>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> writes:
Keith> [...] Well, think about competing messages, and how you plan to Keith> make the PTP message stand out in a positive, informative, and Keith> memorable way. That's what I'm hoping we can do in this thread. I've already made a suggestion (a permutation on the statue of liberty). Michael has made a suggestion. I have already moved on to thinking about ways in which we might pull those ideas off in a compelling way. Keith> The PTP message is, if anything, techno-mastery, which will be Keith> hard to convey with a float, or through talking heads like Keith> Tracy Berry. No, the PTP message is not techno-mastery. We might be techno-masterful, but as a message, that just gives people an excuse to sit back and watch the pathetic few of us do our pathetic thing. It can't scale up that way. The PTP message is really something more like "freedom to cooperate", "share your tubes" and/or "cooperate with your neighbors", and giving them a concrete way that they can act to do that. We need lots and lots of people helping us, helping themselves and helping their neighbors. And for that, we need to reach people who don't know about us already, and there are many, many of them. I see the Starlight Parade as a low barrier to entry method of reaching lots of people with that simple message. A year ago we talked about buying a large ad in the newspaper that would have cost a lot of money. This seems more fun, more effective and less expensive. Certainly, only a fraction will notice us. But a tiny fraction of a large number can still be significant. Keith> Frankly, without help from many right-brain artistic types, a Keith> PTP float is likely to attract ridicule, not support, and Keith> recruiting artists is essential, IMHO. I think we shouldn't prejudge what we might be capable of. We either can or can't, and we'll figure that out soon enough. You can speak for yourself with full authority, but let's not cast aspersions on others without sufficient grounds. -- Russell Senior, Secretary [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
