Saint Hill - Rockanon

[EDIT: Watched WBM, therefore better mood, removed grumps...]

If I were still in the UK, here's what I'd be starting to pull together for the July aniversary. It might not come together, but so what, if a few of us pull together, it's got to have a shot.

Rockanon - July 26th 10am -> 4pm, Saint Hill, UK

This would have to happen in mid-summer to be viable.

1) Find out from land registry what the borders to the Saint Hill complex are, and get the names and addresses of all the bordering land owners

2) Send via post each land owner the info pack that some brilliant Anons put together, along with news items about Anonymous, and a request to get intouch (via anon email / post) if they would be prepared to CONSIDER either hosting or assisting a protest / gathering on thier land.

3) Follow up with phone calls a week later - talk costs / cleanup etc

4) Once a couple of possible options are sorted, put a call out to UK anons - who's got contacts in bands etc. Put a call out to Old Guard, disconnects and other SPs etc for speakers.

5) Get a rough idea of how many Anon might attend - say £5 at the gate or something. Talk with the authorities about permits, sound levels etc. Start talking to the media.

6) Look into hiring a cheap stage, find someone who can provide PA etc for free. Look at other entertainments that can be gotten for free. Look at selling food to raise money. Look at alcohol licensing etc.

7) Pick the best spot for the stage so the sound will travel to the CoS complex.

8) Organise a shuttle coach from East Grinstead station - encourage other Anon's to sort out direct coaches.

9) ??????

10) PROFIT

Okay - so it's a lot to do - and there's more than this - but it's not a whole lot more that highschool kids can pull off for prom nights. And as there are more than 9000 of us, I'm sure there are talents in event organising and equipment etc. It would require a group, obviously.

Having said all that, I'll point out again that I'm not in the UK anymore, and so I can't help much - but if there's other Anon who would, now's the time and here's the place to step up - only three months to go...

Maybe this idea is FAIL from the get-go, and I'll have two threads in the 'dome soon - so I win either way!!! Maybe my faith in Anon is misplaced. If anon does try, and fails, nothing lost - just fall back to London.

PM me if you're prepared to get organising...

Best,
Anonxmous / Crusty of the stickers.

Fantastic idea, were it to be pulled off, I think.

However, I very much doubt any landowners will allow in on their land at all. Should definitely be attempted, though.

Event Licensing would quickly become an issue. Although if numbers were restricted to 499 then it could all be done using a Temporary Event Notice, which makes things much easier... only the Police can object then.

It comes down to what the landowners think of their neighbours - annecdotal is that the cult isn't well liked around there. Add to that the infomation we could provide, and there might be some interest. That's stage one - and not difficult. Even if it can't be pulled off in time - knowing which neighbours feel what might be otherwise useful intel.

dear /b/ritfags if you make this happen i promise here and now, that i will get my ass over to the UK bring a couple of friends and praise your name until i´m old and grey!

how does someone get access to the land registry?

About 5 seconds on the friendly google gives Land Register Online

:-)

EDIT: Which has examples of the plans you can get online etc - gotta admit, a whole lot easier than I thought it would be...

Saint Hill property boundary...

The success of this plan is completely dependent on the willingness of neighbouring landowners to assist - if we can get this assistance it is excellent, but without this assistance we have nothing.

If Saint Hill fails, I suggest contacting landowners near the other main Scientology HQ at Walsh Manor, Crowborough.

Also: not all land is on the register; nearly a third of land in England is unregistered, so the registered proprietor of the neighbouring farms may not be listed on the register. Not that this is a problem since there are other sources of information, but thought it was worth mentioning.

Provided my schedule allows it, I'll definitely be there. Easyjet is only £60 to Stanstead, round-trip.

Okay - I think I've got the name and address of the folks who own the land behind the SH complex. Their names don't appear on the truthaboutscientology database.

Is anyone in the UK prepared to help out with this, or should I just give up now? If you are prepared to do a bit of digging, perhaps send out an info pack, make a call or two etc - then please PM me and I'll pass on the info. I figure that if they ARE anti scientology, and we can get access to the land for an event, getting others involved with organisisng should become alot easier - but someone (or two or three) in the UK needs to step up to do some basic research and contact stuff now...

The land registry concerned is the portsmouth office, so anyone around there who can go look at plans etc might be useful too.

Take note, the furthest right red cross on that map is seperated from the complex by a road...That would not be a good location.
IMO, the furthest left cross would be the best, it appears to be right next to their buildings. Failing that, the lowest cross is best. The topmost one is shielded by trees...

Ok here's the deal at Saint Hill - The field across the road is completely obscured by trees even from the road so thats a no-go, the field on the middle-left is visible from their main reception bit and a few of the offices, as is the field on the bottom-left, but this could easily be blocked out with some strategic curtain-closing.

The field on the top-left is definitely our best bet. It's on a slight slope, but it overlooks the main entrance and car park, and it has much better road access than the other fields. The highest point is at the northern end of the field, so put a big PA up there and the sound would travel across the whole Saint Hill complex.

If we can find out who owns that and get them on-side, I'd be completely up for helping organise this.

SweatyJon = I've PM'd you the adjacent land holder info for the land to the west, and the 'best bet' field to the north (top-left).

I'd consider sound more important than sight lines - but whatever - worth checking out all options.

I'll definitely assist with this, it sounds mental. Whatever I can do, I'm on board.

If anyone gets an OK on the land then please PM me!

I've a lot of mates who are involved in festivals and events and a very good grasp of the paperwork required, plus connections with sound systems, stages, lights etc.

EDIT: I've personally got a .5Kw PA, but could probably tap a mate for his 2KW - not sure how he'd feel about lending his stage though, it's pretty unique and easily traceable. He might know other ones we could use though, or could certainly put you onto where you can hire just basic steel-deck cheap!

So - we've got tentative land-owner info - for two sites - need to put together some really good packs to send off to those addresses - something that, if they're not scilon fans, will sway them towards allowing the land to be used - obviously they will see risk in that, but showing that Anon is being really effective, and just how bad the CoS is - may well do the trick.

A DVD with some videos (not so much youtube anon - but WBM, "road to..." and BBC clips etc) might really help as well. So someone needs to take on pulling the packs together, while someone else attempts to verify physical mailing addresses, identify phone numbers etc.

You can definitely count me in :D This would be a fantastic idea, it'll be like a daytime, pill-less rave /m/