WR Greens Meeting Notes 2019-01-09

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When
Wednesday, 9 January 2018 at 6:00pm
Where
KWIC Co-working Centre, 2nd Floor of the Boehmer Box Building, 283 Duke Street West, Kitchener ["https://osm.org/go/ZXnwU_oa?m=" Map]
Who
Laurel Russwurm, David Weber, Trevor Pollitt, David Dolson, Teresa Cornwell, Stephanie Goertz, Tori Miknovic, Henry, Cameron, Meg Ruttan Walker, Ian Graham, Sam Nabi, Kirsten , Kris Braun, Seth Ratslaf, Stacey Danckert, Ian McGregor

Introductions

  • Q&A -- Members ask and answer questions


Nomination Meetings

  • Candidate counts: Kitchener Centre has 6 nomination candidates
  • Joint Kitchener Centre and Waterloo nomination meeting to be held Wednesday, 6 March 2019 (WR Greens regular meeting day)
    • This means Monday, 4 February 2019 is the cutoff for new memberships eligible to vote in the nomination contest.
  • Joint Kitchener South--Hespler, Kitchener--Conestoga, and Cambridge nomination to be held on Wednesday, 3 April 2019
    • Cutoff for new memberships would be Monday, 4 March 2019
    • Venue for KitSHesp, KitCon, Cambrige nomination meeting: Edelweiss Tavern on Doon Village Road, Kitchener?


  • Lapsed members (less than one year overdue) can renew membership at the nomination meetings
  • There needs to be a quorum of members for a nomination contest
  • If nominees have question please contact Randi Ramdeen randi.ramdeen@greenparty.ca ; she's the Ontario provincial contact for the Green Party of Canada
  • Registered nominees get information from their EDA, eg. Green Party membership list


Campaign Funding

  • Elections Canada has rules about campaign funding for nomination contests
    • If a nominee spends money on the nomination campaign that nominee must appoint a Financial Agent, bank account, auditor, &c.
    • So, don't spend money on your nomination contest
    • If a Financial Agent is needed for zero-cost nomination campaigns then Theresa Cornwell can be your Financial Agent


Contested Nominations

  • Joint nomination contests are unique to Waterloo Region
  • Even electoral districts with only a single nominee will have a nomination contest against "None Of The Above"


Pre-nomination Meeting

  • For nominees in all five Waterloo Region ridings (Kitchener Centre, Waterloo, Kitchener South -- Hespeler, Kitchener -- Conestoga, Cambridge)
  • Gives all nominees a trial run at campaigning
  • Should this be a social event? Yes.
  • Will be held on Thursday, 31 January 2019 (6:00pm?)
    • Venues considered:
      • KWIC, 2nd floor of the old Boehmer Box Building
      • Church (Waterloo Grand River Church?)
      • Huether Jazz Room? (needs a minimum of 30 people, but then it's free)
      • 1 King Street North (Waterloo), a co-working site
      • The Working Centre, Fresh Ground Cafe
      • Retirement homes?
      • Morning Glory Cafe?
    • Book a small venue, then rebook to a larger venue if necessary
    • Try Jazz Room first


  • Have a training session for candidates?
    • Either through the GPC, or by webinars
    • Stacey Danckert could help to organize


  • What is our reach?
    • Waterloo mailing list is 1,500, with 30% of recipients opening the messages
    • Website has about 2,300 followers that get e-mail for new posts
  • Press events?
    • CBC has again not included Greens in their recent morning show
  • Media buys?



Green Walks

  • Initiated by Ian McGregor and Tom Nagy
  • Green Walks will be made a part of the official campaign for Waterloo, a central component in the Waterloo EDA
    • Other electoral districts to join?
    • Other people to join?
  • People commit to voting Green for climate action if we pass a threshold of support: 50, 250, 20,000?
    • Method: People going for a walk to explain the Green Walk principle and Green Party policies
    • Keep a list, riding-related
  • This is a good campaign for Kitchenre Centre and Waterloo, and other ridings
  • There should be a website to allow people to participate, self-select, and see results.
    • Website should track both streams (self-selected and invitations to participate), A-B testing
    • Checks the difference between making a human connection and clicktivism (merely clicking on a website button)
    • Need a design session?
  • "I'll do, will you?"
    • Four key points:
      1. A threshold of commitments (web and personal)
      2. A clear, personal relationship
      3. An object to wear (bracelet, amulet)
      4. Followed up with a "We Remember" party, celebration


  • Hash-taggable, put on campaign signs
    • Keep the number of signups visible
    • Assurances that this is not all Greens
    • Have a reveal of numbers after a higher total has been reached


  • Green Walk numbers will be good in door knocking during campaign


  • Write two e-mails:
    • "We have 20,000 signups, go vote!"
    • "We have (some other threshold), go vote!"


  • What if we don't get our targets?
    • People follow through
    • Walks foster friendship


  • Roles for Green Walks
    • Organizing, recruiting
    • Adminstration: keeping tabs on numbers
    • Marketing: strategy and execution
      • design and website
    • Strategy: designing the event
    • Have an e-mail list?


  • Ideas to export this idea to other Green Parties (if successful)


Committee Reports

Communications

  • Difficulty getting a committee meeting together
  • Social media, and general marketing strategy
    • Most of this work has been done by Laurel Russwurm
  • There is no cohesive strategy
  • There is no paid campaign
  • There are no tools like Buffer
  • Need to redo website?
    • Copy and rebrand WREN site?
      • But that site is not finished yet


  • We'll get more volunteers once election campaigns kick off
  • Candidates will bring in their networks
  • Communicate with existing Mailchimp lists
    • Get some volunteers coming out from these lists


Volunteers

  • Pages of ideas
    • But execution is tough with only three members on the Volunteer Committee
    • Dependent on action by the Communications Committee


  • Would the WR Greens be better with a board of directors?
    • Big picture thinking?
    • Committee chairs as executives?
    • Or an Executive member from the riding associations?
    • At least five people
    • Would provide structure for the Committees
      • ie. What should Communications do?
    • Provide structure for the candidates


  • Stacey will:
    • Contact the Executive mailing list
    • Get coordinated before the October election


  • Local sustainability groups are talking about the election
    • Other social justice groups too


  • Get a meeting of the Communications Committee re: website


Events

  • Doug Ford is having a fundraiser at Bingemans
    • There will be a protest.
  • Rebook the Post-Holiday event for Earth Day?
    • No, that's Easter Sunday
  • Have a Post-Nomination Event
  • Other events


Meeting notes taken by Bob Jonkman

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