Thank You Event - Discussion

[jonastio]

Has anyone done anything like this before? I'm wondering if it has been, how it was handled. If not, we're going into uncharted territory. There are always arguments for taking things easy and slowly turning up the heat. I don't think we've got that kind of time. I think open-carry would be a great way to make us indistinguishable from those that attend. I think we would be covered if any advertisement or flyer or ANYTHING we put out to promote the event clearly stated that it is both alcohol free and open-carry friendly, that would prevent surprises and the combination of the two statements would put some minds at ease.

I met the new TPD Police Chief last night, and he seems like a pretty stand up guy. I think it would be wonderful if we approached him with the idea and got his feedback.

[Dale Gribble]

I met the new TPD Police Chief last night, and he seems like a pretty stand up guy. I think it would be wonderful if we approached him with the idea and got his feedback.

Not as the main course, right?

[DaveW]

As I see it, there are 4 questions that need to be asked about every suggestion, especially mine.

1. What is the end game goal?
2. Who is your real, long term target audience?
3. Will this tactic effectively help bring that audience around to at least respect our views on the subject?
4. Has it been tried before and did it accomplish #3 or did it make us and our views look more radical to that target audience?


What will we call it? Any ideas?