SolSeedMovement/Organizing

[[SolSeed]] < [[SolSeedMovement]] < '''Organizing''' : "The thing that I want to build is . . . so ''vast!'' I not only don't know how to build it, but I'm not even sure what it will look like when I have built it. I'm just feeling my way, using whatever I can do, whatever I can learn to take one more step forward." :: - ''Parable of the Talents'' by [[Octavia Butler]] [[Brandon]], well met, and warm regards returned in kind! [[SolSeed/NextSteps]] '''“What would you like to see happen next?”''' The end of global conflicts, rescuing the environment, providing clean water, food, and good education opportunities to everyone on the planet – and building spaceships, you mean? lol : ''Great! Are any of these close to [[DoneDone]]?'' :-) : ''No, but we're already several steps closer! -K'' I guess I am an “idea” person, and not so much a practical person, and so I have a gazillion ideas that I’d like to somehow implement. Actually implementing them will be the challenge for me. === Immediate Short-term Goal: === Grow the organization. [[SolSeed]] will be nothing without people committed to making it something. I have a number of other more-or-less defined goals I’d like to see [[SolSeed]] attain, however addressing this one short-term goal needs to be the focus right now. I see three main ways to do this: * Let people know we exist! * Invite people to join us. * Recruit people we think (or know) have an interest in working to fulfill the mission(s) of our organization. And maybe a fourth thing is to make the web presence for [[SolSeed]] warm, welcoming, inviting, easy to navigate, etc. I have some (limited) skill in this department, although it may take some time to familiarize myself with the workings of the [http://aboutus.org AboutUs] host/community before I attempt anything here. : ''Sounds great. I'll work on bringing over the content from Omidyar and elsewhere.'' And maybe a fifth thing … I assume web space on [http://aboutus.org AboutUs] is not free (correct me if I am wrong) and so we will need a way to encourage donations and fundraise in order to make [[SolSeed]] self-supporting. I know [[SolSeed]] had T-shirts for sale at some point and maybe we can do more of this kind of thing if there is interest. : While I'd like to start raising funds soon, I'd like to have a specific project in mind for the first batch of fundraising. Clean drinking water and schools for girls are especially near and dear to my heart. === Immediate Goal-Attainment Tasks: === - Let everyone who was even somewhat active with [[SolSeed]] on [http://www.omidyar.net Omidyar] know that we have a presence here, and we warmly encourage them to remain with us (or come back to us.) I am not sure how to do this as I do not know if that contact info is still available. : ''Okay, I'll try to do this as well.'' - Find a way to stop or deter the now [http://www.onarchive.net/home/ archived omidyar.net] pages from soaking up web traffic that really ought to be directed here. Another task that’s probably beyond my skill set. (Although I think I could edit the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthseed wikipedia earthseed page] to point here rather than there. I think that’s how I found [[SolSeed]] in the first place.) : ''Wikipedia entry has been changed. -Kevin'' - Ensure that people who do actually stumble across [[SolSeed]] find pages that are clear, communicative, easy-to use, and basically eye-friendly. The [[TestDriveYear]] page is blank, for instance. Is there content that someone has planned to put here? This looks like an idea about to be implemented. Or am I missing something? : ''There is a lot of content at Omidyar that needs to be moved over here.'' - Find ways to build networks with like-minded people who share or would wish to join our cause. I have some of these people in my current orbit. My wife does relief work in Honduras, for example, and we both attended a [http://www.pearsoncollege.ca/ United World College], an organization devoted to building peace and international understanding through multi-cultural and multi-national learning. I can probably begin some form of “recruitment” immediately. - A nuts and bolts thing I’d like to see happen is a streamlined method for people to [[JoinTheMovement|join Solseed]]. I think having to do a page edit as a signature agreement to the group’s principals is liable to put some people off. (It kinda put me off, and I’m very motivated, and I knew I could figure out how to do the edit.) I see no reason why it should not be very easy to read & accept the [[TheDestiny|Destiny]] and [[JoinTheMovement|join]]. For the time being I think this is fine, so maybe this is a less-than-immediate task. I could go on, but I think that’s enough for starters. I see you are a [[Rochester.edu U of R]] graduate. My spouse is [[Rochester.edu U of R]] medical faculty, and we have been living in [[Rochester]] for the last ten years. Small world! Anyway, good to finally ‘meet’ you! If any of this sparks an immediate response I’m all ears. : My wife [[ShelleySchoepflinSanders]] graduated from U of R medical school. She is currently chief resident at Providence St. Vincent here in Portland :-) --[[User:Kevin|Kevin]] | [[User talk:LoginName|talk]] 16:00, 13 January 2008 (PST) === Playing Around with Images === [[Image:Solseed2.jpg|425px]] [[Image:Solseed_blue.gif|right]] [[User:Kevin|Kevin]] | [[User talk:LoginName|talk]] 18:03, 16 January 2008 (PST) See also [[SolSeed Emblem]]. 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