New march and rally details
Why am I thinking the local cooncil couldnt run a bath?!
The details for the march and rally on Sunday 26th July have changed. Here is the information from the cooncils campaign website:
East Ayrshire Council is calling upon local people to Stride Forward Together to keep Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock! The Council is organising a march and rally which will take place on Sunday 26 July. The march will now start at 1pm at the Howard Park, ending with a mass rally at the Kay Park. Further information on arrangements for the march will be available from the campaign website www.keepjohnniewalkerinkilmarnock.com and in your local newspaper.
THIS campaign website will of course keep folks updated with details about the march and rally and advise of any further changes.
A couple of points to get off my chest:
- this campaign website was set up for free by a concerned local man and was here first - would it have been too much to expect of the cooncil to link into the grassroots campaign rather than set up their own alternative site that will simply just confuse folk?
- what is this striding man thing? Confusing campaign messages not helpful - for the campaign to work we need clear messages that everyone is using. Again I cant help feeling they come up with their own message because they came late to the cause and clearly felt they could not adopt any of the messages already being established, especially the Dont Walk out on Killie one developed by Kilmarnock FC and Willie Coffey MSP for the on line petition. How mature.
- The banner on the cooncil campaign website says "one campaign, one message". See above. Sort yirsels out cooncil!
- Who decided the cooncil was best placed to run and co-ordinate the "official" campaign? See opening line above for view on their ability to do this.... And have they included anyone else campaigning, especially the workers, in their committee? Make no mistake - they will have a committee.
So a plea - a big one - 700 jobs and many more livelihoods depend on the success of this/these campaigns, as well as Kilmarnocks and Scotlands heritage:
Will the agencies and individuals in a position to lead and resource campaign activity please please start working together? And ensure they include the workers, their families, and grassroots supporters like this website and the Facebook group. This campaign has only just begun and it needs to keep everyone united in the journey ahead if the Diageo decision is to be reversed.
The details for the march and rally on Sunday 26th July have changed. Here is the information from the cooncils campaign website:
East Ayrshire Council is calling upon local people to Stride Forward Together to keep Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock! The Council is organising a march and rally which will take place on Sunday 26 July. The march will now start at 1pm at the Howard Park, ending with a mass rally at the Kay Park. Further information on arrangements for the march will be available from the campaign website www.keepjohnniewalkerinkilmarnock.com and in your local newspaper.
THIS campaign website will of course keep folks updated with details about the march and rally and advise of any further changes.
A couple of points to get off my chest:
- this campaign website was set up for free by a concerned local man and was here first - would it have been too much to expect of the cooncil to link into the grassroots campaign rather than set up their own alternative site that will simply just confuse folk?
- what is this striding man thing? Confusing campaign messages not helpful - for the campaign to work we need clear messages that everyone is using. Again I cant help feeling they come up with their own message because they came late to the cause and clearly felt they could not adopt any of the messages already being established, especially the Dont Walk out on Killie one developed by Kilmarnock FC and Willie Coffey MSP for the on line petition. How mature.
- The banner on the cooncil campaign website says "one campaign, one message". See above. Sort yirsels out cooncil!
- Who decided the cooncil was best placed to run and co-ordinate the "official" campaign? See opening line above for view on their ability to do this.... And have they included anyone else campaigning, especially the workers, in their committee? Make no mistake - they will have a committee.
So a plea - a big one - 700 jobs and many more livelihoods depend on the success of this/these campaigns, as well as Kilmarnocks and Scotlands heritage:
Will the agencies and individuals in a position to lead and resource campaign activity please please start working together? And ensure they include the workers, their families, and grassroots supporters like this website and the Facebook group. This campaign has only just begun and it needs to keep everyone united in the journey ahead if the Diageo decision is to be reversed.
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