The Sponsor Companies
Those that have read our initial email shot to members will be aware we do not want to go totally public for three very good reasons
Firstly, the founding sponsor companies involved in Community United definitely and quite reasonably do not want to be identified until the launch date. This is to avoid pre-announcement and general press queries which will be inevitable once the media know the commercial backers.
Secondly, they are very aware from private discussions that much damage was done in the recent past by NW members through their correspondence to potential commercial sponsors that were about to become involved in NW, including both Virgin and Lloyds. We believe this has also now resulted in the loss of Motorola and other smaller sponsors.
Thirdly, our research into NW has revealed that there are currently significant structural and procedural problems within NNWA as a result of much unrest in the Southern part of England and the East Midlands where the chair of NNWA resides. These last two points were clearly mentioned in Eric Bishop's (Vice Chair of NNWA) very recent resignation letter sent to many NW members.
So whilst we appreciate that we are creating difficulties for ourselves, we hope you will understand our reticence to disclose those involved and to some extent our plans. Putting it quite frankly we are not prepared to place at risk our development phase which has been a work of passion for the past year.
We have however published a website, an email address and a forum. This was done to provide the opportunity for Community Groups to become involved in our work. This also proves we will do our best to be open and honest. However, we cannot publish all the facts for probably six to eight months (i.e. the Launch Date).
