That's so cool, Patti!!!?
It's possible to send snail mail to the minister: "20 McGloin Street, 2nd Floor, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5H1, attention Local Governance Reform Team," it says on the website. I'll keep that in mind,?send mine my snail mail and try to encourage the snail mail option. I don't think it will be practical to distribute pre-printed letters during a pandemic. FVC did something similar for Christmas: people could sign up on their website to send a PR card to Justin Trudeau, and FVC sent all those cards in their names themselves. They delivered all the cards in a truck. But that's a hell of a lot of work.
Vivian
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 at 12:49, Patti Chmelyk < patti@...> wrote:
thank you for all you do, Vivian.? i, too,
have had my head in other things - like getting settled in our new NB home;
getting our health care and medication issues settled and cared for; getting to
know our new community and how these municipal elections work; taxes; and
switching to retirement income etc...? I liked the idea of a template letter to
Higgs.? Just a thought/possible suggestion once FairVoting4NB has a critical
mass, or want to launch a campaign:? I was once involved in an environmental
fight that found this worked in our favour and definitely got the attention of
the powers that be.? Snail mail letters have to be dealt with in the government
offices - it takes up a lot of administrative time AND requires a written,
snail-mail response.? So, we (had a small budget) pre-printed several hundred
letters (with the signature lines and return address lines left blank) and
envelopes and stamped the envelopes.? We then each took a bunch of the letters
and brought them out to supporters, family, friends, neighbours - getting them
to each sign the letter adding their address - sealed the signed letters in
front of the signers, and collected all the letters.? We then would mail a
bunch every day over the period of a couple of weeks - ensuring that several
letters arrived every day.? We had the relevant government department begging
us to stop.? BTW, we eventually won - the entire campaign lasted about a year.?
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Anyway - my apologies for being so silent
for so long, and so long-winded today!? I will participate - and appreciate -
having a template letter to send.?
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Again, thank you for all you do.
Patti
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So my impression is that nobody?is really interested in a Zoom
meeting. That's fine. I think in any case that what I'd like to do, once I
finish reading the green paper, is write my own email to the Minister. I can
then use that as a template that other people can copy in writing their own
email. I'll post about this on the FB page and group and on Twitter. I hope
you'll all send your own emails too.
I think that emails from a bunch of people will have more impact than,
say, one email with a bunch of signatures, like we did for the email
to?Higgs.
If you think this is a good plan, we can go with this rather than
having a Zoom discussion about what to do.
I'm hoping that people won't dismiss this as unimportant just because
it's municipal. I've read that municipalities will be essential in responding
to the climate crisis. They won't be able to respond effectively as long as we
continue electing complacent, status-quo candidates with our terrible electoral
system.
If anyone is wondering how PR can work at the municipal level, let me
know and I'll explain.
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Great! I'd started to think nobody would respond. Are you available
next week? I've got lots of free time.
As long as I'm writing, I may as well attach my latest report on the
status of electoral reform in New
Brunswick. I wrote it last week, but nothing
super-interesting has happened since. I still haven't quite finished the green
paper. I've hit a boring stretch. I hope to get through it soon; certainly before
our Zoom call.
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Hi Vivian,
I hope all is well with you and yours.
I would be interested in this,?if a?zoom
meeting is planned.
Take care and enjoy your evening,
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Hi everyone,
As you may know, I sent an email to Keith Chiasson about adding
provisions for ranked ballots to his bill concerning changes to the Municipal
Elections Act. He's interested. We've had lively discussions, both by phone and
Zoom. I'll be sending more information on that later.
He let me know that the government?has released a green paper on
municipal reform and is looking for public input. There's nothing in there on
electoral reform in particular (no surprises there), but that doesn't mean we
can't raise the issue.
Is anyone interested in having a Zoom meeting about how we can best
seize the moment? If so, let me know your availability.
You can find more information, read the green paper and watch a video
at?
Hoping to hear from at least some of you,
Land of the Wabanaki Confederacy: Wolastokuk
(Maliseet) and Mi¡¯kmaq
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