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L'orange · Devon's Best

PR campaign for 2009

wackyracer · Powermonger!!

e.mailed you mate

have a good day tomorrow, i'll be thinking of you guys when i'm lane clearing, not sure who's got the easiest of jobs to do biggrin

laterz

Simmo · Devon's Best

PMed you.

Steve H · Devon's Best

PM sent

Hoops · Elite

Ditto.

L'orange · Devon's Best

Thanks for your input.

Can i hear from some newer members, you paid yer 40 quid so your thoughts are just as welcome as the officers

Steve

RichT4 · Champion

I had a quick look through the proposal and it looks okay, might even increase membership and attract more people to trial riding.

Can we do anything more direct?

It seems there are two battles being fought, public opinion and government. Is there anything we can do to help fight against this directly through our MP's?

I don't really understand what is going on in government circles but I have been known to send a few letters so maybe if everybody (Nationally) sends a letter to their MP's we could achieve something.

L'orange · Devon's Best

Hi Guys

Debbie and myself attended the exec meeting as promised on Sunday at the Black Country museum in Dudley.

Expecting the meeting to be hard work it turned out to be OK with a fair amount established. I will compile a full report for the Feb Newsletter.

A few of the Devon/Somerset members kindly gave their views on the proposed PR campaign for 2009. At your request I voted in favor of the proposal which you will be pleased to know this was carried forward.

On another positive note, two members expressed an interest in the vacant National PR officers role, Mark Williams, Mid wales group, Richard Simpson, Glos group. A vote was held and Mark Williams was accepted in the role.

One particularly interesting event was a quick talk from the NHS Blood and organ donor service. Cornwall have been exploring a lead with the service which will include the TRF being closely involved with promotion of blood donation, possibly including the TRF getting local and national press coverage as well as being involved with a very worthwhile cause. Natasha, who gave the talk is herself involved with Motor sport and could help to see us joining the service in a joint promotion exercise. Watch out for further info.

Thanks once again for your support

Steve

Dev sec & Devon/Somerset rep.

-- Edited by L'orange at 21:06, 2009-01-27

Simmo · Devon's Best

L'orange wrote:
One particularly interesting event was a quick talk from the NHS Blood and organ donor service. Cornwall have been exploring a lead with the service which will include the TRF being closely involved with promotion of blood donation, possibly including the TRF getting local and national press coverage as well as being involved with a very worthwhile cause.

Good initiative, as long as people don't think that TRF membership increases a person's chance of being dead and therefore able to donate organs.

Hoops · Elite

Thanks for going up you two, hope it wasn't too long a day. Like Simmo said that's a good initiative (like the new avatar too Simmo wink

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