collectively buying some woodland

[Maggot]

Looks like lots more woodland is gonna be available, maybe we could buy some. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/28/england-forest-sell-off-q-and-a?


Am wondering about the ethics of this, however, as I completely disagree with the policy.

 

[DrRingDing]

Anybody still game for this?

 

[fractionMan]

Me!

 

[Ted Striker]

Ace idea!

 

[DrRingDing]

It might be worth refreshing the poll seeing as this was created some time ago.

Thoughts anyone?

 

[fractionMan]

My thoughts are we should get something next to a river or canal

 

[Spymaster]

I'd be extremely surprised if you can pull this off.

Getting 40 odd people together to genuinely commit £500 apiece will be hard enough, but then achieving consensus as to where?/what?/how? will be practically impossible. If by some tiny chance these problems are overcome and the land gets purchased, the problems really begin. Who uses it when? how? for what? Someone'll want to have a rave on it whilst others want to chill out that weekend; one group will want to spend additional money to provide water/leccy whilst another group will decide it's not needed; a committee will be formed .... then overthrown! etc, etc .....

Total fucking nightmare and I suspect that's why it died last time.

Good luck though, I shall watch with interest.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Would I like own some woodland? Hell yeah.

Would I want to collectively own it with a bunch of people from the internet? Hell no.

 

[fractionMan]

Sod woodland, we should buy this: http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=36787

 

[Cid]

I'd love to do this, but sadly I think Spy is right.

 

[Cid]

Sod woodland, we should buy this: http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=36787

That would be amazing!

You fronting the money?

I like that they say it would be good for 30 ex-commercial 140ft ships for use as liveaboards and then clearly show that when the tide is out they'd be a bit fucked.

 

[fractionMan]

Only need a thousand of us and we could have our own post apocalyptic holdout. In case there's an apocalypse like.