by
Scally » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:48 am
To answer a few points raised by other posters>
Yes I am all for a protest- A real carer led-united protest.
My argument is not against a protest, merely stating that there must be something wrong with the way this is going.
Look at the number of members on Carers Voices-Carer watch- united carers-chill-CUK-PRTC->
and ask yourselves why, after a week, has the protest board only attracted 28 members.?
I always post under my own name so I am maybe an easy target, look at the numbers joining, I may be the only one speaking out-but am I one of a minority, or are you.
Don't become yet another group that will only accept praise, and attack critics, or close your mind to suggestions.
If the national day of protest comes off, I will be on the front line of any local protest, and I hope I won't be in a minority.
Regards -Ken
Glad you are with us, Ken. I quite agree that constructive criticism is vital, but at this stage what we really don't need is negativity and energy-draining "It Wont Work" comments, and there has been a little bit of that around, not much, just a little. It probably wont work exactly as expected, things rarely do, but that's also part of the fun. Its incredibly difficult to estimate numbers attending, for example, but its pretty clear that we will need to focus on several major regional cities as well as London.
In my spare time I'm the business director for an annual festival with 5,000+ paying visitors, and there are lots of other folk around with similar event organisational skills and expertise.
Anyone is welcome to join the new board, but my guess is that some people may see it as a board for the "Committee" and avoid it because they are worried they be asked to do something - well, it has been known to happen!
Anyway, 28 people is a pretty big organising committee - a good start. Much more and it might get unwieldy.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way this is going - there is no template out there for arranging this kind of event, but I suspect its actually a lot less complicated and expensive to organise a demo than folk might think, otherwise how come the National Union of Students always had so many?