[Ottawa_users] Volunteer project for Fair Vote Canada

[Sam Vekemans]

oh, and here is the Spreadsheet link, before i forget..
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am70fsptsPF2dEYwUzhFaGhPVUhyMm9XekVtUThCaWc&hl=en



On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Sam Vekemans
<acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm currently keeping track of the 'facebook likes' and twitter
> follower daily numbers, and have the spreadsheet looking at the number
> of votes per 308 ridings.
> Now that i know their is interest, on monday i'll work on something.
>
>
>
> It's a .kml file, which shows a point of interest for each riding.
> I now know of a few others who might have a better GIS background, as
> creating a cool map with bars showing # of spoilled ballets and
> non-voters.
>
>
>
> feel free to contact me next week, happy to make use of my efforts :)
>
>
> cheers,
> sam
>
> On 4/29/11, Julien Lamarche <julien.lamarche at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bonjour,
> >
> >  Julien Lamarche from Fair Vote Canada.  I've hung around a bit as
> > OSGEO meetings and some of you know me.  I must apologize for my
> > prolonged absence.
> >
> >  If any of you will be compiling election results, I'd love to have a
> > map on "wasted" votes by poll (votes going to a non-winning candidate)
> > in the Ottawa - Gatineau area.  Street lines and rivers would be nice
> > just to situate the polls.
> >
> > Fair Vote Canada's mission is to reform the electoral system to a more
> > proportional system so that more votes count and the legislature
> > better represents canadians in their ethnic and gender diversity.  In
> > the last federal election, 50.7% of all votes did not go to a winning
> > candidate.   More info at fairvote.ca .  I am Vice-president of the
> > Ottawa chapter of FVC.
> >
> > Since its a volunteer project for internal use mostly, you would be
> > free to follow as little or as many requirements as you'd like.
> > Number of ridings (1 to 10), symbology, one map or multiple maps per
> > party, etc..  E-mail me for questions, and I'd be happy to discuss it
> > over phone as well.
> >
> > Julien
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