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Re: Let's Buy Swagger Appeal


  • Subject: Re: Let's Buy Swagger Appeal
  • From: "Paul Vearncombe" <vearn@wo...co.uk>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:30:13 -0000

All good points.  Keep them coming, everyone.  I'm formulating a message to
Gerard (thanks to Stacey for his details) but I need to be tactful and
delicate.  What's that saying about good intentions?

PV2

----- Original Message -----
From: <Ruadhri@ao...com>
To: <blueplanes@st...net>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Let's Buy Swagger Appeal


> Hello
> I am not quite sure of exactly what sort of thing is going on here, if 
> you
> know what I mean. About this £1000 for Swagger.
> I have read the posts, and in general I think "count me in on anything
> towards getting Gerard's Swagger back".
> All the suggestions seem quite feasible. I like the idea of a get
together,
> whether its to raise money or just for fun.
> A few of us have raised some practical points, which I think we need to
> consider to some sort of conclusion, and out of this may be born a
workable
> plan.
>
> Now, if Nick thinks that Gerard appeared diffident, I think that should 
> be
> taken into account. After all he was there with Gerard.
> Also, if as David says, the price is usually £1000/track, then we really
> ought to make sure that we have this right. It good be a 
> misunderstanding,
> and we could find ourselves over £10,000 short after raising £1000.
Gerard
> may have been simplifying for conversations sake, or anything.
> Surely we need to get Gerard involved with this.
> Stacey says that knowing Gerard, she doesn't know how he would react to
this,
> so we really need to gauge this. Also, I agree with Stacey that this is
for
> us as much as it is for Gerard, and I think he would go along with that.
> From Gerard's point of view, there could be some good promotional mileage
in
> this thing a-happening around Swagger. Hey, we might even get our names 
> in
> tiny print in a block of text on the album sleeve, seriously.  You could
say
> that the act of doing this may be worth much more to Gerard (and us) than
the
> £1000 we would raise. This is the sort of thing that Q magazine would 
> jump
> at.
> So,
> Can anyone put the ideas mentioned since the gig to Gerard?
> Can we ascertain the amount required?
> Will there be addtional costs (legal perhaps) that need to be considered?
>
> Then we will need a way of coordinating the responses and converting them
to
> decisions. We don't want it to turn into
>
> Pick a card,....any card,..............
> WRONG!
>
> Rory.
>
>
>
> Edges and Change is all there is.......
> and edges can't be found.
>
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