FairvoteWRC meeting 2017-04-12

Meeting notes from the 2017 Spring Strategy Meeting

Held: Wednesday, 12 April 2017 at Donald and Maureen Fraser's house

• Agenda:
  • Past Events
    • Nathan Cullen (Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at Kitchener Public Library)
    • Newpaper Letters to the Editor
    • FairvoteWRC Website Letters
  • Media Strategy: David Dirks and Kathy Scott
  • Summer Festivals
    • EcoFest at The Museum (Sat, 27 May 2017)
    • TriPride (Sat in June)
    • Multicultural Festival (Sat-Sun, 24-25 June 2017)
    • Kultrun (Sat-Sun, 8-9 July 2017)
    • WR Nonviolence Festival (Sun, 9 July 2017)
    • Open Streets Waterloo (Sat or Sun, various weekends)
    • Afrofest (Sat in July)
    • LINK Picnic Festival (Sat-Sun, 26-27 August 2017)
    • Waterloo Region Labour Council Labour Day Picnic (Mon, 4 September 2017)
    • Cambridge International Festival (Sat, 23 September 2017)
  • All Votes Count with Steve Dyck and David de Weerdt

Present: Bob Jonkman, Donald Fraser, David Dirks, Evan Rosamond, Stuart Chandler, Jonathan Cassels, Mo Markham, David de Weerdt, Steve Dyck

• Introductions: Steve Dyck and David de Weerdt introduced themselves.
• Past Events
  • Nathan Cullen Tour
    • Jonathan Cassels summarized the evening at Kitchener Public Library (Wednesday, 29 March 2017).
    • He also summarized tour stops at Guelph and Toronto.
    • The intent is to introduce the ERRE report for Parliament to vote to concur on the report.
    • This needs at least 20 Liberal MPs to vote in favour for this vote to pass.
    • All opposition parties are on board, according to their house leaders (they will vote in favour to concur with the report).
    • We (members of Fair Vote Waterloo) should continue to approach Liberal MPs to vote in favour.
    • These votes (for concurrence) have historically not been whipped votes.
    • Can we use the attention given to the Conservative leadership race to engage people in this vote?
      • (the CPC leadership vote will be early May, the concurrence vote will be held late May).
  • Karina Gould has a letter about the ERRE report online: Government Response to ERRE Report
  • Jonathan Cassels relates information about his letter to Marwan Tabbara, Mr. Tabbara's response received, and Jonathan's reply: There is a responsible path forward — Electoral Reform