Just lock this thread - it's abundantly clear that everyone who's interested in getting involved is now involved, and we'll continue accordingly.
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The campaign is now live and we've started this fresh thread to draw a line under the development work down on the original thread, which you can browse at your leisure here.
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=257639.0 We are in controlFirst point - we are an autonomous campaign. What that means is that we don't depend on anyone else to make decisions on what action we're going to take, or what content we're going to use. If we keep the already excellent supply of ideas up, we'll have no shortage of raw material to work with.
We have clear goals in place1. We will educate Liverpool supporters about the facts on the club's ownership and finances.
2. We will show fans the benefits of a unified voice, and how they can get involved to express their disapproval in a unified way.
The next sections describe these goals in more detail.
1. Educating Liverpool fansThe starting point for the campaign was "Getting angry at the right people". But to help people reach that realisation, we're not going to need to incite anger or do anything illegal, controversial, or unethical.
All we need to do is tell Liverpool fans the facts in ways that are simple enough for them to understand.
These are complicated subjects - corporate finance, balance sheet structure, stadium funding, and so forth - they all come into play.
We will make the complex information easy for people to understand. The anger will then take care of itself.
2. Showing fans ways to get involved and unify There are two 'speeds' to this.
a. We'll provide measurable ways to unify under this campaign banner. We've already set up a Facebook group for the purpose, and Flake is working to try and set up a unified 'cross-forum' home for the campaign too. We'll keep working on this. The main thing will be for us to offer ways for people to unify under the one campaign banner.
b. We'll make it clear how to join SOS, we'll highlight the fact that many of us are members, and that for the purposes of this campaign, we'll be working closely with them. We don't mind if people get behind the campaign, or get behind the union. What's important in the end is that people come together to express their disapproval.
We are working with SOSIt's a fact that SOS have a high media profile and an extensive reach and audience. We have broadly the same goals as the union. So when our ideas have the potential to make a big impact (as has already been the case), we can help them make a bigger impact in their own campaigns and strategy, as long as they agree. For that reason, we'll be talking with SOS on a regular basis, not least to make sure we're working together rather than hindering each other.
Some ground rules on content.
- Don't use SOS logos and text
- For unchecked facts, don't associate them to SOS
- Get a sanity check for 'facts' used.
A quick browse through the old thread will show you that this has worked well so far.
We do not endorse anything illegal, or excessively controversial, or potentially counter-productive to our own goals and those of SOS While we're all learning as we go, and it's inevitable we'll make mistakes and need to encourage each other, we need to make sure we don't go off on our own and do anything daft.
To that end, if you feel like taking action, pm people, or post on the thread, and ask for comments and feedback on your ideas. That should keep us right.
If you go off and do something daft without checking, just remember it's your arse that might be in the bacon slicer.
Radio SilenceWhen it comes to more precise plans, let's try and keep it to pms and other private methods of communicating with each other. That way we'll be more sure that things won't be sidetracked or sabotaged (why that would happen I don't know, but you can never be sure).
VAMOS Y VIVA LA REVOLUCION!Let's enjoy the process and (note to self) not get downhearted if things slow down a little. This is for the long-term, and we'll keep learning as we go.
We'll pause for reflection and review on a regular basis. The 4th of July is as good a date as any, so let's use that. Synchronise watches!