Announcement on #Farscape tonight at 9:00

[Gaussian]

This is news curtesy of Barbarella the mod at #Farscape. We need a new stragey for Monday....meeting of the suits at Sci-Fi.

[gregorach]

9:00 in which time zone?

D

[Big Duck]

EST

Here's the world clock to check the time in your area.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

[Cattivo]

What the hell is she thinking scheduling a meeting on a saturday night? I will be out, trying to have some fun at some clubs. We all want to save farscape, but we all also have social lives too. I guess I've have to read up on what happened tomorrow afternoon.

[Durka35]

social life, haha, i am at work right now on a freaking saturday, damn budget season. how i miss the days of going to clubs every other weekend during college, when friends were all willing to still hang out because it was convenient.

[Dani Moure]

>What the hell is she thinking scheduling a meeting on a
>saturday night?

I don't have a problem, I've been out already.

Then, it is 1:45am here, not 8:45.

.dani//MOURE
Proud to be an X slut, Kenshin whore and Gundam pimp.

[Atlantascaper]

Will someone post as soon as they hear the message? I can't get into the chat server.

[mikhail_scaper]

Here it is folks, off the chat...get cracking, get busy and don't forget about flyers, telegrams too.

[20:01] * Barbarella sets mode: +m
[20:01] <Barbarella> ok
[20:01] <Barbarella> First off I'd like to say thank you for showing up with such short notice today
[20:01] <Barbarella> I'm really pleased there are so many people interested
[20:02] <Barbarella> I'd like to say IGN is nothing but a rag guys
[20:02] <Barbarella> you can email them but don't concentrate your efforts on it
[20:02] <Barbarella> the press is notoriously behind the times and don't always get the complete facts
[20:02] <Barbarella> let's not lose focus here
[20:02] <Barbarella> we're here to stick it to scifi and em tv and get our series BACK on the air
[20:02] <Barbarella> ok?
[20:02] <Barbarella> now
[20:03] <Barbarella> as for the change in tactics
[20:03] <Barbarella> up till this point we haven't been mentioning that if Farscape goes to another network we'll follow it
[20:03] <Barbarella> and that most of us ONLY watch sci-friday FOR farscape
[20:03] <Barbarella> Now I'm not saying boycott scifi...couldn't be further from the points
[20:04] <Barbarella> what I'm saying is be truthful
[20:04] <Barbarella> WE WATCH SCI-FRIDAY BECAUSE OF FARSCAPE
[20:04] <Barbarella> and SG1 most of us have seen on showtime already
[20:04] <Barbarella> these episodes they're touting have already been airede
[20:04] <Barbarella> FARSCAPE IS THEIR ONLY ORIGINAL SERIES
[20:04] <Barbarella> now
[20:05] <Barbarella> we need to take this info and bombard USA SCIFI AND OH I CAN NEVER REMEMBER THE V COMPANY NAME BUT BOMBARD THEM WIHT THE INFO
[20:05] <Barbarella> we love scifi...but their prime time lineup won't hold our interest without FARSCAPE In it
[20:05] <Barbarella> and WE WANT OUR SEASON %
[20:05] <Barbarella> oops 5
[20:05] <Barbarella> VIVENDI thanks to jothee for telling me
[20:05] <Barbarella> people please don't PM me right now
[20:05] <Barbarella> ok?
[20:06] <Barbarella> Now as for the letter from scifi telling us ONLY to email and phone certain numbers
[20:06] <Barbarella> that's cause they're sweatin
[20:06] <Barbarella> ok?
[20:06] <Barbarella> they can easily dump those lines
[20:06] <Barbarella> and they want to do business
[20:06] <Barbarella> well if they want to do business
[20:06] <Barbarella> then they need to GIVE US OUR SEASON 5
[20:06] <Barbarella> so keep bombarding the way you have been
[20:06] <Barbarella> ok?
[20:06] <Barbarella> don't take anything in that letter as something we should do
[20:07] <Barbarella> as for EM TV we all need to be bombarding them with our PLEAS to NEGOTIATE
[20:07] <Barbarella> NEGOTIATE
[20:07] <Barbarella> ok folks
[20:07] <Barbarella> plead with them
[20:07] <Barbarella> beg them
[20:07] <Barbarella> do everything you can to impress upon them the need for them to negotiate and help us get the series back on the air
[20:07] <Barbarella> both Vivendi and EM TV are having money problems
[20:08] <Barbarella> but we're a HUGE FORCE in case they hadn't figured that out
[20:08] <Barbarella> and we can earn them money with sponsors and such
[20:08] <Barbarella> so they should listen to us not IGNORE us
[20:08] <Barbarella> and yes we hit em so hard they called a meeting of the suits
[20:09] <Barbarella> well we need to impress upon them the importance of keeping our show on the air...and that's by BOMBARDING THEM with telegrams
[20:09] <Barbarella> faxes
[20:09] <Barbarella> phone calls
[20:09] <Barbarella> emails
[20:09] <Barbarella> all stating the same things
[20:09] <Barbarella> we want the show...we will follow it to ANY network and most likely find other shows to watch on the network it moves to...that sci-friday will be a bomb if they get rid of Farscape
[20:10] <Barbarella> that most of us ONLY Watch scifi for Farscape
[20:10] <Barbarella> and that most of their shows on the sci-friday linedup are only watched cause we WAITING for farscape
[20:10] <Barbarella> and that SG1 is nothing but a bunch of repeats from showtime
[20:10] <Barbarella> keep their ORIGINAL SERIES ON THE AIR
[20:11] <Barbarella> and BEG EM TV TO NEGOTIATE
[20:11] <Barbarella> REMEMBER FOLKS
[20:11] <Barbarella> NO TALK OF BOYCOTT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT
[20:11] <Barbarella> THAT"S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING EITHER
[20:11] <Barbarella> I'M SAYING BE TRUTHFUL AND LET EM KNOW WE REALLY ONLY WATCH SCI-fRIDAY FOR FARSCAPE
[20:11] <Barbarella> ok?
[20:12] <Barbarella> now...I WANT ALL OF YOU TO PUT THIS OUT TO THE LEGIONS OF SCAPERS ON YOUR WEBPAGES ON YOUR GROUPS AND ON YOUR BOARDS
[20:12] <Barbarella> GET THIS OUT THERE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
[20:12] <Barbarella> ITS REALLY IMPORTANT WE ONLY HAVE ONE NIGHT AND A DAY TO DO IT
[20:12] <Barbarella> WE MAY HAVE PART OF MONDAY BUT WE WANT THE SUITS TO TAKE NOTICE
[20:12] <Barbarella> SO EMAIL EVERYONE YOU CAN AT SCIFI USA EM TV AND VIVENDI
[20:12] <Barbarella> Also mail the major networks
[20:13] <Barbarella> tell em we want farscape if you pick it up you have our loyalty to YOUR Netowrk
[20:13] <Barbarella> oops network
[20:13] <Barbarella> let em know we're a loyal audience and if they pick it up
[20:13] <Barbarella> we'll be watching and most likely find other shows on their network to watch
[20:13] <Barbarella> its REAL important to say that to the other networks
[20:14] <Barbarella> because my lovelies WE ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
[20:14] <Barbarella> I mean look we have over 600 here now for a meeting
[20:14] <Barbarella> and our news travels faster than light
[20:14] <Barbarella> we are LEGION
[20:14] <Barbarella> so get out there and start mailing till your fingers hurt
[20:14] <Barbarella> ok my lovelies?
[20:14] <Barbarella> IF THEY AIR IT WE WILL COME
[20:14] <Barbarella> )
[20:14] <Barbarella> that's it I
[20:14] <Barbarella> I'm gonna open the floor now
[20:15] <Barbarella> you guys get busy ok?
[20:15] <Barbarella> get this out to eveyrone this change in tactics
[20:15] * Barbarella sets mode: -m

