Spreading the Virus: Recruiting

POSTED BY: Kaele
UPDATED: Friday, March 3, 2006 18:14
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KAELE

Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:44 PM

Ok, I've got a few ideas, but I know how bright and shiny you all are and would like some help from you all. We're good at banding together to get something done.

What I'm looking for is ideas and recruits to begin helping "spread the virus." It worked for Joss-ie-poo in promoting the film, so it's time to give those bad-boy movie and TV execs a taste of their own medicine. It got us our BDM and we CAN and WILL do more. It got us comics on the way. Know what my sin is? I'm gorram greedy. I want MORE.

The rules are this: if it's something that needs a kick in the butt or a 'starter' you mentioning the idea volunteers you for it. Your assignment, you get it done.

Things already posted on this board:
1) Editing your sigs in your mail messages to point to this site. Use multiple Firefly related site links if need be.

2) Old standby: lend and recruit. Been done. KEEP doing it!

3) Donating DVDs. Good idea, but expensive for those of us with limited funds. Those who can, thank you!

4) Vote. ANY little poll or questionaire that has a mention of our BDH's or Firefly/Serenity, BOMB THEM! Post them here.

5) Hand-written letters. Keep at 'em. Go for one or two a week. Someone, anyone. Once we get a more focused idea of where to write and what looks most promising, we'll slam 'em harder.

If I'm missing some, which I'm sure I am, quote these and add onto it. We can have someone issue these suggestions once FollowMal hands out the new recruits' spankin new browncoats.

Hou zi de pi gu! Guess that'd be me since it was my suggestion...

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What I'm also looking for is a more organized way to get stuff done. We're a bunch of rabid fans all disorganized and the like. We need to get cracking and figure out how to get together a little more than just a few websites.

I could use some ideas and more than a little help. There's something I'd like to try, but I'm gonna need a few handy recruits to pull it off. If it doesn't work, y'all can shoot me or shove me out an airlock.

If I gotta do it myself, I will. But help'd be nice too.

Kaele
AIM - Dewlanna
YID - jedi_kaele

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, February 24, 2006 12:00 AM

Hey, this is falling off the page before I even get a chance to read it... so it's goin' back up!

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

FOREVERSHINY

Friday, February 24, 2006 12:25 AM

Well, we did some of our Browncoat part. We bought the dvds (series and movie) for a friend, but her boyfriend had already given them to her. *grrr....*

Anyways...So we donated them to the local library. I highly suggest this. So far, they've been circulating pretty widely.

Other than that...Umm...have shindigs and invite non-browncoats to convert them....

Okay, brain cramp. When I think of more, I'll post them.

I'm glad someone wants to actually do something.

Cheers,

~ForeverShiny~
An Unreasonable Believer
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Can't Stop The Signal.
"Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home."

MURKYMERC

Friday, February 24, 2006 1:56 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaele:
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The rules are this: if it's something that needs a kick in the butt or a 'starter' you mentioning the idea volunteers you for it. Your assignment, you get it done.

Things already posted on this board:
1) Editing your sigs in your mail messages to point to this site. Use multiple Firefly related site links if need be.

Well I'll do my part. I am going to go give my thread another kick. May you all forgive me.

AGIRLYMAN

Friday, February 24, 2006 1:58 AM

I'm infecting my children saturday when they come to visit, they don't suspect a thing!

Lmao!

AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?

Tee Hee

KAELE

Monday, February 27, 2006 5:46 AM

Actually, I'm looking for a larger scale than just this. Please don't think I'm downplaying everything everyone has done so far. It's gotten us this far! It's gotten us a movie and comics and some oh-so-nice books!

But we need to take it a step further.

As to purchasing DVDs for libraries, please don't forget your local colleges in those libraries.

Followmal came up with an idea:
Writing to local newspapers

Most of them have a community comments or letters to the editor something along those lines. If we can't hit the execs straight up, we raise awareness with the masses and come at them sideways.

It isn't a full page advertisement, but a word here or there (especially CONSTANT letters) will begin to pique interest.

Make it a part of your Letter-Writing Weekends!

Kaele
AIM - Dewlanna
YID - jedi_kaele

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, February 27, 2006 5:50 AM

Ok, since I mentioned it, I'll do it. I'll clip and scan what I write and post it when it goes thru.

I know the folks that run my local paper and I'm pretty sure they'll let me write a review. I'll keep everyone posted.

ETA: I think in addition to my review I'll write a little about the Browncoats and our human interest story. That'll get us some notice too.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

ISAACSHEPHERD

Monday, February 27, 2006 5:47 PM

I have an idea that hasn't been discussed before. I had the idea of making fliers for Serenity/ Firefly to put up in public places. I was thinking of putting them up in my college. If someone could make a really cool recruiting flier and attach it on here I would gladly print out a ton and post them around my school and maybe other areas around town that people would see them.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to see if you could post one on the video store door. It's advertising for them and it would get people curious about the movie for those that haven't heard of it.
I would make the fliers if I had that kind of talent on the computer with whatever program would be best, but I'm more of a media guy my own self. So if someone can make a cool one hop to it!
IS

The Bible's a bit fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, February 27, 2006 6:12 PM

IS, there are some cool fliers in The Blue Sun Room, lets see .... I think it's 10th Crewmember that makes 'em. Hang on....
ok, it's 11th Hour who does some fliers. Also over on the other Browncoat Board there may be some in their art/fanfic section. I'll check around and you do too and maybe we can come up with some that have been used. Or maybe we can get someone to make us some all shiny and new.
If we ask... I'll bet there will be a Browncoat who will help us.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

KAELE

Monday, February 27, 2006 6:14 PM

That's a great idea!

Now we just need to find someone who's good at creating images like that.

It'd need something along these lines:
Tagline from the movie or relevant quote
Screencaps from movie or series
Possible mention of this website
Simple, to the point, and not too many colors.

I'm terrible at something like this, all I've got for photo editing is MSWord and MSPaint.

If everyone printed a few out, dropped them off at the video stores, libraries, colleges, town halls, movie theaters... It'd be a way to get something done.

Kaele
AIM - Dewlanna
YID - jedi_kaele

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