[GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Jenna Quinn
Jenna.Quinn at raresites.org
Thu Aug 26 09:47:13 EDT 2021
Hi Everyone,
An update for the Kitchener Centre debate. Waterloo Region Nature will host the debate with our zoom account. All the candidates have been contacted via phone and an invitation letter has been sent via email. The Eventbrite is set up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kitchener-centre-debate-on-the-environment-tickets-168497668061
I have attached our WRN logo if it could also be included on promo materials anyone else might be using to promote all the local debates.
Mary Jane- thanks for offering to moderate! I’ll connect with you outside of this email chain to discuss more.
I also attended the webinar last night on the tech. I would say if you are new to using Zoom Webinar add-on and you are going to be the lead setting it up, it is a worth-while watch and they are going to share the recording. Also of note is that GreenPAC is offering reimbursement up to $200 per debate to help cover any costs, such as zoom upgrades. They said just keep your receipts.
Quick summary update:
Cambridge
Zoom: Reep account
Moderator: Mike Farwell
Kitchener-Conestoga
Zoom: rare account
Moderator: Tova?
Kitchener Centre
Zoom: Waterloo Region Nature account
Moderator: Mary Jane Patterson (likely)
-Jenna
Jenna Quinn
Program Scientist- Research & Education Priorities, Partnerships, & Monitoring
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge ON N3H 4R8
phone: 519-650-9336 x111 fax: 519-650-5923
email: jenna.quinn at raresites.org<mailto:jenna.quinn at raresites.org>
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ü Please consider the environment before printing this email.
From: Mary Jane Patterson <mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca>
Sent: August 25, 2021 3:11 PM
To: Jenna Quinn <Jenna.Quinn at raresites.org>; Tim Alamenciak <talamenciak at reepgreen.ca>; Stephanie Sobek-Swant <Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org>; Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com>
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Subject: RE: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Hi Jenna,
I moderated the debate for Kitchener Centre a couple of years ago and am happy to do it again. It was in person, and this one is not, so if there are other candidates with good experience moderating online discussions, let’s consider them too.
Thank you for going to the meeting today!
I emailed some of the organizers of the Kitchener Centre debate last time and will connect them to this group. They can’t take the lead this time but some might be able to help.
Cheers, Mary Jane
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Subject: RE: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Hi Everyone,
I’m wearing two hats here as a rare team member and also a board member with Waterloo Region Nature. I am hopeful WRN will be able to use our zoom account to host the Kitchener Centre debate. I have signed up through the website as well. Will confirm 100% once I confirm our zoom details. This would free up the rare account for Kitchener Conestoga.
Any suggestions for moderators for Kitchener Centre? Send them my way!
I will sign up for tomorrow’s zoom call, thanks Laura for sending that.
-Jenna
Jenna Quinn
Program Scientist- Research & Education Priorities, Partnerships, & Monitoring
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge ON N3H 4R8
phone: 519-650-9336 x111 fax: 519-650-5923
email: jenna.quinn at raresites.org<mailto:jenna.quinn at raresites.org>
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ü Please consider the environment before printing this email.
From: Tim Alamenciak <talamenciak at reepgreen.ca<mailto:talamenciak at reepgreen.ca>>
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Subject: RE: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Hello all – I’m glad to see so many people coming together for this! Each Zoom account can only host 1 webinar at a time, and since all of these are happening at the same time, we’ll need a different Zoom account for each riding’s debate.
Just to make sure I am understanding/keeping track so far, we are short one Zoom account to cover all the proposed ridings:
Cambridge
Zoom: Reep account
Moderator: Mike Farwell
Kitchener-Conestoga
Zoom: ?
Moderator: Tova?
Kitchener Centre
Zoom: rare account
Moderator: ?
All the best,
Tim
From: Stephanie Sobek-Swant <Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org<mailto:Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org>>
Sent: August 24, 2021 4:01 PM
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Cc: Kevin Thomason <kevthomason at gmail.com<mailto:kevthomason at gmail.com>>; NVEcoboosters <nvecoboosters at gmail.com<mailto:nvecoboosters at gmail.com>>; GREN Executive <executive at gren.ca<mailto:executive at gren.ca>>; Tova Davidson <tova.davidson at sustainablewr.ca<mailto:tova.davidson at sustainablewr.ca>>; Hold the Line WR <connect at holdthelinewr.org<mailto:connect at holdthelinewr.org>>; Laura Klein <Laura.Klein at raresites.org<mailto:Laura.Klein at raresites.org>>; Jenna Quinn <Jenna.Quinn at raresites.org<mailto:Jenna.Quinn at raresites.org>>
Subject: RE: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Hi everyone,
I have confirmed that rare’s webinar option apparently can accommodate up to 500 people. Also bringing in Jenna into the conversations who has volunteered to help as we believe there is also a need for an event for Kitchener Centre, which we feel will be a very important riding this time. Laura has also told me that apparently we are only obligate to invite the representatives of the 4 main parties, but we should double check that – those are the ones who have been invited for the Cambridge event.
