I think we should go ahead with it. Even with five of us we= could make a big "splash" at the parade, and certainly generate some good= laughs and feelings for Libertarians. Besides, if too many of us showed up, say 500= Libertarians with water guns and super soakers, we might scare people,= right?:)

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----- Original Message -----=

From: Dawn Fox

To: lesczynski@keepandb= eararms..com ; Bonnie Scott ; bob@cosy.com ; nleobold@msn.com

Sent: Tuesday, June 10,= 2003 11:58 AM

Subject: Re: Mermaid= Militia??

I agree, it seems like a fun, family event and surprised= at the poor response. However, we didn't even start making costumes= and I don't know how convincing we would be with just a small handful of= people. So I don't know, I'm leaning against it without a larger= group. (Though, the parent event that spawned this, Guns for Tots, only= had a handful of people too.)

--Dawn

James Lesczynski <lesczynski@keepandb= eararms..com> wrote:

Before anyone gets too caught up in planning costumes and whatnot,= you should all know that the response to my many requests for volunteers for= the "Mermaid Militia" at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade has been= terrible. So far, I count a total of 5: Bonnie, Bob, Nic, Dawn and me. I hit up= the lpny_manhattan and manhattanlp-business lists several times,= as well as the scope-nyc list. We sent out an announcement to our Manhattan= LP email database, which includes everyone in LPHQ's database for= Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island. Nobody is= interested.

I'm surprised, because I thought it sounded like a terrific idea= and a lot of fun. What do you guys think? Is it even worth doing if it's= just the 5 of us? I'm on the fence.

Jim

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