Time for action

[ttcycle]

Ben L - did you get the road checked out? What's it called - I need to work out if it's in the square mile of the city as I have a named contact in the Corporation of London to contact re road closures.

A mate of mine emailed this photo to me today -stuff is happening so we need to decide if people want to hire a HGV and chip in - and if people/organisations are carrying out other bits it might be worth contacting them etc.

However, this needs people to do this.

Who is still in? Would be a shame to shelve this now.

 

[classic33]

Still willing to "chip in" the £10.
Hard to say no, given it me that suggested it for the hiring of the lorry.

 

[magnatom]

Sorry! Been buying/selling the house, on holiday, watching my wifes belly grow with our third child, and working like a mad man! This thread fell under my radar. Sorry.

I'm certainly up for helping with money etc, and I am more than happy to accept any money/book HGV etc. Everyone knows who I am, so I have the most to loose from running off with the money!

Not sure if I could actually make it to any filming, but if someone organises a place and a time, if I can make it, I certainly will.

If there is anything else I can do, let me know!

 

[Rhythm Thief]

RT/User3143 - are either of you guys ok to drive a HGV down in London as if we hire the right kind of vehicle we'll need someone with the right license?

Who can contribute £10 to hiring a HGV- more the merrier?

Yes, I'm happy to do both these things. All I ask is that I get plenty of notice, as I'm often busy with the band on weekends.

 

[ttcycle]

Ok 6 people to date-still not enough for a HGV -have just bumped the ping threads-haven't resorted to PM's yet!

Yeah there should be plenty of notice RT as logitistically there is so much to be done...which reminds me; any folks prepared to help with organising bits 'if' we can get a HGV as I can't practically carry this by myself

Magnatom - sounds hectic! Hope the little sprog doesn't turn out too troublesome!!

 

[ttcycle]

classic 33's links on page 50 indicate max cost for a day is £150- it may be more as it might not be practical to hire for just a day etc.

 

[sheddy]

Has anything been set up for contributions ?

Why not go ahead on the basis that if the HGV hire falls down/not enough raised, would folks be happy for any monies raised to be sent on to the Cyclists Defence Fund ?

 

[ttcycle]

Hi sheddy

nice idea but the only problem with that is as we're all across the country so it's not as straightforward and would take time to set up and co-ordinate so may be too much work in the end if it wasn't for a solid outcome- magnatom mentioned some time back that he was prepared to collect the cash as transfers or paypal but to my knowledge this hasn't been set up yet and logistically I haven't thought about it. Hopefully a contribution from 15 people if we're going to meet the minimum costs shouldn't be too tricky.

 

[classic33]

We have a person willing to accept the payments for the project.
So would everyone here be willing to send the payments to him and if the project for whatever reason fails to come off are we all happy for the money raised to be forwarded to the CDF?

Some on here have put a fair amount of time & effort on this & I'd just not want it to fail now. Unable to give the time, so I raised the question of us paying for the HGV.

 

[CotterPin]

Happy to donate a tenner as well

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Count me in for the tenner - sorry I have been missing in action (so to speak) of late, although I can't claim anywhere near the level of life changes that Mags has been going through... I'm obviously just lazy!

I thought there were some plans/ideas to approach a local HGV firm to see about some form of non-contributory sponsorship (i.e. use of an HGV rather than cash) to get them some good press by being involved, and to keep the costs down... has this been shelved?

Also, is there any mileage in some form of contact with the people (Gov?) that run the Think Bike campaign / Drink Driving etc. to see whether there is any possibility of it being done "professionally" given that there have been so many deaths recently?

Just some thoughts...

 

[ttcycle]

Those are very good ideas Shr4ky - is there anyone that is able to take them on? I know I can't at this moment as heading into hospital tommorow so will be out of action myself for a short while.

 

[CopperBrompton]

It's been done professionally twice, once by RoSPA and again by the Met Police. Unfortunately both videos are very long and tedious and unlikely to gain much of an audience.

 

[magnatom]

So should I look into setting up a pay pal payment link for this? If so I could probably set it up within a day or so.

Before we do, we should decide what to do if enough money isn't raised, or if we end up with extra.

 

[ttcycle]

If we end up with extra there is always the chance that we can use it for other things such as flyer and stickers etc if it was what seemed like the best plan.