The Gathering 2014

[Jock Scot]

Well, many Scottish people knew about it. Anyone getting clan newsletters knew and certainly over 100 Clan Chiefs knew. People reading XmarksTheScot knew about it.

What are your suggestions for getting the word out to the locals this time?

Anything I can do from California? Of course, I'd rather help from Scotland, but I am not lucky enough to live there.

Had I not been a member of Xmarks I would have probably never heard of the Homecoming and there are a large proportion of Scotland who would have been in the same position.Those that did eventually find out about it, at the eleventh hour, decided that they did not like being an afterthought and stayed away.

Many of the Clan Chiefs were more "dragooned" into going rather than being invited and as we don't have strong Clan associations(Newsletters? What are they?We, on the whole, don't do Clan Associations) when "they"eventually decided to become involved they discovered that, more often than not, American(for example) clan associations had got the spot ahead of them, for a particular clan. Clan Cunningham, for example, had this problem if I recall correctly.

There are a few threads here that covered the points at the time, so a search might pay dividends for you .

I think most of the problems stemmed from a "management" who were not thinking local and thought worldwide and sadly by in large ignored the locals which has left a legacy of cynicism. Had the locals been involved earlier then perhaps the event may have paid its way, which leads us on to another problem entirely!