Organising Pulse 4 March - half-marathon theme

Email from PULSE OF EUROPE, re. PoE on 25th February 2018
SPECIAL FOCUS ON ITALY which has national elections on Sunday, 4th March

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#InsiemeInEuropa (TOGETHER IN EUROPE)

Ja, es wird kalt, aber fast überall wird die Sonne scheinen. Sonnencreme und lange Unterhosen und dann raus auf die Piazza, liebe Pulsgeberinnen und Pulsgeber, denn das ist molto importante! Wir wollen durch unsere Fotos und Pressemeldungen eine Woche vor der Wahl gesehen werden in Italien. Darum benötigen wir für unsere Sonderaktionen am Sonntag wirklich viele Menschen auf den Straßen, so dass unser Standort in Rom europäischen Rückenwind bekommt:

Aschaffenburg, Theaterplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr unter dem Motto „Bella Europa“

Baden-Baden, Stiftskirche, 25.2. um 11:30 Uhr: Ansprache des Vereinsvorsitzenden Daniel Röder

Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, 25.2. um 14 Uhr

Bremen, Marktplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr: Poetry Slam zu Europa und Chorgesang

Darmstadt, Karolinenplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr

Dresden, Neumarkt (Frauenkirche) am ersten Geburtstag des Standorts, 3.3. um 14 Uhr: canzoni italiani mit der Kapelle Aballaro

Düsseldorf, Burgplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr

Frankfurt am Main, Goetheplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr: Demonstrationszug durch die Innenstadt zu Orten italienischen Kulturschaffens

Gütersloh, Theodor-Heuss-Platz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr unter Beteiligung des Standorts Bielefeld

Hamburg, Rathausmarkt, 25.2. um 14 Uhr: Umzug zum Gänsemarkt und zurück

Kassel, Königsplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr

Köln, Roncalliplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr: Demonstrationszug unter Beteiligung von PoE Aachen, Koblenz und mehrerer Ruhrgebietsstädte

Lissabon, Praça da Figueira, 25.2. um 15 Uhr

Nizza, Place Massena, 25.2. um 14 Uhr

Rom, Piazza di Madonna di Loretto, 25.2. um 17 Uhr

Rosenheim, Salinplatz, 3.3. um 14 Uhr: Frühlingsdemo

Stuttgart, Schlossplatz, 25.2. um 14 Uhr

Trier, Europäische Kunstakademie in der Aachener Str. 63, 25.2. um 11:30 Uhr: „Heimat Europa?! Gelebte Vielfalt in neuen Erzählungen"

Essen, München, Offenburg und Worms haben schon vorab demonstriert, Brüssel und Warschau werden am Sonntag wohl auch dabei sein. Näheres auch auf Facebook und Twitter. Zieht die dicksten Handschuhe und Mützen an und feiert mit uns ein europäisches Italien. DANKE.

Let's be the Pulse of Europe!

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Question: Should we make any reference to Italy?

ALTERNATIVELY, do we want to collaborate with the PULSE OF EUROPE group in SALZBURG? They have already had one PoE in our honour, ie. appealing to the UK to remain in the EU. @tonyambrose Have you been in touch?

(MESSAGE FROM SALLY)
Hello

We've had the following message via the Facebook page from someone from Pulse of Europe Salzburg. He's been in contact before and I think Tony was going to contact him..?

Sally

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Dear
fellow PoE Activists, It would be fantastic if we would get in contact. We had a very successful „UK - WELCOME TO STAY performance at the market place in Salzburg Austria in February and will have the topic Re-Brexit again in our next Sunday meeting March 4 in Salzburg. It would be great if we could discuss a possible cooperation and orchestrated activity. I‘m looking forward to your contact per email or simply give me a call 00436764002473. Best regards Michael Elling, PoE Salzburg

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Even if our March PoE has a Bath Half-Marathon theme, we could ask to do something with the SALZURG group later on in the year. I think it's really supportive of them to get in touch with us; we're going to need friends in Austria, whatever happens!