I could send out invitations to the politicians. Kevin, would you perhaps be able to help with the tech end of things the night of the event? I have never run the webinar function so I’m not sure how complicated it is, and I’m admittedly not the most tech savvy among us.
Thank you all,
St.
Dr. Stephanie Sobek-Swant
Executive Director
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge ON N3H 4R8
phone: 519-650-9336 x113 fax: 519-650-5923
email: stephanie.sobek-swant at raresites.org<mailto:stephanie.sobek-swant at raresites.org>
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I live and work on Anishinaabe & Haudenosaunee territory
ü Please consider the environment before printing this email.
From: Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com<mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com>>
Sent: August 24, 2021 12:30 PM
To: Tim Alamenciak <talamenciak at reepgreen.ca<mailto:talamenciak at reepgreen.ca>>; Mary Jane Patterson <mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca<mailto:mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca>>; Stephanie Sobek-Swant <Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org<mailto:Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org>>
Cc: Kevin Thomason <kevthomason at gmail.com<mailto:kevthomason at gmail.com>>; NVEcoboosters <nvecoboosters at gmail.com<mailto:nvecoboosters at gmail.com>>; GREN Executive <executive at gren.ca<mailto:executive at gren.ca>>; Tova Davidson <tova.davidson at sustainablewr.ca<mailto:tova.davidson at sustainablewr.ca>>; Hold the Line WR <connect at holdthelinewr.org<mailto:connect at holdthelinewr.org>>; Laura Klein <Laura.Klein at raresites.org<mailto:Laura.Klein at raresites.org>>
Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
I just checked. I have a Pro Zoom account for the Good Green Death Project, can host up to 100 people, but the webinar option is an add-on that I don't have.
Dorothy, can we use the EcoBoosters Zoom account that you use for your webinars for Kitchener-Conestoga, and is anyone available and tech-savvy in the group to handle that?
Susan
On 8/24/2021 10:57 AM, Tim Alamenciak wrote:
Hello all – Happy to support and develop questions together and work on this. We can also make an EventBrite page and banner image for the event. Our Zoom is being used for Cambridge, so another account would be needed – either Susan or rare’s.
This is the EventBrite page for Cambridge – rare will be sharing soon on their social media and we will follow: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/100-debates-on-the-environment-cambridge-tickets-167726786333?ref=estw
The attached image can easily be changed for other ridings, like Kitchener-Conestoga. Just let me know and I can make it happen.
Looking forward to working on this together!
All the best,
Tim
From: Mary Jane Patterson <mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca><mailto:mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca>
Sent: August 24, 2021 10:50 AM
To: Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com><mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com>; Stephanie Sobek-Swant <Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org><mailto:Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org>
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Subject: RE: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
I’m adding Tim Alamenciak, our Communications Manager at Reep, to this thread.
Mary Jane
Mary Jane Patterson, MES, (she/her)
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From: Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com<mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com>>
Sent: August 24, 2021 10:37 AM
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Subject: RE: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Mine is a paid account, not the free version.
Susan
On 24 Aug. 2021 08:37, Stephanie Sobek-Swant <Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org<mailto:Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org>> wrote:
Hi,
I will confirm today, but I do think we need the professional version of Zoom for this, not the free one – to be able to have a panel and a separate audience, which I believe requires the webinar function and also the free version meetings are limited to 45 minutes.
St.
Dr. Stephanie Sobek-Swant
Executive Director
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge ON N3H 4R8
phone: 519-650-9336 x113 fax: 519-650-5923
email: stephanie.sobek-swant at raresites.org<mailto:stephanie.sobek-swant at raresites.org>
website: raresites.org<http://raresites.org/>
pronouns: she/her
I live and work on Anishinaabe & Haudenosaunee territory
ü Please consider the environment before printing this email.
