Comments on: Orange Blood II, the NDP Edition…

By: wondering

wondering — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:49:53 +0000

I was never given a chance to renew my membership either. I assumed I was a member, because I had a membership once and donated regularly every year. But apparently not – you have to actively indicate a desire to be a member. Donating money was not enough. I was pissed. Hopefully the number of people this has happened to (and who have complained) will induce them to make some updates to their donation forms. Or something!

By: Oemissions

Oemissions — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:52:15 +0000

I too was a Nathan Cullen supporter.
Nathan felt like a bro’.
He understands the kind of politics progressives are seeking.
Topp moved 2nd to the bottom on my list.
He was booed a bit at the BC NDP convention for continuing to go over time. I thought he lacked genuine presence and was a poor speaker.
I chose to vote online election day, thinking I might be able to help keep Nate in the race.
Even tho he was 3rd, I think that Nathan was the real winner in this election.
The next Sunday Cross Country Checkup had almost every other caller praising him.
Mulcair in his 1st media scrum was great.
The interview with Mansbridge was excellent.
The viewed exchange on stage with him and Libby was mutually affable.
If he becomes a problem in some way, I expect immediate feedback.
Remember what happened to Carole James.Tom Mulcair’s response to the budget was also formidable but…the response to Bob Rae was dumb.Stupid to engage, me thinks.
Now back to the leadership event: I know 2 Nathan Cullen supporters who never got their vote in that day because of the cyber attack.
I waited about an hour each round to get in.
On the twitter feed someone said go the french one, so I did and got in to vote.
Where I live, on SSI.one of our exec members notified us in December about our membership stat.
Even just a $5 would get one a membership.
In January, because I had paid here $10 I checked with the BC office to be sure I was a member.
No response.
At the end of 2 weeks, I just went online and made another donation to be sure I was in.
I keep very active in my local NDP group and I use social media to let my elected officials know my opinion and see my feedback on their actions/words.
I have also set up a local chat cafe/meetup to discuss issues and concerns.
I was very active in the E May campaign too.
Now the Greens need to reciprocate in other ridings.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:49:29 +0000

So why was my partner allowed to vote?

By: Jan Johnstone

Jan Johnstone — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:36:47 +0000

I don’t think you were struck from the voting list because you didn’t donate or many people would have experienced the same fate. I’m just really surprised that you didn’t get a call from your provincial office to renew your membership. I know everyone in my house did so.

We’ll see how it all goes. I was a Topp supporter.