Aakron
02-02-2009, 06:11 PM
The first thing I need to do is formally establish a mission. If you are reading this, consider yourself a highly valued person in helping determining that mission statement. I have a draft already made at http://www.CommunityCrown.com
At first it was to strictly be like a Ron Paul website, but I figure why limit it just to the US? I want everybody to have freedom. But if it is a global movement then it is more or less the opposite of what I want it to be, which is more of a movement for individual communities, not for the entire world.
The website statement is just a draft. My latest version in my head right now is :
We the people want:
Liberty – Maximum Individual Rights and Freedoms
Democracy - Individual Power and Freedom
Community Empowerment - Local Governance
Transparency in publicly owned or funded organizations
Coexistence by the Golden Rule
Now I realize these sound great to most people but I actually question all of them as a matter of policy of questioning pretty much everything (especially government :)).
I question firstly whether I really want to say "community empowerment". I mean obviously most of us want to transfer powers from federal to state in the US, but do we really want to support in general going beyond that and for example have the state delegate powers to counties or cities, and then cities delegate power to neighborhoods. It just sounds a bit messy to me and somewhat anarchic. I think perhaps it could be supported in a limited fashion, but if it is such a limited fashion then it may not belong in the core mission at the very top of the page.
Then there is the golden rule thing... does it really belong there? Is that a forced moral value or something that just has to be there, or something that should be changed?
Then there is democracy. Well, the USA is a republic not a democracy. So I suppose I'm not sure how that would work out if that was a stated goal.
And regarding the transparency I put the limitations of it right in the statement. I think we are only worried about transparency in where our money is going. But in other areas such as military positions and exact capabilities I question whether we want any transparency at all. So I want help in knowing if I put the correct words in there to correctly define the transparency.
Every opinion wanted!
At first it was to strictly be like a Ron Paul website, but I figure why limit it just to the US? I want everybody to have freedom. But if it is a global movement then it is more or less the opposite of what I want it to be, which is more of a movement for individual communities, not for the entire world.
The website statement is just a draft. My latest version in my head right now is :
We the people want:
Liberty – Maximum Individual Rights and Freedoms
Democracy - Individual Power and Freedom
Community Empowerment - Local Governance
Transparency in publicly owned or funded organizations
Coexistence by the Golden Rule
Now I realize these sound great to most people but I actually question all of them as a matter of policy of questioning pretty much everything (especially government :)).
I question firstly whether I really want to say "community empowerment". I mean obviously most of us want to transfer powers from federal to state in the US, but do we really want to support in general going beyond that and for example have the state delegate powers to counties or cities, and then cities delegate power to neighborhoods. It just sounds a bit messy to me and somewhat anarchic. I think perhaps it could be supported in a limited fashion, but if it is such a limited fashion then it may not belong in the core mission at the very top of the page.
Then there is the golden rule thing... does it really belong there? Is that a forced moral value or something that just has to be there, or something that should be changed?
Then there is democracy. Well, the USA is a republic not a democracy. So I suppose I'm not sure how that would work out if that was a stated goal.
And regarding the transparency I put the limitations of it right in the statement. I think we are only worried about transparency in where our money is going. But in other areas such as military positions and exact capabilities I question whether we want any transparency at all. So I want help in knowing if I put the correct words in there to correctly define the transparency.
Every opinion wanted!