From: Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com<mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com>>
Sent: August 24, 2021 12:58 AM
To: Stephanie Sobek-Swant <Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org<mailto:Stephanie.Sobek-Swant at raresites.org>>; Kevin Thomason <kevthomason at gmail.com<mailto:kevthomason at gmail.com>>
Cc: NVEcoboosters <nvecoboosters at gmail.com<mailto:nvecoboosters at gmail.com>>; Mary Jane Patterson <mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca<mailto:mjpatterson at reepgreen.ca>>; GREN Executive <executive at gren.ca<mailto:executive at gren.ca>>; Tova Davidson <tova.davidson at sustainablewr.ca<mailto:tova.davidson at sustainablewr.ca>>; Hold the Line WR <connect at holdthelinewr.org<mailto:connect at holdthelinewr.org>>; Laura Klein <Laura.Klein at raresites.org<mailto:Laura.Klein at raresites.org>>
Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
These are the candidates for Kitchener-Conestoga listed on the CBC website:
1. Liberal Tim Louis (incumbent).
2. Conservative Carlene Hawley.
3. Green's Owen Bradley.
4. People's Party candidate Kevin Depuis.
5. Veterans Coalition Party of Canada candidate Matthew Correia.
I have a Zoom account, have hosted Zoom events by invitation, but haven't done anything that's open to the general public. I'm pretty sure you can get just get Zoom for a month, so maybe that would be one route to go for our groups, like GREN, for example, to host an event. If REEP could compile questions from all of us and what they have already, we would just need to get invites out to the candidates for Sept 8 for 7 to 9, we could probably follow the same format we had for live forums where they are each given 2 minutes or so to speak, then each given the opportunity to answer specific questions which we could provide beforehand, and then have someone monitoring the chat box for questions from people attending for the last 30 minutes or so. And promote through our collective networks. Need to commit to this quickly. I'm cottaging Aug 28 to Sept 4, but would hate to see us miss an opportunity to do this.
If we go this route, Tova, would you be willing to moderate again for Kitchener-Conestoga? You did such a wonderful job last time! :-)
Should be pretty straightforward to do.
Susan
On 8/23/2021 5:31 PM, Stephanie Sobek-Swant wrote:
Hi you all,
I'm also in the Kitchener-Conestoga riding - I'm officially going on vacation for a couple of weeks but could help organizing in my spare time. I will speak to Laura tomorrow who is organizing the Cambridge event at rare - perhaps we can piggyback on the model and copy it/ co-promote it for our riding. I'm not sure if both Reep and rare have a Zoom account with the webinar feature - I know rare does. If yes, we could probably hold parallel events on Zoom fairly easily assuming one of us can manage the tech side of it.
Take care,
Stephanie
Dr. Stephanie Sobek-Swant
Executive Director
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road, Cambridge ON N3H 4R8
phone: 519-650-9336 x113 fax: 519-650-5923
email: stephanie.sobek-swant at raresites.org<mailto:stephanie.sobek-swant at raresites.org>
website: raresites.org
pronouns: she/her
I live and work on Anishinaabe & Haudenosaunee territory
• Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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From: Kevin Thomason <kevthomason at gmail.com><mailto:kevthomason at gmail.com>
Sent: August 20, 2021 6:17 PM
To: Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com><mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com>
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Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] 100 Debates for the Environment Sept 8 -English debates scheduled
Hi Susan,
Excellent idea. We need to ensure that climate change and our environment is front and centre in this election. I have not heard of anything planned yet but I am currently out of town and a bit out of the loop.
I too am in the Kitchener-Conestoga riding and can try to help however possible despite already being pretty swamped.
I like the simplicity/safety of a virtual format. Let’s share any ideas and see what we can come up with as a community.
Cheers,
Kevin.
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Mobile Phone: (519) 240-1648
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On Aug 20, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com><mailto:susankoswan at execulink.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Are you aware of anyone who is organizing debates in Waterloo Region through 100 Debates, as we did last time? If not, are we ready to take it on for Sept 8? They probably have to be on Zoom, which might make it easier to organize. I'm prepared to help with one for my riding of Kitchener-Conestoga. Who's up for this?
https://smex12-5-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.100debates.ca%2fdebates&umid=744486d7-5c2a-4e73-bf6b-8e03467725a8&auth=c5a0e7acf62f07ee00664a111b010a1db4e5a479-e506e3e2af35dc9536d4b38f528d93d0eadef21b
Best,
Susan Koswan
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