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Originally posted by Canter:
Ok, sorry I'm late. I went away for a bit and lost the thread.

You guys have been busy.

Just before the chat (which is scheduled for me at 5:30 in the morning!!!! no worries, I'll drag my sad, tired bones to the office and the computer) I just wanted to put something out there.

Seems to me that there is quite a few projects going out there now.

There is almost just as many websites. Each one doing there own thing, and trying to spread the word to as much people as possible. But not always succeeding.

http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/links.html

Unfortunately, it is not possible for one group to spread the word to everybody else. There is a number of cross posting, but that doesn't always reach everybody.

What I suggest is, instead of forming a centralised website, that we rather set up an organised network.

Now this would work much better if I could draw a picture.

Wait, I hope this helps.

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The principle of the idea is to facilitate the transfer of information.

We form a core group (Lets call it the Cortex group. Just because this explanation is very long and it'll get confusin')

We get a list of ALL the Browncoat websites, and ALL the Browncoat yahoo groups and forums and myspace groups.

We divide them between the members of the Cortex Group. Every Cortex group member contact the forums/groups/boards on their list (he will be know as the forum/group/board's "Handler" and inform them of the formation of the group, and invite them to assign one contact person per forum/group/board to liase with the Cortex group.

Once that is established, every forum/group/board can make a list of projects/plans they are busy with, and give it through to their representative. That representative can then contact his Handler, and then convey the list of projects to that Handler.

The Handler will then convey that info back to the Cortex Group.

In the Group, all the different forum/group/board's plans will then be added together on one "master list".

Each Handler then takes a copy of that Master list back to the forum/group/board representative, who can then post it or share with his members.

Pretty soon, people will see that they are duplicating efforts and they can then contact other groups, doing the same as them and strenghten their efforts. Or attracth interested members.

It will also be a quick and efficient way of spreading once piece of information.

Lets say, somewhere in the future, we all want to send one of the BDH's a Happy Birthday, or we want to send a specific letter to a specific unnamed TV network en masse The word is sent out over the network. People will then have the option to take part or not.

It's not a chainletter. It's a mega post.

Just my two cents worth.





Big Damn Browncoat Vote http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/index.html

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Originally posted by RedHead:
Hear, Hear!!

Good idea. I would like to see us have all those links posted on one page on the net so fans could find all the sites.

Also I still worry about us preaching to the converted. I would love more ways of reaching out to the uninitiated. Yes, sharing with friends and family works but it is a sloooow process.

Ideas (so far) with the most chance of reaching the Firefly-deficient are:

1)Getting the Collector's Edition to the top of Amazon's ranking by purchasing in a concerted effort. (I think this would best be served by purchasing over the course of a two week period and attempting to keep Serenity in the top 5 the whole time)

2)Topping a poll that has a large mainstream audience ie BBC in order to pique people's interest. (This requires that the Poll be reported on in the mainstream press, however.)

3)Press coverage of charity screenings of Serenity.

4)Press coverage of Serenity/Firefly in space.

In other words, IMO, it all boils down to press coverage. What the "cortex group," blogs, newsletters, web sites would allow is for us fans to make concerted efforts in these areas.

Thus, we need to get all the disparate areas working efficiently together as soon as possible in order to support those efforts already ongoing and get up and running any other efforts deemed important as quickly as possible.

Wow, I just reread this post. Boooring! I need to reread King Harry's St. Crispin Day's Speech.

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

The "Cortex Group" already exists kids in the form of the Browncoat Signal Corps which has been in operation since last Summer of Serenity.

Please visit this website to learn more about it and to perhaps join?

http://www.geocities.com/browncoatsignalcorps/index.htm

We currently have every website and every yahoo group that wishes to be contacted with news covered by the good Browncoats who have volunteered for this mission and have been carrying out their mission for over a year.


ETA: Many of the volunteers who work a specific blog, website, group or organization are also members of that particular group and information thus flows between volunteers, groups and the centrally located BSC leaders. It's not a perfect system, but it does work just fine.

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Originally posted by Canter:
See, I knew it was a good idea. I just didn't know someone else had tried it already .

I tried to join on the website but they're referring to a form containing groups and there's no form there.

There's also an e-mail address which links to a yahoo page saying the page I'm looking for doesn't exist.

I'd like to get involved with this.

(In addition to the "Regulators" of course

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Originally posted by FollowMal:


It was indeed a good idea, Canter.
We can all thank Kaele for having it last year and thank Zisker for implementing it for the Serenity Day crew then turning it over to me and Silence after they were done with their campaign. We added crews and sites and expanded it, but we'd not have what we have without those two phenomenal ladies.

I went to the site and looked to be sure that our join page is working properly. The form is there, you just have to scroll down. When you push submit, it prompts your default mail to send it as an email to the browncoatsignalcorps@yahoo.com address. I'll answer if I see it come thru.

Here's the join page:
http://www.geocities.com/browncoatsignalcorps/join.html
Just scroll down and you'll see it.

Our email address looks as if it's not working... Redhead wrote me a letter to inform me that it wasn't but when I submitted a test email, it DID go thru, it just brings up an error page at yahoo.
I have informed our webmaster and also written yahoo in case it's a glitch.

I'll receive anything you send me, I've tested it several times. So please try again.

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