Since 19 April 2006 the Waterloo Region Chapter of Fair Vote Canada has served Waterloo Region: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and the surrounding townships. Residents of other nearby locations (such as Guelph) are also welcome to participate in the Chapter's activities.

You can contact the Waterloo Region Chapter of Fair Vote Canada by e-mail at waterlooregion@fairvote.ca.

We organize many chapter activities using the Internet. The Waterloo Region Chapter has a page on Facebook and is “@fairvotewrc” on Identi.ca and Twitter.

There are also mailing lists for the Waterloo Region Chapter that anyone can join. You don't need to be affiliated with Fair Vote Canada to join these lists!

• Our low-volume, announcement-only list is called "fvc-wat-announce". On this list we announce chapter events, activities, and meetings. Everybody who wants to keep informed of chapter activities should subscribe to this list by visiting the fvc-wat-announce list signup page.
• We also have a discussion list called "fvc-wat-disc" for event planning and discussion amongst participants. You want to subscribe to this list if you are interested in helping organize Chapter activities or discussing the state of Electoral Reform in Waterloo. Subscribe by visiting the fvc-wat-disc list signup page.

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Issue #3, 2008

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS — FEDERAL ELECTION FAIR VOTING CAMPAIGN

Another federal election is upon us and the executive members of the Waterloo Region Fair Vote Canada Chapter have developed an activity plan to raise awareness about the need for electoral reform during the campaign.

We are focusing on two tasks:

1. Sending letters to local newspapers linking electoral reform to the federal election
2. Attending all candidates' debates to ask questions about electoral reform and to distribute literature

(read the full newsletter)

2009 Annual General Meeting of the Waterloo Chapter

Date: Monday, 8 June 2009 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Community Meeting Room, second floor, Zehrs store at the Laurentian Power Centre, 750 Ottawa Street South, Kitchener, ON (map)

The meeting included elections to the board of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter. A few board members stepped down, including chapter co-chair Angela Yenssen, so several spaces were available on the board for interested members.

The meeting also featured a roundtable discussion on the future of the electoral reform movement in Canada in light of the recent referenda in Ontario (2007) and British Columbia (2006, 2009). This discussion will included Angela Yenssen's research for her Master's degree in Public Policy, Administration and Law regarding voting rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Fair Vote Ontario — A Public Forum, 21 February 2009

Hosted by: Law Faculty, University of Toronto, Flavelle House, 78 Queen's Park Crescent West, Toronto

Angela Yenssen organised car pool arrangements from Waterloo Region.

This forum examined strategies for Ontarians to help advance voting reform at the federal and provincial levels.

More details are at http://fairvoteontario.eventbrite.com/

Fair Vote Canada annual meeting, 31 May 2008

See the Fair Vote Canada main page for more information about the Annual General Meeting.

The Waterloo Chapter organised a car pool for those from Waterloo who attended.

2007 Campaign

Leading up to the Provincial Election on 10 October 2007, the Waterloo Region Chapter of Fair Vote Canada ran a vigorous campaign.

Here is some of the Waterloo Region media coverage about fair voting, the chapter, and the Ontario Citizens' Assembly.

Some good educational materials are available on the government's Citizens' Assembly Website. In particular, the "Classroom" section contains a lot of good information.

TV Ontario is publishing Video and Podcasts from the Citizens' Assembly plenary sessions.

Here are some possible activities the chapter might take on. They were brainstormed during our April 2006 AGM.

Here are our Chapter Bylaws.

The following groups have cosponsored events and/or expressed support for the Waterloo Region Chapter:

• The Wilfrid Laurier Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work provided us with meeting space.
• The Working Centre in downtown Kitchener provided us with meeting space.
• The good folks at CCj/Clearline donated hosting for our mailing lists.
• The University of Waterloo Conservatives cosponsored the November 2, 2006 talk.
• The University of Waterloo Young Liberals cosponsored the November 2, 2006 talk.
• The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group provided resources to help get this chapter started, sponsored our initial event by Larry Gordon, and cosponsored the November 2, 2006 talk.
• The Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group sponsored the November 14, 2006 talk.
• The Kitchener-Waterloo Humanist Movement provided a booth for the Chapter during the 2006 Nonviolence Festival.

You can contact the Waterloo Region Chapter of Fair Vote Canada by e-mail at waterlooregion@fairvote.ca

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