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Topic: Please add YOUR support - 2009 (Read 2480 times)
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Graham Ellis
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Yesterday was the first full day of our new pledge campaign to ask for YOUR support for an appropriate service ... except that at this stage we wanted to get the first few signatures 'on the page' before we went public, and to have those who have supported such pledges in the past take a look at the new one and help us iron our any tiny things that needed correcting. And even though we haven't posted on ANY publicly visible boards (until this post) we got over 50 signatures in the first complete 24 hour period, representing an astonishing ten thousand journeys in and through Wiltshire. This year ... * There are unitary elections which make the candidates for election to Wiltshire Council, one of who will become the new supremo in the local transport authority for public transport and tourism * The County Council is looking at economic stimuluses to help businesses in the area - and what better way than a low cost improvement in public transport that's implementable in the very short term * All the "donkey work" has already been done [last year], so a first timetable, train, etc, are available. Please add or renew your name as a supporter. If you want to read more about it, please look here. And if you have any questions, please get in touch with me. P.S. Please tell your friends and spread the URL far and wide - www.transwilts.org.uk |
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Graham Ellis
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Behind the scenes - some notes for interested parties ...
1. We are not looking to collect as many names as possible - we are looking to collect support from as many people as possible who are genuinely interested. That means from people who have a belief in a decent public transport service ... people who use public transport ... and people who might be tempted to use this service. And we'll be delighted if you sign up even if you wouldn't use the service directly - but if a decent public transport service would be of benefit to you (for example, bringing customers to your business, making your road journey easier by relieving congestion ...)
2. When you sign up, you are offered the option of sending an email to certain key players. We have (a) made this an option that you have to sign in to (so it requires a specific action on your part) and (b) the full text of the email body is offered to you to read and alter before you send it. The emailing option has been set up in this way to ensure that the decision makers will hear from people who are really concerned and want to write and that the messages will be in words chosen by the writers. We are not looking to send as many emails as possible - we are looking to have people who are concerned enough to do so to email.
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« Last Edit: March 15, 2009, 10:31:55 AM by Graham Ellis »
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Lee
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300 people have now signed up - thank you all.
Lets keep those pledges coming.
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Lee
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Over 400 people have now signed the pledge. Its been a month since we launched, and we are still averaging 100 signatures a week.
Many thanks to you all, but the campaign runs until the end of May so...
...lets keep those pledges coming!
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Lee
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The current signature total is 515, which means that, only halfway through this year's pledge campaign, we have already surpassed the number of signatures we achieved last year. Many thanks again to you all.
Its not over by a long shot yet though, so please keep those pledges coming!
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Graham Ellis
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The figures that we have already are significant. 90% of respondents live in Wiltshire or nearby counties, and over 40% of them travel in or through Wiltshire on a daily basis, with most of the rest travelling weekly or from time to time. Between them they account for ...
203 x 500 + 99 x 150 + 142 x 50 + 55 x 20 .... that's over 120,000 single journeys per year
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