Posted 28 October 2008 - 06:50 AM
Brokenportal wrote:
Good idea about groups. Like you say there is the H+ groups, MF has groups, and I think groups are right up our alley. I'm working with ideas to get one started in my area though a coordinated effort that we can all build from and use around here does seem to be in order.
Can any body lay out some steps and structure for it? Lend it some direction etc..? I was just talking to some people about helping me with one today. John, Lunar, anybody, any more ideas on this? Any ideas on how to highlight it around here in a way we can keep some attention flowing into it? I mean, even if we did get something like this moving, stuff tends to get buried..
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1. We already have the regional forums here, but we could establish a new forum entitled "Imminst Student Clubs" and have as subforums, the "Imminst Student Clubs Liaison Officer Announcements" and also the "Imminst Student Club Presidents Announcements."
2. The Executive Director in conjunction with the Board of Directors could create a new position along the lines of "Imminst Student Clubs Liaison Officer."
3. The Executive Director and the Board of Directors would then appoint a person to this new position.
4. The Imminst Student Clubs Liaison Officer would report once a month to the Executive Director and the Board of Directors regarding progress made, and also give a report to the general membership on a monthly basis.
5. The Imminst Student Clubs Liaison Officer will initially recruit Imminst Student Club Presidents/grassroot organizers at roughly 5-10 colleges seen as being potentially fertile ground.
6. The Imminst Student Club Presidents will be required once a month to file a brief report on the "Imminst Student Club Presidents" subforum.
7. The Executive Director and the Board of Directors will decide on the brochures, pamphlets, DVD's, banners, posters, signs, etc., that can be used to at least partially supply Imminst Student Clubs with recruitment/educational materials.
8. General guidelines for Imminst Student Clubs will be drawn up by the Executive Director and the Board of Directors to help avoid public relations nightmares such as when the Extropy Institute student club at MIT took a stance against affirmative action and was publicly villified, which lead to the club disbanding.
9. At all Imminst Conferences the Imminst Student Clubs Liaison Officer would give at the very least a brief report on the current progress of the Imminst student clubs.
I would think these clubs could be established at both the high school and university level.
The upcoming Convergence08 Conference might be a good place (despite the many distractions) to at least briefly discuss the matter of setting goals for this vital subject.
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It would sure be nice like you say, to have many more clubs like this started around the world now and then see how they have bloomed in ten years.
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I agree and so the time is now to get the ball rolling! I am willing to serve at any level of responsibility for this very important task, if asked by The Immortality Institute leadership.
When I was in high school a number of my friends & I established a science fiction book club. A guy I had never met showed up at the following meeting and got himself appointed our president. We never saw him again and he did absolutely nothing for the organization! LOL But I later heard he put his club presidency position down on his college applications. May we do better in our leadership choices than my science fiction club did.
Along with Brokenportal, I hope that when October 27th, 2018 rolls around, we can hold our heads high regarding the progress made to get Immortality Institute student clubs established across the globe.
John Grigg