The Serenity Summer Campaign! Let's hear your thoughts! by Agatsu

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The Serenity Summer Campaign! Let's hear your thoughts!

POSTED BY: AGATSU
UPDATED: Thursday, April 27, 2006 22:38
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:14 AM

Okay, since this came up in another thread, and people responded quite well to it, I'm going to summarize the idea, and you can tell me what you think of it. This is nothing "official" or "solid" or "sane" or some such, I just want to bring this to people's attention since it could be the solution to the whole June 23rd situation.
Okay, here goes...

To make this thing REALLY big, we not only do Serenity Day, we do a Serenity Summer Campaign which STARTS on June 23rd and ENDS on September 30th, which would be the official Serenity Day.
We kick off the campaign by helping the Serenity Now/Equality Now people as good as we can on (and up to) June 23rd, organize screenings, advertise them etc. - and of course celebrating Joss' birthday. All we ask in return is for people to have faith in us and support the Serenity Summer Campaign, especially Serenity Day in September. Call me crazy, but that sounds more than fair to me.
If B!x objects to this, his own people are gonna start questioning his motives, if they haven't already.
Mind you, we're swallowing our pride here, and doing what is best for all, therefore showing everyone who's really "better than", even without waving the banner of charity around.

Anyways, June 23rd marks the beginning of the Serenity Summer Campaign, which is gonna include Shindigs (BBQ Shindigs, even!), conventions, asking cast members for support, rallying the troops, spreading the word to fans and non-fans alike, and lots of jolly merrymaking - we're gonna have an awesome summer! And then, we top it all off with a massive shindig and buying frenzy on Serenity Day on Sept 30th, which also has good symbolic meaning and could influence the Christmas sales. And we'd have more than enough time to actually do this right.

Okay, so it's only a draft, but you get the drift. The draft-drift. Everyone should be able to live with this, if not do a happy dance. There was even some people asking for more than a day - well, how's 3 months? With enough missions and Shindigs to keep us interested (while not eating up all of our spare summer time), and enough time to plan S-Day right, spread the word, save money and maybe get cast members to support the cause (I think any of our BDHs would gladly give us 5 minutes of their time at a convention to record a short video with some encouraging words), this should rawk!

So, what's your take on a "Serenity Summer Campaign" starting with Serenity Now/Equality Now as a pure charity event and ending with our Big Damn Serenity Day on September 30th (and possibly more screenings, then?), with aaaaaaaaall kinds of shiny stuff and happenings inbetween?

Serenity Summer Campaign for teh win!1!

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:44 AM

PURPLEPEBBLE

Ok wow, thats pretty much, in a lot more eliquant way what i said over on the ,change the date. thread.

but i think i got buried again, seems to happen a lot to me. *sigh

anyway:
Why not spend summer in serenity?
From the 23 of april to the 30th of september we aim to misbehave!
Serenity Summer Campaign 06

Little dance

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:50 AM

AGATSU

Well, I was summing up just about everything about the idea from the other thread exactly because of the confusion of hundreds of pages of discussion. So if we can keep the people who aren't interested in the process - but rather the results - in the loop with threads presenting solutions instead of problems, it'll be a lot less confusing, and people won't just quit because they think the whole thing is overwhelming.

Serenity Summer Campaign for teh win!1!

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:55 AM

PURPLEPEBBLE

and a damn fine job your doing too.

*saluts*

oh, have a virtual cookie, i made them fresh, this morning.

Why not spend summer in serenity?
From the 23 of april to the 30th of september we aim to misbehave!
Serenity Summer Campaign 06

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"Why did you leave?".... "Why didn't you ask me not too?"

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:00 AM

AGATSU

Thanks. For both the compliment and the cookies, my two favorite "C"s. "Campaign" was just added recently, though.
Now let's hope people like the campaign idea as much as I like cookies.

Serenity Summer Campaign for teh win!1!

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:26 AM

ARABIKUM

Hey Agatsu.

A campaign, eh !? Although i´d like to keep things straight and simple, I like the idea somehow. And it seems to be a clever way, to solve this tricky situation - nicely done.

What intrigues me most, is the fact, that we´re going to have an all new signature discussion! I´m looking forward to that!!

