Re: charity calendar - update

In news:[email protected],
MVP <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> blithered:
> I've heard back from The Breast Cancer Campaign in reaction to a few
> angry emails, some from folks on here and some from folks on the
> Modelling forum where most of the models in the project hang-out
> (thanks for the support folks), The Breast Cancer Campaign are now
> saying that as long as I can assure them that the models won't be
> naked (I already assured them of this) and as long as we don't use
> their logo (don't get me started on that one) then they are happy with
> the association.
> Well to be honest that ****ed me off a bit, alot of people are
> offering their time and skills for free to raise money for them and
> they won't even let us use their logo. But it is the cause we are
> supporting, not the muppets in the office so I'm sure you'll all join
> me in going ahead as planned.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.

Why not add a note to the effect that they declined to cooperate!

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"GbH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:428c842b$0$39069$ed2e19e4@ptn-
> > Well to be honest that ****ed me off a bit, alot of people are
> > offering their time and skills for free to raise money for them and
> > they won't even let us use their logo. But it is the cause we are
> > supporting, not the muppets in the office so I'm sure you'll all join
> > me in going ahead as planned.
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> > Mark.
>
> Why not add a note to the effect that they declined to cooperate!

I'm happy to still join in and provide the SIII for some pics, if your
coming to my side of the country.
However, I'm not doing it because I really want to support a Breast Cancer
Charity. There have been some very personal opinions posted on the subject,
and I think that the whole cancer association should be completely dropped.
This is nothing more than a fun calendar promoting my fun hobby, how about
we stick to LR related charities such as rescue groups.

The Breast Cancer Campaign are pretty high profile, they don't _need_ our
money (http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/ if you want to donate). There is
absolutely no reason to force money on them if they don't want the breast
cancer/bare booby association inherent with a girly calendar (understandable
in my opinion).

Just keep it fun and uncontroversial,
DavidM

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DavidM djm81NOSPAMatcam.ac.uk

>> Why not add a note to the effect that they declined to cooperate!
>
> I'm happy to still join in and provide the SIII for some pics, if your
> coming to my side of the country.
> However, I'm not doing it because I really want to support a Breast Cancer
> Charity. There have been some very personal opinions posted on the subject,
> and I think that the whole cancer association should be completely dropped.
> This is nothing more than a fun calendar promoting my fun hobby, how about
> we stick to LR related charities such as rescue groups.
>
> The Breast Cancer Campaign are pretty high profile, they don't _need_ our
> money (http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/ if you want to donate). There is
> absolutely no reason to force money on them if they don't want the breast
> cancer/bare booby association inherent with a girly calendar (understandable
> in my opinion).
>
> Just keep it fun and uncontroversial,
> DavidM


I noticed today that the charity 'Breast Cancer Care' is being championed
by the Sun newspaper obviously they're not bothered about naked breasts

It seems to me that since Kylie was diagnosed it's become high profile
with every celebrity offering support

So I agree with DavidM rescue groups would be my personal choice

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Andy

SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
It's big, it's mean it's really, really green

I agree too, how about RNLI?
I am still willing to supply my LR but I dont see why we should give money
to them if they dont want it!
Richard



"Andy.Smalley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>> Why not add a note to the effect that they declined to cooperate!
>>
>> I'm happy to still join in and provide the SIII for some pics, if your
>> coming to my side of the country.
>> However, I'm not doing it because I really want to support a Breast
>> Cancer
>> Charity. There have been some very personal opinions posted on the
>> subject,
>> and I think that the whole cancer association should be completely
>> dropped.
>> This is nothing more than a fun calendar promoting my fun hobby, how
>> about
>> we stick to LR related charities such as rescue groups.
>>
>> The Breast Cancer Campaign are pretty high profile, they don't _need_ our
>> money (http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/ if you want to donate). There
>> is
>> absolutely no reason to force money on them if they don't want the breast
>> cancer/bare booby association inherent with a girly calendar
>> (understandable
>> in my opinion).
>>
>> Just keep it fun and uncontroversial,
>> DavidM
>
>
> I noticed today that the charity 'Breast Cancer Care' is being championed
> by the Sun newspaper obviously they're not bothered about naked breasts
>
> It seems to me that since Kylie was diagnosed it's become high profile
> with every celebrity offering support
>
> So I agree with DavidM rescue groups would be my personal choice
>
> --
> Andy
>
> SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
> It's big, it's mean it's really, really green
>

Andy.Smalley wrote:

> It seems to me that since Kylie was diagnosed it's become high profile
> with every celebrity offering support
>
> So I agree with DavidM rescue groups would be my personal choice
>
I agree too.

