11/24: A message to all members of 9-12 Project ~ Asheville, NC

The Plan is simple…but requires our utmost participation to work.

The ARC is a version of the Plan. Apparently I was working on the same thing Glenn was simultaneously.

However…there is one problem I am seeing with NC in regards to working in sync with the rest of the country: Our state has a unique political system in comparison to the rest of the country…that favors the party system absolutely, commands by top-down, over-centralization, and rejects independent or third party involvement. I believe that the day has likely come for a third party to rise…or at least a movement of anti-party independents to take hold in the system. This is entirely possible for most of America…but highly improbable for NC. As for myself, do not care for any party. I favor Conservatism. NC 912 groups are going to have to decide how best to navigate the political spiders web we have before us. We have overt corruption at the state and national levels in both parties. I know that there are many 912vers who will not participate in anything unless it is third party. I know others who are aware of the NC petition barriers to a third party and so choose to demand conservatism and participate to ensure such in the two parties…mostly Repubs. I don’t know any 912vers who are party people “just because”. For efficiency sake, there may come a time that we will have to decide as a group which way to go. For now, we should in the very least consider for ourselves the benefits and consequences of each direction available to us. Time is short.

I am going to schedule an Asheville 912 general council event open to everyone. The purpose of this event will be to discuss the ARC initiative. I will put together a 30 minute presentation, open up for 30 min to an hour of discussion, and then we will call a vote. If the vote passes with a super majority, then I will ask for a committee to be formed that will direct all decisions moving forward with the initiative. There are a number of Asheville folks already very interested in ARC, so I hope we won’t have a problem forming the committee. Also, as I indicated before…I understand a very real reason why we are having a hard time getting things done is because of money. This is precisely why I still intend on providing for 3-4 paid positions with ARC…and dozens of temporary and contract opportunities as they materialize. Carefully selected, full-time, dedicated workers (even just a few) will multiply the success of our efforts.

We are making progress with the mapping aspects of the project. Once it is complete, we will have a powerful analytical tool to help select several neighborhoods that will prove to be the easiest to organize. Working in sync with the youth education aspect of ARC, these neighborhoods will be the ground we break first…and move forward from there. Hopefully we will make our mistakes fast, learn even faster, retune, and be ready to cooperate with whatever the rest of the nation has produced by the end of 2010.

I am still making contacts for the educational side of things. It sounds like Glenn’s Plan will fill in the national and historic aspects of the education we seek. We will focus on what he cannot help us with…the “local picture”.

For now…as unorganized individuals…please continue to posture yourself for these difficult times. Please work on your debt, simple acquisitions, reading, and simplification. Focus on making some more money…but even more on what you purchase with it. Keep it simple. Be ready to work together.

All of you are in my thoughts daily,
Ryan

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