Yesterday was very useful. The speakers were excellent and thought provoking. However, those from the audience who spoke were patchy to say the least. For me, the whole point of yesterday was to decide on a plan of action to move the protest forward. Some of those who spoke from the audience let that go right over their head. Yes, we know how much of a mercenary Rio is, and thank for your rendition of the Red Flag but what you said contributed nothing to how we can bring Glazer down (and that is in no way meant flippantly- if we did not care about the great heritage of our club we would not have been there in the first place). To be fair, there were some good points raised eg. a figurehead being needed and get a list of box holders etc. However, too many of the speakers from the audience said nothing new. It was to the credit of Andy Walsh that he kept the meeting going at these points.
It was apparent all the way through that just like at the Methodist Hall meeting there were ST/LMTB holders present who have not renewed and those who have renewed and will fight from the inside (though how you can do that when the first sign of you protesting will get your book taken off you I can't get my head round personally) To those that are staying then I respect your decision but please consider the boycott of cup matches and do not buy any other merchandise or food and drink within the stadium. The FC United bit was interesting and I am struggling to see how people can't get their head round the concept that supporting FC United does not dilute your love for MUFC and that FC United is stopgap until we reclaim our club. If you want to be part of FC United then sign up and get your mates to asap- it is that urgent if you want to be part of it. If you don't want anything to do with FC United then at least respect the wishes of those that do. Can I also add that the meeting was in no way a Mancs only meeting and it was apparent all the way through that all United fans are in this together (the protests and/or FC United) if they so wish. Seeing as the continuing boycotting of United's sponsors was agreed I feel it is only fair to mention what Mark Longden said about the Not for Sale Wristbands. Basically, stores are refusing to stock these highly professional wristbands because of fear of pressure from Nike. I cannot remember off the top of my head which stores have been approached to stock these wristbands and have refused but I am sure a list could be made and people could let them know what they think of this decision. All in all, I felt that maybe something more concrete would have come out of yesterday's meeting. However, it was always going to be hard to agree an action plan in 2 hours with so many different views there. At least people have registered what they are prepared do to help and hopefully teams will be created. Also, we now know that FC United could be achieved. I also must commend the passion and chairing skills of Andy Walsh. I thought he was excellent. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/B9pRWD/3MnJAA/Y3ZIAA/GtUolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Please use [email protected] for general discussion. To unsubscribe send a blank message (from the email account in question) to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join as a full member of IMUSA today: http://www.imusa.org/join.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/imusa/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
