For anyone who's interested in tweeting it, I've put up this story of intrigue about a particular local election leaflet.
http://blog.electionleaflets.org/2011/04/one-leaflet-can-be-the-tip-of-a-big-political-iceberg/ Julian. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Tim Green <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll have a look at how best to do it. It'd certainly be a good reason > to re-contact people almost a year on. It can be a general local council > elections and referendums reminder. > > -t > > On 04/04/11 12:18, Francis Irving wrote: >> I'm sure Tim/Seb can send out a DemocracyClub mail which will get us a >> bunch of leaflets. >> >> Francis >> >> On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:11:05PM +0100, Julian Todd wrote: >> >>> So now people are noticing that there are fun and games with the >>> referendum leaflet situation. We did all the rounds of the different >>> possible funders last year including media organizations telling them >>> this was going to happen, but no one was interested, were they? >>> Goddamit. >>> >>> Anyways we're in the process (Ross specifically) of migrating the site >>> to django this week (hopefully Monday), which means it can start >>> absorbing desperately needed features (eg a slot for referendum >>> handling). When that's done, what are the options for getting the >>> word out? >>> >>> I can promise that there will zero support from the normal media >>> channels. Though they I will get phone calls when something turns up >>> against the odds, they will not understand that they need to take some >>> part in getting the input. >>> >>> Julian. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Leigh Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> With the fuss over whether the Yes to AV campaign are using different >>>> celebrity endorsers in different parts of the country, I wondered whether >>>> thestraightchoice.org has a place for referendum leaflets? I had a look but >>>> can only see leaflets relating to last year's general election campaign, or >>>> this year's Scottish Parliament, in individual constituencies. >>>> When this story surfaced my immediate reaction was "which celebs have they >>>> used in other parts of the country?" and I thought this would be an ideal >>>> application for thestraightchoice (sorry, electionleaflets.org - just >>>> noticed the name change). But I don't think there are any on there. >>>> For that matter, I haven't had any leaflets delivered myself, so I can't >>>> even scan in my own local examples, but I will if I get any. >>>> I see on blog.electionleaflets.org that there is shortage of funds to run >>>> the site, so maybe that's linked; not sure if I can help with money, but if >>>> there's a list of tasks somewhere, I'll take a look. >>>> Leigh. >>>> -- >>>> Leigh Caldwell (t) +44 20 7064 6556 (m) +44 7747 062906 >>>> Chief executive, Inon http://www.inon.com/ >>>> Blog: http://www.knowingandmaking.com/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> developers-public mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe: >>>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/julian%40publicwhip.org.uk >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> developers-public mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >>> >>> Unsubscribe: >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/francis%40mysociety.org >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> developers-public mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> >> Unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/timothy.green%40gmail.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/julian%40publicwhip.org.uk > _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