[PilotLite]

Barbarella posted later in the nite to say that possibly the meeting will be Monday in *Australia*, i.e. Sunday in New York. Here's what she said:

<Barbarella> ok guys
<Barbarella> listen up
<Barbarella> its been bandied about that they meant monday aussie time
<Barbarella> if that's the case we need to get on it RIGHT NOW
<Barbarella> ok?
<Barbarella> get it goin out RIGHT NOW
<Barbarella> DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN
<Barbarella> and continue thru our monday here
<Barbarella> OK?
<Barbarella> GET ON THOSE EMAILS AND FAXES AND TELEGRAMS AND PHONE CALLS
*** Mode change "-m " on channel #Farscape by Barbarella

[all_about_Aeryn]

I am so confused. Are we supposed to be sending them stuff right now that we go where Farscape goes? As I kind of have been sending that message anyway.

[PilotLite]

No one at Sci Fi Chat seems to know whether the meeting is Sunday or Monday US time. Hopefully that will get sorted out soon.

But, in response to your question, all_about_Aeryn, Barbarella was giving this as a strategy change, since a lot of people were only pushing for renewal last week, not saying that they would start watching another network. A lot of people had already adopted the "new" strategy that Barbarella proposed, though.

Anyway, Barbarella recommends sending lots of e-mails, faxes, telegrams whenever you can tonight, Sunday and Monday.

[all_about_Aeryn]

Thanks for the clarification. I will send emails and faxes to that effect right now and just ignore the fact that this has been my message all along.

[Chi_fi_Eagle]

Today, Sunday in the States is already Monday in OZ!

[Gaussian]

Will someone come on chat and tell us the outcome of this meeting???

[Sparky]

>Anyway, Barbarella recommends sending lots of e-mails,
>faxes, telegrams whenever you can tonight, Sunday and
>Monday.

Send emails to people who are IMPRESSED by them: the local TV newspaper's TV Colunist. They might smell a story if they got more than a dozen emails about anything. If TV guide has responded, the local writers will want to find a story angle and promote the Save Farscape campaign to those who read print news. Radio stations get their news leads from the paper....