I am meeting Lucy from events group today to discuss our plans. With so many people being away, it has been left to me and Lucy to lead. Tony, your plan is great but a maybe a bit ambitious seeing as we only have a week to go and we do have a plan already as noted above. That said I will go through this with Lucy and see how we could accommodate your idea in some way. Will get back to you later today hopefully.
Ruth - we talked about collaboration with other countries at the BfE national meeting yesterday - definitely one for future pulses.

Claire and I met to talk about which of the suggested activities BfE should generate for the half marathon based on feedback we’ve had to date. How about the following 4 ACTIVITIES that people could join depending what time they have:

Encourage people to wear their beret wherever they watch the Bath half marathon - media to promote.
Wave EU and UK flags as near to the start and finish of the Bath half marathon as possible. Tony to lead
Gather at Alan’s house to cheer people along - is this ok with you Alan?

THE PULSE - as usual - starting at the Abbey Churchyard
Gather at 1.45pm for 2.00pm kick off with speakers and a march if we have enough people. Please could you let us know if you are happy to speak/ act / sing / lead the march / select the route.
Once we agree, I will write some text to go in an email to supporters early next week if possible.
Please can we have YOUR comments…

I would be sensitive about a march in the city centre. Likely to be lots of unpredictables causing potential bottlenecks and friction. Better to have static presence(S) whether at the abbey, or, my preference on the route of the marathon, perhaps at Alan's house as he can easily organise that (!) and at the finishing area so we are highly visible and may get picked up by the media.

I think Queen Square would be another good (central) spot for cheering Claire on. It's also very close to Marcom, if we wanted to bring out more flags. I'm not convinced that our normal PoE at 2pm is going to work, coming straight after the BHM. Wouldn't it be simpler to ask everyone to congregate at one of the above-mentioned points: Starting/finishing line (near Pulteney Street?), Alan's house in Newbridge, and Queen Square? We also discussed having a BfE 'crowd' at Widcombe, but perhaps people living near there could be persuaded to go to the starting/finishing line instead (so as not to spread ourselves too thinly)?

Not a fan of Queen’s Square as it’s such a crush. You can’t see anything and nobody will see you.

All sounds good to me. 1) my house 189 Newbridge Road BA1 3HH and 2) near start/finish. Then a 3) pulse in the usual place with speakers and leaflets but no march. Not sure I will come to the pulse though as we usually have quite a few guests, and not sure I will be able to walk into city for 1.45. People welcome at ours from 10.30. Race usually comes past from 11.15-13.00ish. We usually provide tea/coffee/something stronger and sausage sandwiches.

Alan

Sounds like Lucy's plan is what we're going with. We decided to do the afternoon Pulse purely because people might turn up expecting it and we don't have much time to let people know if it changes. I am happy to do a short speech related to the half-marathon. Also OK to leave off the march. It was optional anyway as it would depend on numbers. I'll leave Lucy to write up the details to go into the e-newsletter. Can we have two more speakers?

Here's a 1st draft for the events for Sunday Bath Half Marathon. Not sure how you usually do this as haven't seen previous PULSE publicity so would welcome strapline and comments etc. Speakers still needed. Hope we can add any other details and finalise tonight at the Events mtg.

HERES HOW you can watch the BATH HALF and support REMAIN

WAVE THE FLAGS : Euro flags for waving available from 10.00am at the START and FINISHing line 12.00pm in Gt Pulteney St.

WATCH THE RUNNERS with a ringside view from Alan Champney’s house 189 Newbridge Road BA1 3HH and eat sausage sandwiches. The Euro flags will be flying!

JOIN THE PULSE 2.00pm
Congregate in the ABBEY COURTYARD for speeches and ?

BE A PRESENCE
Wear your Euro gear - hats, scarves, bracelets from wherever you watch the Bath half. Show that the tide of public opinion is changing.