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How shall we tag WI?
RIVIERA OF THE NORTH 8)
HOME OF THE WINTER APPLESEED TOUR
Suggestions................
Quick, before IL gives us a name we are going to have to live with. $$-0
in case you don't have access to the above link...
Some of you may not be aware of the ability to "add" a message to your state board's title.
Take a look at the list of state boards to see what some other SCs have done to add a little "boost" to their board - to sorta add a little extra 'invite' to 'check it out'.
Think of a line of doors along a street in the Red Light district of Ansterdam, and how you want to put a little something 'extra' out to entice people to come thru your door... (It's just some humor, let's all relax... )
Here's what California has done, for example:
California
The Golden State, shining for Appleseed
Not too shabby.
How'd something spiffy like that look for your state?
How to do it? Guess the easiest way is to contact the moderator with your suggested message.
Some of the others posted on other states, should give you some ideas...
Beer, Cheese, and Appleseeds
I know, I know. No alcohol while shooting.
Going for the tie in of great Wisconsin products.
Or
Badgering for Appleseed
Submitted for your approval.
WISCONSIN
Winter Vacationland - can 6 million Minnesotans be wrong?
WISCONSIN
Playground of Illinois - Border Raiders, sound off!
WISCONSIN
Sun and Fun all Winter - ask any Minnesotan!
WISCONSIN
Epicenter of Appleseed!
WISCONSIN
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave (Grab this one quick - it'll go fast!)
WISCONSIN
Movers and Shakers of the Midwest!
WISCONSIN
Proud Home of Winter Appleseed!
Heck, it's hard to stop!!! >:D
Wisconsin: The APPLE ORCHARD ..:.. ^:)^
"Becoming Illinois, One Range At A Time"
WI - Illinois's Hat **)
As a former Wisconsin resident for the first 35 years of my life. I would like to offer some suggestions. Traveling through the states towns, most erected a welcome sign at the city limit's with the community slogan on it. It's amazing what people want their towns to be famous for.
I found a collection of these and thought they might provide some inspiration for those seeking to develop the state tag line. Or at least a chuckle. How many of these places have you been?
After reading them, I was inspired to write my original suggestion. "GEMUETLICHKEIT and Guns." GEMUETLICHKEIT is a German word meaning among other things, Welcome, a sense of community, Friendly, cheerfulness, the absence of anything hectic.
Or alternately "Gateway To American Heritage and Rifle Marksmanship"
Here are some actual slogans to get your muse on. Some are uniquely Wisconsin.
The attachment has the full list.
COMMUNITY THEME/SLOGAN
Clintonville The Good Life Unlimited
Green Bay Toilet paper Capital of the World
LaCrosse God's Country
Lodi Home of Susie the Duck
Milwaukee A Great Place on a Great Lake
Racine Kringle Capital of the World
Rhinelander Home of the Hodag
Sheboygan Bratwurst Capital of the World
Or my all time favorite Bumper sticker " Come and Freeze in the Land of Cheese"
Living in Nevada now our states will be challenging to keep it PG Rated.
Quote from: Garand69 on March 26, 2010, 01:10:21 PM
"Becoming Illinois, One Range At A Time"
Hey Garand you got one for Il yet or are you going to just stick with IllinoiSUCKS ^:)^ I like it. It works for me.
D-fly @)
G 69, YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING &) &) &)
;D
"We know Lead"
Lead sulphide is state mineral, "Badgers" came from lead miners digging lead out of hillsides, etc.....
Hello Group; Bedford is almost right, WE NOW LEAD! As a region - This is a true statement. Much to do this year... Pappy
Quote from: Pappy on March 26, 2010, 11:43:30 PM
Hello Group; Bedford is almost right, WE NOW LEAD! As a region - This is a true statement. Much to do this year... Pappy
Darn English language Lead or LEAD? ^:)^
D-fly
Hello Group; There was a fellow Appleseeder once from the Illinois and Fox river valley who had as his tag (As long as there is lead in the air there is hope) at least thats the way I remember it... Just so ya know that not our version of spray and pray..
Take some time to bring this sport and the culture to those who are near you, do a little every day never to much but just enough to keep them comming back for more, it works.. Pappy
Lets get all the suggestions together on a list and start a poll. Come on WI lets get some more ideas :sos:
D-fly
Wisconsin:
*Making Swiss cheese one Appleseed at a time.
*Once the badger state, but now riflemen have made them extinct.
* Where flatlanders come for protection when the shtf.
* Where men are men and the women can out shoot most of them
* We teach our children (to shoot) well.
Wisconsin
Who Needs Caramel When You Have Snow
The Original Frozen Appleseed
If You Can't Find an Appleseed Here, You Aren't Looking
Appleseed Tundra
Where Everything Goes Better With Appleseed
Appleseed Capital Of The World
Home Of The Appleseed
Where We Speak Appleseed
America's Appleseed Land
Land of The Appleseed
The Great Appleseed North
Land Of The Free Home of The Appleseed
Wisconsin And Appleseed Two Great Things That Go Great Together
Wisconsin...home of the Salute Heard Around the World.
Wisconsin, Algonquin for we's guys can do this thing eh
Wisconsin...it's a we can thing.
^:)^
All great! x-cept maybe that IL schmoooozer &) @&)
fepowered - oh great coordinator of the NE and moderator of the WI board - pick one and apply it!
What do you think, too long.... err No???? :)
Land of The Free Home of the Original Frozen Appleseed, we do Appleseeds like we mean it.
I will likely have to PM Fred to have our slogan added. Apparently a Moderator does not have the necessary Administrative priviledges
Quote from: Old Glory! on April 10, 2010, 12:02:58 AM
^:)^
All great! x-cept maybe that IL schmoooozer &) @&)
fepowered - oh great coordinator of the NE and moderator of the WI board - pick one and apply it!
