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The time for our attack has come. Orlando has been tapped as a nominee for host-city for Celebration V so we need to power-up by seeking some new members, combining efforts with other Florida fan groups, and organizing ourselves to be more visible to the SW establishment. To this effect, I've created a Facebook group for the OS, made a second Facebook group to campaign for C5 in Orlando, reached out to the Tampa and Daytona fan groups, and e-mailed about 20 of the Meet-up.com users that seek a local Star Wars Meet-up. The Tampa Star Wars Collectors Club is sending it's president, Chris, and possibly a couple of others to our meeting on Wednesday. The Facebook groups are coming along nicely, with the main one hosting photos and allowing for Events to be set up like the Clone Wars screening and the regular meetings. The "Bring Celebration V to Orlando" group has gained more attention with nearly 80 members currently.

We're also going to re-affiliate ourselves with TF.n as an official Fan Force. TF.n has definite pull with elements inside Lucasfilm and the latter will look for organized fans in whatever city they choose for C5. It will be good to be partly under their aegis. If you're able to go to the meeting and have an account at the Fanforce boards, please post your intention there as that's what we need to re-activate the FanForce OS page.

Also, TF.n graciously listed our Wednesday meeting on their main page yesterday, so hopefully we'll garner some attention from that exposure. If you've got other ideas for growing our community, please post them here or let me know. The more of a network we have the better we look, the more fun we have, and the more resources we'll be able to reach. Lock S-foils in attack position and be thinking about ways to enliven our group!

Ha, yeah, I don't like them either. In fact, I really regret that TF.n requires you to use their outdated boards to be part of their FanForces. However, I recognize that they are a giant to which Lucasfilm pays some attention, so I'm hoping to have that badge again.

Anyone have any new ideas to build the Orlando System?

Those are good ideas! Thanks. I brought some swappable items to our last meeting and will continue to do so. Perhaps my McQuarrie concept tradables will join me next time. The show and tell was by far the best part of the meeting and stimulates conversation and interesty from almost everyone. Good stuff.

Never even thought of CraigsList for this sort of thing- can you be our liaison to that community? I've asked Dale about the 501st, even recently, but he's drummed up no interest at all. Audrey, or anyone that's got a significant connection to the 501st, can you help us out?

I brought Star Wars books for the attendees of our last meeting and will try to keep bringing party favors. Dale was awesome about that in the past- his SW miniatures went over really well. Anyone that has items they no longer want- bring them to a meeting! You'll often find happy homes for your excess.

The consistency of meetings is great, but it's always been a problem. Russ and I take days off for these meetings, but most people can't or won't prioritize them so historically we've often ended up with very little turn out. This is the main reason that I lose interest in the organizing the Orlando System. Not sure how we can remedy this other than having a larger group- people's lives aren't getting any less busy. I think that's the price we pay for having a bit more mature group.

Also, keeping the forums busy is notoriously hard. We can all attest that often there is only one or two people that care to post with any frequency. I know that new members would be much more attracted if they saw more action on here, but we just don't have members that have the time, interest, or sometimes computer access to participate. I have had the same luck with community/charity efforts. If someone else wants to restart that iniative I'll be sure and join.

Lastly, one or more additional domain names might be very helpful. I'll get with the master of his many domains, Walter, for some help on that. If anyone has a domain they'd like to sponsor (they cost less than $10 a year) post here or start a thread in this section.