b>Agenda for the meeting on Nov. 27th:</b></div><div><b>1. David and Jay will lead a discussion of the information in the video 'PR4PR', which can be viewed at the link in Jay's email, above.</b></div><div><b>2. Update on visiting MPs re: support for creating a Citizens' Assembly to design a reformed electoral system for Canada.</b></div><div><b>3. Update re: restoring the website.</b></div><div><b>4. Other topics: </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Please let me know if you have any other topics to add to the agenda.</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Cathy</b></div><div><b><br></b></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 3:02 PM Jay Judkowitz <<a href="mailto:judkowitz@gmail.com">judkowitz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks! David was the one who suggested to pre-watching. <div><br></div><div>The web site still seems down but I believe the meeting is same as any other - 7pm the last Wed of the month (27th this month) at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:00 PM Catherine Campbell <<a href="mailto:cdcampbell9@gmail.com" target="_blank">cdcampbell9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Great work, suggesting we prepare so we’ll be informed participants. Time and date? I’m looking forward to also having input from our esteemed leader, Anita Nickerson. Anita gave important info and advice at Cathy Scott’s dining room table in August. Regards, Cathe Campbell</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 21, 2019, at 2:30 PM, Jay Judkowitz <<a href="mailto:judkowitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">judkowitz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Hello Fairvoters,<div><br></div><div> At next week's discussion meeting, David and I will be talking about the work from PR4PR on moral framing and language we use for the PR debate. It's interesting stuff informed by recent research in political psychology and political communication. </div><div><br></div><div> We highly encourage folks to spend an hour watching the webinar the PR4PR team did for Toronto's Fairvote chapter. It's here on YouTube. <a href="https://youtu.be/kQU2IOGNQNk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/kQU2IOGNQNk</a></div><div><br></div><div> The discussion will cover (a) the importance & potential of "framing" the issue as presented in the video and (b) feedback the PR4PR team has gotten since the video was released and (c) what ideas/thoughts you all may have in terms of our approach locally and how we proceed.</div><div><br></div><div> We look forward to seeing you all there.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Jay</div></div></div>
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