My photo has become "part of the movement"
Last Saturday, I walked around west Kitchener, knocking on doors and asking people how they felt about their new-ish Liberal Government. This was part of the kickoff for a national campaign in which Liberal Party operatives walk around neighbourhoods, entering people's responses into an app on their smartphones.
One result of this effort is a collection of tweets showing photographs of the groups of canvassers. If you knew anything about local politics (which of course you don't), you could determine that one of these tweets came from the only Liberal candidate for Parliament in Waterloo Region last year who *didn't* win. Clicking on the pic.twitter.com link within that tweet takes you to a photo. I am the bearded guy with the poorly-parted hair.
It is clear that the Party puts a lot of effort into keeping track of who volunteers for these events and how much time they put in. Presumably such hours count as "brownie points" within the Party. What is less clear is the set of prizes for which these brownie points can be traded. It is perhaps like a Chuck E Cheese restaurant where the prizes are hidden and unadvertised and the only way to trade in your tickets is to ask whether a certain prize might be available.
One result of this effort is a collection of tweets showing photographs of the groups of canvassers. If you knew anything about local politics (which of course you don't), you could determine that one of these tweets came from the only Liberal candidate for Parliament in Waterloo Region last year who *didn't* win. Clicking on the pic.twitter.com link within that tweet takes you to a photo. I am the bearded guy with the poorly-parted hair.
It is clear that the Party puts a lot of effort into keeping track of who volunteers for these events and how much time they put in. Presumably such hours count as "brownie points" within the Party. What is less clear is the set of prizes for which these brownie points can be traded. It is perhaps like a Chuck E Cheese restaurant where the prizes are hidden and unadvertised and the only way to trade in your tickets is to ask whether a certain prize might be available.