ONWARD AND UPWARD

Making our priorities clear and concrete every step of the way, as the foundation of our corporation is in the midst right now of coming together: Constitution (check), Incorporation (in-process), Business Plan (next workshop), Board (2 remaining open positions), Bank Account (as soon as we incorporate) and Fully Supplied and Furnished Office (being researched), the success of all these things and the proceeding steps are going to come down to 2 things:

SYNERGY

FUNDING

SYNERGY: How we work together is going to be crucial. Our plans are calling for a board of 9 members, as much as baseball team. How we work together can make this a major asset or a major liability. Having 9 brilliant and committed individuals working together on a common cause can tremendously accelerate our progression toward fulfilling our VISION and MISSION as a strong and established corporation in a relatively short time. Having so many decision makers of varying commitments and interest and needy egos can also prove to be a major handicap slowing down progress to a halt or dissolving the organization altogether. I can not allow that to happen and will dismiss anyone I see causing this problem. We all have a goal in mind for the benefit of all of us, and if one is not going to help us realize it, that one is not needed. They may go and we will be better off without them.

Our founding principles are G.O.L.D. Grow, Organize, Lead and Discipline. Under the principle, "Organize" this involves a stable structure in how we are to work with other. If understood and respected for only the purposes it serves, we will work together just fine. If ego creeps in, we will have the dreaded experience many organizations have which is "politics". If you are with us so far, you actually sit on 2 teams of the organization, The Founder's Committee and The Executive Board of Directors. When we are in Founder's Committee mode which will be any involving The Constitution or interviewing new members for our board, we are all peers and equals as owners and business partners of the organization. When we are in Board mode, which is during any of our board meetings, our powers are not equal. We have different jobs and different levels of influence on the Board, just like any sports team. You will do well if you understand your role and play your part and respect the positions of the others with humility, professionalism and dependability. We are all here to help each other to get something we all want. Outside of Board Meetings or Founder's Committee settings, we are then really all equals and I hope that we will begin to build bonds as friends. If we can keep these situations separate and distinct in our minds and in our interactions with one another, we are bound to do amazing work together. To give us a foundation for all of this, we will be creating a non-official "covenant" with one another which should only respected with an honor system with integrity as its basis and security. This will be for our administration only and we can start is as a tradition for any proceeding administrations. We will deliver our covenant orally and have each member handwrite it on a piece of paper for their keepsake and to remember. The covenant will include these parts:
1. Your personal reasons you said "YES" to this mission.
2. What we can expect from you as your best effort.
3. Deciding to bring your "A" game, what do you expect from each of your co-workers?

I found this article to explain our situation best and am copying and pasting it here: V IS FOR VICTORY

As the geese take flight from the Canadian shoreline, they lift off from the water in squawking discourse. Yet, in a matter of seconds, a line begins to emerge from the mass of brown feathers. This line straightens, arches slightly, and then, as on cue, bends sharply to form a perfect V shape. Canada geese fly in V formation for a very pragmatic reason: a flock of geese flying in formation can move faster and maintain flight longer than any one goose flying alone. Synergy is a law of nature.

What is synergy? How does it relate to leadership?

We have a lot to learn from these geese.

By flying in "V " formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
=>People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front.
=>If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are heading in the same as we are.

When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.
=> It pays to take turns doing hard jobs, with people or with flying geese.
These geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
=> We need to be careful what we say when we honk from behind.

Finally, when a goose gets sick, or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out, two geese fall out of formation and follow him down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he is either able to fly or until he is dead, and then they launch out on their own or with another formation until they catch up with their group.
=> If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other, protect one another and sometimes make new friends who seem to be going in our direction.

Synergy is best explained as, 'One plus one equals more than two'. Today's world requires a critical mass of transformational leaders who will commit to creating a synergy of energy within their circle of influence so new level of social, economic, organizational and spiritual success can be reached. Synergy helps you realise the value of others, and secondly, encourages you to find the right people. Synergy is a dynamic form of leverage. Avoid using it, and end up working four times as hard for half the results. Use it and watch the results expand exponentially!

After we get this all down to a science, with the proper FUNDING and there are many avenues which we will be exploring, our success is already spoken for. All we have to do then is just DO THE DAMN THING and walk in it. We are making history!

Hope to see you at our next BOARD MEETING 2/6/16