{"id":29958,"date":"2017-10-09T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/?p=29958"},"modified":"2017-10-09T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:56:06","slug":"9-months-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/2017\/9-months-left\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a 9 month gestation period"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>And the messages of support are humbling<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/list-of-supporters\/liverymen\/messages-support-liverymen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/2017\/9-months-left\/wordcloudshrieval\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?fit=707%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"707,707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WordCloudShrieval\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?fit=707%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"read messages of support\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gwenrhys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WordCloudShrieval.png?w=707&amp;ssl=1 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The image above is a word cloud created from the wonderful and humbling <strong>messages of support<\/strong> I&#8217;ve received from <a href=\"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/list-of-supporters\/liverymen\/messages-support-liverymen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fellow Liverymen<\/a> and from my connections <a href=\"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/list-of-supporters\/the-city\/messages-support-city-connections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the City &#8211; and beyond<\/a>!\u00a0 I&#8217;m encouraged by the support so many people are giving me.\u00a0 Keep them coming in &#8211; they help to keep me going.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you familiar with the process, you&#8217;ll know that it&#8217;s a long journey from declaring oneself as a candidate and the actual election day.<\/p>\n<p>In fact the election (a show of hands by Liverymen at Common Hall in Guildhall on 25 June 2018) is a full 9 months away! Never having been pregnant I neither can, nor will, compare the two gestation periods but my guess is that I&#8217;m still in the &#8220;<em>I can&#8217;t quite believe it<\/em>&#8221; stage.<\/p>\n<p>My campaign analyst (aka the Master Glass Seller) tells me that in the last 7 days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>over 2500 people have viewed my announcement on LinkedIn (some as far away as Australia). I&#8217;m certainly spreading the word about the City traditions,<\/li>\n<li>the @GlassSeller Twitter profile has been read 421 times,<\/li>\n<li>my favourite tweet got 1508 impressions and in total my first week&#8217;s tweets have generated 14.5k impressions,<\/li>\n<li>and from a standing start I&#8217;ve tripled my number of Livery supporters in the first week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, three candidates have now declared so the pressure is on.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Liveryman or know someone who is, please spread the word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/list-of-supporters\/sign-up-to-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up as a supporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View<strong> messages of support <\/strong>from<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/gwenrhys.com\/index.php\/list-of-supporters\/liverymen\/messages-support-liverymen\/\">Liverymen<\/a>, <\/strong>from the<strong> <a 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