Re: Let's Buy Swagger Appeal

[Philip Rush <philip_rush@ye...fsnet.co.uk>]

You give, you give
No strings

Philip



on 4/12/2002 7:48 pm, Dave Ungar at verbal.kint@ly...com wrote:

> I don't know Gerard personally, so I hope this doesn't sound like I'm
> questioning his integrity - because I'm surely not ...  I'm unable to 
> assess
> either way ...
> 
> But - if a group of people handed a guy a sizable chunk of cash - and 
> maybe it
> ends up being ?600 and not the full ?1000 - if it's not enough to buy 
> Swagger
> outright & he doesn't have the remainder at his disposal right then ... 
> might
> it go towards paying the light bill with the intention that the fund 
> would be
> repaid eventually?  .. In other words .. say you want to buy a new TV 
> set -
> and your grandma gives you 40 bucks towards it .. well that's not gonna 
> get it
> - and right now, buying groceries is more essential & it will be awhile 
> before
> you can get the rest of what you need to buy the TV anyway - so 
> eventually,
> you WILL get the TV, but you have to start saving all over again... so 
> did
> grandma actually help?
> 
> Now I'm completely in favor of all this by the way .. just wondering if
> there's any thoughts on how the fund would be handled...
> 
> And what happens if the original offer to sell the rights is rescinded?
> 
> Again - not trying to be negative or accusatory - just trying to work out
> logistics beforehand...
> 
> dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:52:33
> Paul Vearncombe wrote:
>> Guys and gals, this is great support.  Stacey has passed Gerard's 
>> contact
>> details to me but before I step over a line and potentially annoy the 
>> man
>> with half-assed charitable intentions, I want to make sure I'm speaking 
>> on
>> behalf of serious, committed folks who can spare a little cash.  So, 
>> I'd like
>> everyone who's up for this to email me personally, off-list, and 
>> confirm your
>> pledge.  Even if you've already spoken up, just confirm to me and I'll
>> compile it all.  I like Howard's suggestion of ?25 chunks, but whatever 
>> you
>> want to pledge will be great - remember, it's off-list, so don't feel
>> pressured into pledging more than you'll ever be able to stump up.  
>> This is
>> not bravado, this is serious!  Now don't you all want to give something 
>> back
>> to the chap who has given us so much great music?
>> 
>> How much for Swagger? Email: vearn@wo...co.uk
>> 
>> PV
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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