Steve

In message <[email protected]>, Andy.Smalley
<[email protected]> writes
>>> Why not add a note to the effect that they declined to cooperate!
>>
>> I'm happy to still join in and provide the SIII for some pics, if your
>> coming to my side of the country.
>> However, I'm not doing it because I really want to support a Breast Cancer
>> Charity. There have been some very personal opinions posted on the subject,
>> and I think that the whole cancer association should be completely dropped.
>> This is nothing more than a fun calendar promoting my fun hobby, how about
>> we stick to LR related charities such as rescue groups.
>>
>> The Breast Cancer Campaign are pretty high profile, they don't _need_ our
>> money (http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/ if you want to donate). There is
>> absolutely no reason to force money on them if they don't want the breast
>> cancer/bare booby association inherent with a girly calendar (understandable
>> in my opinion).
>>
>> Just keep it fun and uncontroversial,
>> DavidM
>
>
>I noticed today that the charity 'Breast Cancer Care' is being championed
>by the Sun newspaper obviously they're not bothered about naked breasts
>
>It seems to me that since Kylie was diagnosed it's become high profile
>with every celebrity offering support
>
>So I agree with DavidM rescue groups would be my personal choice
>
Yup, we'll take money off anybody!!
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hugh

On 2005-05-19, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

> Yup, we'll take money off anybody!!

Given that mountain rescue teams use landies on a daily basis and are
somewhat neglected by other sources, they'd make the best choice
IMHO. As for which one, how about one this year, another the next and
so on.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert

so Richard was, like...
> I agree too, how about RNLI?
> I am still willing to supply my LR but I dont see why we should give
> money to them if they dont want it!
> Richard
>
>
>
> "Andy.Smalley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Why not add a note to the effect that they declined to cooperate!
>>>
>>> I'm happy to still join in and provide the SIII for some pics, if
>>> your coming to my side of the country.
>>> However, I'm not doing it because I really want to support a Breast
>>> Cancer
>>> Charity. There have been some very personal opinions posted on the
>>> subject,
>>> and I think that the whole cancer association should be completely
>>> dropped.
>>> This is nothing more than a fun calendar promoting my fun hobby, how
>>> about
>>> we stick to LR related charities such as rescue groups.
>>>
>>> The Breast Cancer Campaign are pretty high profile, they don't
>>> _need_ our money (http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/ if you want
>>> to donate). There is
>>> absolutely no reason to force money on them if they don't want the
>>> breast cancer/bare booby association inherent with a girly calendar
>>> (understandable
>>> in my opinion).
>>>
>>> Just keep it fun and uncontroversial,
>>> DavidM
>>
>>
>> I noticed today that the charity 'Breast Cancer Care' is being
>> championed by the Sun newspaper obviously they're not bothered about
>> naked breasts It seems to me that since Kylie was diagnosed it's become
>> high
>> profile with every celebrity offering support
>>
>> So I agree with DavidM rescue groups would be my personal choice
>>
>> --
>> Andy
>>
>> SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
>> It's big, it's mean it's really, really green

Agreed, RNLI would be my first choice, rescue groups next.

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Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

On or around Thu, 19 May 2005 20:00:09 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2005-05-19, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>
>> Yup, we'll take money off anybody!!
>
>Given that mountain rescue teams use landies on a daily basis and are
>somewhat neglected by other sources, they'd make the best choice
>IMHO. As for which one, how about one this year, another the next and
>so on.

good idea. Cancer charities get a lot of high-profile fund raising, as has
been said. There have to be plenty of charities, equally worthwhile, which
struggle to get enough funds and enough exposure.

I support the idea of the mountain rescue types and the RNLI.

