YouScotland Enters the Dragons Den

Our Virtual Dragons Den Pitch - or in Scottish, "send us some dosh!" 

Dear Duncan, Theo, Debhorah, Peter and Richard,

We think we have a great product here - nice site, good ideas, and just what the customer is after, And the product we are tying to "sell", indeed invent? - 21st century democracy.

But we know we face massive consumer resistance becouse of a poor service offered up by previous suppliers. Some of our customers have been so let down, that they will be very reluctant second time buyers. But we believe in our product, and have the entrepreneurial spirit and determination overcome these obstacles.

Our biggest problem at the moment is we need a marketing budget - the media can help, but some of them are constrained, reluctant to upset our current competitors. So we need to find independent venture investors in order to get our message out to potential customers directly. There can be no guarantees of a return on your investment, but we can show you enough now to suggest this is a risk worth taking, with the potential gains being immense, ultimately to your own and our nation’s direct benefit, We can even show you now, albeit on a limited scale, how if customers can see our product product, feel it, experience it, we will have no great difficulties selling it. But we need to speculate to accumulate. There is no minimum investment or maximum one, but we reckon if everyone just gives what they can afford, this will be enough

So please invest in us with that same sense of belief. And we can show you online how every penny you invest will be put to good use, spent where it is most need - indeed, you can even tell us how and where you want your investment spent. We have no fancy offices, staff salaries or debts to service, so you will get good bang for buck. And what’s more, we have plenty of willing volunteers waiting to help, equal shareholders in our cooperative venture the moment they sign up on line.

So invest what you can, what you feel, but now please. Reaching 5 million people in this vast and diverse land of ours is a huge task And reaching those who we really need to see our product most of all will be the most difficult, and expensive of tasks - the toughest nuts to crack. The 17 year olds in Pilton, the 75 years olds in Paisley, The new Scots in Polloksheilds for whom English is a second language, and democracy a third.

We have secure online payment facilities through you can invest in them right now.

Bear in mind all you see online - this entire site , all the online tools, design work, supporting documents and video has been put there through volunatary effort - a £30,000 plus site all for nothing. But we need your investment now please to help it find it the customers - the people - it deserves, indeed was made for.

Ways to to donate

By cheque: To YouScotland.com , 7/2 Alvanley Terrace, Edinburgh, EH9 1DU

By bank transfer: 

Bank: Allied Irish Banks, Address: 19 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DE

Account name: YouScotland.com: Sort code: 83-91-30 :Account number: 01009004

Online through paypal

- go here.

Thanks in anticipation.

Alan, Jane, Jim, Mags, Tam and Tommy,

YouScotland.com Steering Group, 18 February, 2007

Comments

[Roger Thomas]

Hello
This may interest you and be linked to what you are doing
http://www.mp2.worldfriend.com/projects.htm

it was sent to all MSPs on April last year at Holyrood. Possibly Gordon Brown and David Cameron got hold of it, you decide.
Specific to IT this may be important into what is going on and the lack of dialogue.

http://millenniumprojecttwo.blogspot.com/2007/02/millennium-dome-isnt-it-iconic.html

Best wishes
Roger

[Dougie Don]

Can I ask how many readers are aware that a LEGAL independent Scots Parliament currently exists in Duns in Berwickshire? The parliament of 1707 was disbanded illegally, and is therefore still in existence. I.e We are ALREADY an independent nation

Question. In any debates on where Scotland goes from here, is it not incumbent upon us to decide whether or not we intend operating under Scots Law, and if the answer to that be yes, then begin to enforce it?

[Bryan]

Consider us at 'Our Scotland' your allies, we support what you are trying to do. We have got over 500 registered members from word of mouth alone in just over a year, so god only knows how well youscotland will do with decent media coverage.

If you want to discuss anything to do with Scottish Politics, Independence or Global Politics then see - http://www.our-scotland.org

[Sharon_McGonigal]

Hello there, I watched the politics show and caught your web address there. I have signed up to join this democratic revolution. It has been a long time coming and something I have argued for on many occassions. Please feel free to utilise my blog if you need to. Can I RSS feed this into my Blog Site?

[Malcolm]

Hi guys,

Like Sharon above, I too signed up after watching the politics show. Good luck it is a great idea. However, I think your survey misses out on the most important issue which is CLIMATE CHANGE.

Can you please add a CLIMATE CHANGE section as a discrete issue. It really is the crucial issue facing a dependent or independent Scotland because at the end of the day, politics are irrelevant if we have no country to live in.

[David Farrer]

I've added a link from:

http://freedomandwhisky.blogspot.com

[everydaysocialdemocracy]

well done for the participatory website, we in france with desirs d'avenir have used this participatory strategy as part of our campaign to scale up ideas into proposals for segolene royal.

http://everydaysocialdemocracy.blogspot.com

[Jessica Smart]

Hi there, as a thirteen year old who is interested in the running of our country, i think that youscotland.com is a brilliant idea to involve people in politics.
No longer should decisions be discussed in little, select groups, they should be discussed in large numbers, and with the internet being very accesible and easy to use, youscotland have the right idea here!

[Alan]

That's my girl - the future of Scotland

Dad x

[Jim Flynn]

All the best to YouScotland - a great idea, but please check your spelling - it's Pollokshields!!!

[Alan]

ta it's fixed

[Dougie Don]

Reading one of the links inserted, I see questions about whether or not Scotland would be permitted to join the EU. Under Scots Law the EU is an illegal organisation. Why then would anyone want to join? Would anyone like to come in on this? Lets get a good argument going

[Mark Irvine]

More power to your elbow - anything that challenges the conservative establishment that runs many of our national institutions has to be welcomed - onwards and upwards!

Mark Irvine

www.action4equalityscotland.blogspot.com

[Ken Mailer]

I have just registered and am finding my way around your website. Although taken by the idea, I have no idea who you are or where you operate from.