Hi Chris,
this is something we should all be doing, getting out and about and
spreading the word.
Any chance of rustling up an article for the mag on this event?
Why is rustling up acceptable, but poaching up not. Could it be we
are British?
Dick

--- In coraclesociety@..., "chris"
<mortimersmiller@...> wrote:
>
> I attended this event with an A board advertising The Coracle
Society
> plus a board showing the events & times of our Coraclers Gathering
> coming up on June 20/22 2008 plus one of Dick Mundys Fibreglass
> Coracles.I handed out a promotional leaflet that promoted
membership
> of the society plus Mortimers Cross Mill & Me plus The Gathering
plus
> various web sites we all have.(So it wasnt solely a society
> promotion). I recommended in conversations Peter Faulkners & Terry
> Kenny & The Greenwood Trust coracle making courses. If you do
courses
> please say! I spoke to over 100 people at this event.
> There were 45 teams. I knew people in 3 teams and I knew a lot of
the
> volunteers helping sell cakes,teas & Pimms.Extraordinary evening
> really.Must have been 400 people there at least but all were
> professional career groups of companies there for the networking
> potential and flying the company flag and their teams were doing a
> canoe type paddle stroke. I saw very few people doing traditional
> coracle paddle strokes.Many people capsized.Some stood up in the
> coracles and leapt out hoping to reach the bank and failing! Very
few
> people had heard of our society and most were not that
> interested.However being photographed in or around Dicks Coracle
on
> the lawn was massively popular by everyone and I have one colour
> photo so far (of Shropshire MPs)that I found in The Shropshire
> Star.It doesnt show the myspace web address unfortunately which I
> painted on the side!Only about 4 people said they might join the
> society but a lot more said they would come to our Gathering on
June
> 21/22. (Particularly when I told them about the 2 film companies
that
> might be coming)
>