Wisconsin... Where the License Plates on the cars in the parking lot say Illinois or Minnesota!!
Badgering for Appleseed!
Is my choice
APPLESEED - Behind the Cheddar Curtain!
**)
I still think "Lets Roll Wisconsin" is the best!
WISCONSIN, not a rotten Appleseeder in the whole state O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0
D-fly @)
Baring any strong objections we have a new State Slogan listed.....
Snow or Shine We Make More Riflemen :)
Quote from: fepowered on May 12, 2010, 05:16:38 PM
Baring any strong objections we have a new State Slogan listed.....
Snow or Shine We Make More Riflemen :)
I get the feeling no body really cares anymore, next topic.
D-fly
Quote from: dragonfly on May 13, 2010, 11:13:51 AM
I get the feeling no body really cares anymore, next topic.
Wrong side of the bed today? :cool2:
Snow or Shine We Make More Riflemen...Behing The Cheddar Curtain... ;D
Quote from: kilogulf59 on May 13, 2010, 01:50:22 PM
Snow or Shine We Make More Riflemen...Behing The Cheddar Curtain... ;D
;D
We had some discussion a few weeks back regarding a tag line and there didn't seem to be any consensus. I got busy planning for and then going to Jamaica for a week. Jamaica Rocks! just by the way... 8)
OG had suggested to just go ahead with one, so I did. If there is a strong calling for a different one, we can change it. O0
Well, I'm kinda partial to Let's Roll.
On the other hand, the juxtaposition of "snow" and "shine" is kinda clever because it captures our situation as a northern tier state. It may be that part of the challenge is that the line that follows doesn't really have a distinctive meter or rhyme. To that end:
"Snow or Shine, We're On The Line"
Mogs
Quote from: Mogget on May 14, 2010, 07:27:09 AM
Well, I'm kinda partial to Let's Roll.
On the other hand, the juxtaposition of "snow" and "shine" is kinda clever because it captures our situation as a northern tier state. It may be that part of the challenge is that the line that follows doesn't really have a distinctive meter or rhyme. To that end:
"Snow or Shine, We're On The Line"
Mogs
That does flow nice and puts a nice point home. I was combining the broad spectrum of weather aspect of WI and making a statement that regarding the numbers of Riflemen coming out of our shoots compared to the other states.
I'm sorry, I don't understand why we need a tag line? Who are we trying to impress new shooters or other Appleseeders?
I guess my feelings come from watching my wife who works for a large medical facility spend months and countless hours at meetings (with 5-9 others) just to come up with a "Mission Statement" that no one ever reads. (30% of you have walked in to one of their buildings, can you tell me what it said?)
"Less talking and more rocking" = step away from your computer and go shooting with a friend.
Jim
Edit: I do like Mog's "on the line' line O0
Hi Shooterer,
You have a point, however, I don't think we have to choose between "rocking" and finding a tag line. I think we can do both if we choose to.
Mogs
Quote from: fepowered on May 13, 2010, 11:39:25 AM
Quote from: dragonfly on May 13, 2010, 11:13:51 AM
I get the feeling no body really cares anymore, next topic.
Wrong side of the bed today? :cool2:
No, just trying to get a rise @)
D-fly instigating :cool2:
Quote from: Shooterer on May 14, 2010, 11:11:42 AM
I'm sorry, I don't understand why we need a tag line?
Try to get a SB loan without a business plan.... :cool2:
If you look around, you will not see any of us sitting around "wasting time" trying to think up a tag line. This is just a little thing.
Like Fred says... "Relax... O0"
Quote from: Fred on March 25, 2010, 12:11:22 PM
Take a look at the list of state boards to see what some other SCs have done to add a little "boost" to their board - to sorta add a little extra 'invite' to 'check it out'.
Think of a line of doors along a street in the Red Light district of Ansterdam, and how you want to put a little something 'extra' out to entice people to come thru your door... :) (It's just some humor, let's all relax... :) )
Quote from: dragonfly on May 14, 2010, 12:38:14 PM
No, just trying to get a rise @)
D-fly instigating :cool2:
;D
After being off the forum for a while, I noticed Wisconsin's new tag line which I had been eagerly anticipating.
My first thought was "it's offensive".
My last AS was in Florida (Myakka Cityk, April 17-18) where I met great Appleseed people - (DrJohn, RickB, Wiley to name a few) just as committed to the Appleseed mission as anyone I have met in Wisconsin.
Is this not a NATIONWIDE program? That tagline smacks of EGO which I hear so much about and how we should check it. That goes for us as a state too. We are not in a competition with other states! We are in this together as only together, united can we have any hope of impacting our country.
I like Mogs version. It sounds better, and it better reflects the AS mission.
Snow or Shine, We're on the line!
I would hope it would be changed.
LadyVetch
Quote from: LadyVetch on May 15, 2010, 12:57:57 PM
My first thought was "it's offensive".
Is this not a NATIONWIDE program? That tagline smacks of EGO which I hear so much about and how we should check it. That goes for us as a state too. We are not in a competition with other states! We are in this together as only together, united can we have any hope of impacting our country.
Did you notice the new tag line for Illinois?.....
"Building a strong Appleseed state - and leaving California behind in the dust!" A little light internal competition can be a morale boost... Have you noticed the playful banter between IL and WI in the forum? Nothing wrong with having fun..... :) I don't think anyone is getting an inflated ego over this...
The more relevant question is which looks better to the newbies browsing the forum. If "on the line" is better window dressing, than we 'ought to make that change... We have at least 2 votes to make the change and no feedback not to, so I will get it done... O0