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so Austin Shackles was, like...
> On or around Thu, 19 May 2005 20:00:09 +0100, Ian Rawlings
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> On 2005-05-19, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yup, we'll take money off anybody!!
>>
>> Given that mountain rescue teams use landies on a daily basis and are
>> somewhat neglected by other sources, they'd make the best choice
>> IMHO. As for which one, how about one this year, another the next
>> and so on.
>
> good idea. Cancer charities get a lot of high-profile fund raising,
> as has been said. There have to be plenty of charities, equally
> worthwhile, which struggle to get enough funds and enough exposure.
>
> I support the idea of the mountain rescue types and the RNLI.

I'm not really up to speed on this debate, but if whoever is organising
wants photos of a nice straight S2a (1971, last day of production before the
S3), I'm willing to contribute. I'd accommodate a babe or two, as well, if
necessary.

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Rich
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Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

Richard Brookman wrote:

> Agreed, RNLI would be my first choice, rescue groups next.

That's my first instinctive thought too. However from 12000 miles away
it's a bit easier to be impartial (even though I've been an RNLI
volunteer). As the RNLI are already better funded than many of the SAR
groups I'd be inclined to donate to the SAR groups.


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EMB

On Thu, 19 May 2005 17:29:56 +0100, Andy.Smalley wrote:

> It seems to me that since Kylie was diagnosed it's become high
> profile with every celebrity offering support

Aye and the great unwashed will be falling over themselves to "save
kyle" by donating to any charity that waves a Kyle flag.

> So I agree with DavidM rescue groups would be my personal choice

<aol>
ME TO
</aol>

Personally I'd prefer it to be Mountain Rescue(*) rather than the
RNLI, they do fairly well as it is (see previous dicussion).

(*) One of the regional groups rather than an individual team or the
Mountain Rescue Council.

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In message <[email protected]>
EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

> Richard Brookman wrote:
>
> > Agreed, RNLI would be my first choice, rescue groups next.
>
> That's my first instinctive thought too. However from 12000 miles away
> it's a bit easier to be impartial (even though I've been an RNLI
> volunteer). As the RNLI are already better funded than many of the SAR
> groups I'd be inclined to donate to the SAR groups.
>
>
How about Rainbow Rovers/The Saharan Aid Trust - long associations
with Land Rovers there? Just a thought......

Richard
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On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:32:08 +0100, MVP wrote:

> This year we are back to plan-A which is MacMillan Cancer Relief and
> the Breast Cancer Campaign, yes they'll be getting a fair few quid
> now that ickle Kylie has raised their profile but that can work in
> our favour also, we do need to sell these calendars yasee.

How? They only want to take the money but not be associated with
calendar. If their logo can't be on it, it raises a element of
suspicion about where their money may actually be going.

As you said yourself "Well to be honest that ****ed me off a bit, alot
of people are offering their time and skills for free to raise money
for them and they won't even let us use their [The Breast Cancer
Campaign] logo."

With all the petty messing about and backtracking from The Breast
Cancer Campaign if that organisation remains a benificary I remove the
offer of my Disco II.

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Same here

Richard



"Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:32:08 +0100, MVP wrote:
>
>> This year we are back to plan-A which is MacMillan Cancer Relief and
>> the Breast Cancer Campaign, yes they'll be getting a fair few quid
>> now that ickle Kylie has raised their profile but that can work in
>> our favour also, we do need to sell these calendars yasee.
>
> How? They only want to take the money but not be associated with
> calendar. If their logo can't be on it, it raises a element of
> suspicion about where their money may actually be going.
>
> As you said yourself "Well to be honest that ****ed me off a bit, alot
> of people are offering their time and skills for free to raise money
> for them and they won't even let us use their [The Breast Cancer
> Campaign] logo."
>
> With all the petty messing about and backtracking from The Breast
> Cancer Campaign if that organisation remains a benificary I remove the
> offer of my Disco II.
>
> --
> Cheers [email protected]
> Dave. pam is missing e-mail
>
>
>

">
> With all the petty messing about and backtracking from The Breast
> Cancer Campaign if that organisation remains a benificary I remove the
> offer of my Disco II.
>
>
I think under the circumstances I would rather not participate if The Breast
Cancer Campaign is involved
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SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
It's big, it's mean it's really, really green