First Ever Stratford Meeting

Transposed from an older blog

The first ever meeting of a new group is always tense. We're meeting at 7.30 and I have no idea if anyone is coming, but equally if everyone who has expressed an interest does come, then we are going to have even more of a problem.

Everyone involved in the feud is under strict instructions not to mention it. Ther last thing new people need to see is all this internal politics and general bollocks.

In the end a solid 10 people turn up, not too many, not too few. Yippee. Most of the meeting is me talking, which is dull, but I do a whole intro to Greenpeace thing followed by a deconstruction of the Scary Dairy GM Campaign. I went through every point of the campaign from lobbying, letter writing to subvertising, street campaigning to full on non violent direct action.

So a good evening, and of the 10 people there 5 committed themselves to coming out campaigning on the 26th. Good beginnings