By the way: in retrospective and looking at all this argueing, the "browncoats unite!"- slogan wasn´t so bad at all, wassit?!

A.

Two days.
One campaign.
Browncoats unite!

From June 23rd to September 30th we.... well we´ll see...

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:05 AM

DEWRASTLER

Kaele and others seems pretty adament on June 23, and I don't blame them. The they should know is we're not abandoning the June 23rd plan. We're still going with it and then expanding it into three months with the support we gain from that day.

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:18 AM

SPOOTY

I think June23rd is a great day to kick the whole thing off.

I think the idea of a period of time to promote FF/S is fantastic. After all, didn't build Rome in a day.

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:20 AM

PURPLEPEBBLE

Quote:
Originally posted by Dewrastler:
Kaele and others seems pretty adament on June 23, and I don't blame them. The they should know is we're not abandoning the June 23rd plan. We're still going with it and then expanding it into three months with the support we gain from that day.

This is a very good point, with the SSC no one is trying to take over anything or discount anyones ideas.
surely theres room for us all in this big ol 'verse?

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:31 AM

AGATSU

Why don't we go with the campaign thing, then?
The internal Browncoat situation wouldn't be US and THEM, but rather US and MORE OF US! So if BrowncoatsRiseAgain have already planned something for June 23rd (or Serenity Now/Equality Now, for that matter), we'll all be there (hey, wouldn't wanna miss all the fun, anyways!), thus making the BrownCoatsRising Event bigger, and they'll be there for our common cause on Serenity Day in September. And inbetween we'll all mingle and be merry with each other on the Shindigs and Conventions.
B!x is probably throwing a fit right now, but my guess is that it's too late for the BRA-guys to back off, with the article in WIRED and all. So B!x is gonna have to accept that June 23rd is out of hand, literally.

This hwai shows why we need to work together - I mean, nobody even heard of BrownCoatsRising.com planning something big for June 23rd, and we have to find out through Wired Magazine? Wtf?

See how we can ALL benefit from working together?

Serenity Summer Campaign for teh win!1!

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:45 AM

AGATSU

We should try and get sexy with the other boards, we're inbreeding too much. Get all of the people from the different forums who want to participate in organising ANYTHING Serenity-related on ONE board (I don't care which, although one specifically made for the SSC would be best, of course) and coordinate the events, and they can discuss it on their board, see what their people think. Who are, in fact, our people, and we are theirs. We keep forgetting that.
The forum should be able to be read by everyone, but only the representatives can post (and one forum for everyone else), so if anyone has remarks or ideas or complaints, they can talk them trough on their board and have their representative present them on the SSC board. That way, it will be waaaaay more organised. Talking about anything with the people on the other fansites is strongly encouraged as well, of course.
WE landed here, and liked it, and stayed. Maybe I would be posting on BrownCoatsRising right now instead of here if I had checked them out before this board, I dunno. I like it here, and this one board alone takes far too much of my time already.

But I guess it's a good thing because it shows that we are many, but scattered. What I'm trying to say is, the different forums devide us a great deal, and we should do something about that. It should be possible to get all the boards organised for 3 months.
I'm still shocked about NOONE outside of BCR.com knowing about their plan.

BROWNCOATS UNITE, ffs!

Serenity Summer Campaign for teh win!1!!

BROWNCOATS UNITE!

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:01 AM

ARTCAT81

Hey folks,
one of the veterans chiming in here,
I've heldoff comments as this thing has grown rather nasty. I think this is a good option, and this idea (while it needs more fleshing out) is good is solid.

I'm one of the screening organizers (for Houston we are preplanning and had been so for WEll over a month I just finally got the go ahead from the con to announce preplanning we are being overly cautious as we have many pots on the fire already, see June 23-25 we are having a shindig at the Apollocon convention complete with Greg Edmonson and Cedric from the Bedlam Bards, http://www.flying-dreams.com/lonestar/index.php this is something we have been working on full tilt since November.

One of the biggest problems the older crew members here are seeing is an almost... ok sometimes downright combative stance against 'versal and fox.

