The Gathering 2014 – Upcoming Event News

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Several Scottish organizations with interest in a second Gathering, including the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, COSCA, The American Scottish Foundation and the Society of Scottish Armigers have been in discussions regarding how best to proceed. While no decisions have been made, one point certainly emerges: The second Gathering as well as the 2nd International Clan Convention are events of tremendous import to the Scottish Diaspora. The Diaspora, in partnership with clan organizations in Scotland, must take on the primary role of designing and planning the second Gathering and Clan Convention. We must and can accomplish this through our leading Diaspora organizations.

Did I read this correctly? They are basically giving up on trying to pull together the Gathering, and saying that the diaspora should take charge of it? It sounds to me like they are, essentially, asking the American clan organizations to make it happen, and the Scottish groups will just go along with it.