bogie
Member
Yeah, and this applies to a lot of you guys who assume that you're mature because of your age.
This is going to take some tact and gentleness, because we'll be targeting a media-friendly group (nope, not Washington Post Reporters) that largely are -not- knowledgeable about firearms. Primary object is education of the group. Secondary is to get numbers, and then some media attention, and hopefully some corp attention, because that gets more media attention. It's also going to require a cessation of infighting for the duration of the activity. That means no finger pointing, no "I don't like that company anyway," and no fragmenting. We've got some incredible numbers here. We need to use them.
We need to do this like ladies and gentlemen. Nicely. Not as adversaries. Win hearts and minds, that sort of thing.
I don't really recognize a lot of names now... I know a lot of the "old farts" from a couple of years ago still lurk, and sometimes I hear things. Guys, it's time to think, reflect upon just _why_ we're here, and go to work.
Speaking of which - THR has done massive online/email campaigns before, with positive results. We can do it again. - NO derailment. IMHO, that needs to be the rule - either participate, or **** and hold it. Or go back to the forum where you heard about all the bad gun people. Sorry, but since this is an open forum, it's all too easy for a few folks, easily under 1%, to "enter," and then disrupt an activity. We're going to need agreement that we can focus, and a low tolerance threshold of folks who wish to point the activity in other directions, such as professional sports or which is the latest and greatest boy band... No religion. No abortion. No Hitler. No Hillary. No Bush. No bleepin' politics. Just a focus....
I'm also gonna need someone who actually knows more than diddly squat (my approximate level...) about web development. Not much - will probably need to hack together a database or two for some big number "this is the number of people who support this" and "fill in this e-mail form to fire off a personalized message" type of stuff...
Wouldn't mind chatting with a coupla mods before springing things - I think this could be be big enough to get some attention, and if we work things right, it'll all be good attention.
314-920-6860 after 10:00 central 01/01/08...
This is going to take some tact and gentleness, because we'll be targeting a media-friendly group (nope, not Washington Post Reporters) that largely are -not- knowledgeable about firearms. Primary object is education of the group. Secondary is to get numbers, and then some media attention, and hopefully some corp attention, because that gets more media attention. It's also going to require a cessation of infighting for the duration of the activity. That means no finger pointing, no "I don't like that company anyway," and no fragmenting. We've got some incredible numbers here. We need to use them.
We need to do this like ladies and gentlemen. Nicely. Not as adversaries. Win hearts and minds, that sort of thing.
I don't really recognize a lot of names now... I know a lot of the "old farts" from a couple of years ago still lurk, and sometimes I hear things. Guys, it's time to think, reflect upon just _why_ we're here, and go to work.
Speaking of which - THR has done massive online/email campaigns before, with positive results. We can do it again. - NO derailment. IMHO, that needs to be the rule - either participate, or **** and hold it. Or go back to the forum where you heard about all the bad gun people. Sorry, but since this is an open forum, it's all too easy for a few folks, easily under 1%, to "enter," and then disrupt an activity. We're going to need agreement that we can focus, and a low tolerance threshold of folks who wish to point the activity in other directions, such as professional sports or which is the latest and greatest boy band... No religion. No abortion. No Hitler. No Hillary. No Bush. No bleepin' politics. Just a focus....
I'm also gonna need someone who actually knows more than diddly squat (my approximate level...) about web development. Not much - will probably need to hack together a database or two for some big number "this is the number of people who support this" and "fill in this e-mail form to fire off a personalized message" type of stuff...
Wouldn't mind chatting with a coupla mods before springing things - I think this could be be big enough to get some attention, and if we work things right, it'll all be good attention.
314-920-6860 after 10:00 central 01/01/08...