I understand Bix's concern he was trying to create an event that shows how generous and giving browncoats are and he has done a lot of legwork and gotten Universals backing to do so.
What this buying dvds on June 23 and sending that open letter to 'versal looks like is us posturing and being demanding, not to mention it could totally backfire on us (big talk and not enough follow up especially now with all the infighting). Yes something needs to be done and I think yall are on the right track with a summer campaign, the point of all this is to show a UNITED front, boycotting a screening folks that is stupid and does nothing to help us, besides its a chance to see our ship fly on the big screen again, and for many of you see her fly on the big screen for the first time. This is a wonderful chance for yall to drag the uninitiated and recruit more folks to our cause.
Firefly and Serenitys fanbase is growing daily. Look at all the newbie threads that show up DAILY i saw a post recently trying to herd all the newbies to one thread just so we are not overwhelmed with it. to all yall new folks a very big and hearty welcome and thank you.

The people watching Firefly when it was on the air were expected to just fade away when firefly ended, not grow stronger, look at us folks the movie came out last year, its out on dvd and still our numbers are growing, what other tv show or movie can boast that? there are not many. Even on a local level my Houston crew ( www.houstonbrowncoats.com) is just getting bigger and more active, I am not the least bit concerned with us "fading away" by the end of summer. Once you find Serenity you never leave, just kinda learn to live there. Search your hearts, firefly, and or serenity touched you in a way very few things ever do its a rare gem, read newbie threads you will see the feelings in your heart are echoed time and time again by the new folks.

I'm going to hold, I'm sincerely hoping yall have my back. Please let us work together towards the common goals, I understand there is much pride and grudges etc., but if we cannot work together and it dissolves into bickering and fighting we lose.
I'm for a summer of promotion

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:23 AM

RALEIGHBROWNCOAT

Quote:
Originally posted by artcat81:
Firefly and Serenitys fanbase is growing daily. Look at all the newbie threads that show up DAILY i saw a post recently trying to herd all the newbies to one thread just so we are not overwhelmed with it. to all yall new folks a very big and hearty welcome and thank you.

The people watching Firefly when it was on the air were expected to just fade away when firefly ended, not grow stronger, look at us folks the movie came out last year, its out on dvd and still our numbers are growing, what other tv show or movie can boast that? there are not many. Even on a local level my Houston crew ( www.houstonbrowncoats.com) is just getting bigger and more active, I am not the least bit concerned with us "fading away" by the end of summer. Once you find Serenity you never leave, just kinda learn to live there. Search your hearts, firefly, and or serenity touched you in a way very few things ever do its a rare gem, read newbie threads you will see the feelings in your heart are echoed time and time again by the new folks.

I'm going to hold, I'm sincerely hoping yall have my back. Please let us work together towards the common goals, I understand there is much pride and grudges etc., but if we cannot work together and it dissolves into bickering and fighting we lose.
I'm for a summer of promotion

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

I am one of the new folks you mention, and notwithstanding the recent "elevated discussions," the genuine warmth and friendliness that I have seen here and on other FF/S boards is amazing.

I am lucky to live in a city, Raleigh, NC, where we will now have a Serenity Now / Equality Now screening, thanks to the user "Flame." I am going to support the Serenity Now screening by volunteering to help set things up and getting everyone I can to go. I will then support the Serenity Summer Campaign in every way possible. Both of these events are great and have distinct, but not mutually-exclusive, goals.

I just checked Amazon and the FF DVD set is now ranked at #7, which is amazing for a DVD set of a cancelled TV series that was released 2 1/2 years ago, and Serenity is still holding strongly in the 30's. The fanbase is increasing -- I know, I am one of the recent converts.

Thanks to those who are organizing these various events. I am very appreciative of your hard work, and the hard work of other vets who helped get Serenity made in the first place. I'll do my best to help out and hold the line.

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Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:32 AM

AGATSU

Of course we can make sure that everyone knows that our intentions to do the Serenity Summer Campaign are celebrating all things Serenity and broadening the fanbase, but our HOPE is that MAYBE we'll grow so strong and make Firefly and Serenity so widely popular that the execs will notice they have a moneymaker in their safe, and give Joss that eagerly-awaited call.
Even if the latter doesn't happen, the Serenity Summer Campaign is still gonna be the shiniest and merriest funeral party ever, and Serenity deserves no less.
So how can we lose?

Serenity Summer Campaign for teh win!1!!

BROWNCOATS UNITE!

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