Reasons to Join the Evolver Social Movement

why stop at "preservation of nature and natural resources", how bout "expansion of nature and it's resources"? now that's something enchanted to shoot for

preservation of nature feels a bit like treating it as a museum piece or something, which seems to be what many people want right now, but can't be what they actually need.

Let's see the Old growth forests return to New York State, and return to Europe, and let's see the 6' lobsters back off the Maine Coast that they used to catch when they first come here, so many years ago. Can you fathom roaming packs of Buffallo and free roaming humans? Organic farms outside of small cities dotting the country side, similar to Hayao Mayazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" set and setting. no suburbs, just country dotted with small harmless "cities". But also some extravagant Victorian-style cities, with sidewalks near the tops of buildings, a roller coaster spanning the skyline and on down to the street level through old times square, ...just for a little afternoon adrenaline rush.

To continue, Grand Central gets relocated up there too for shits and giggles. Maybe rebuild the old trade centers to boot. We could have forumula one races through the 5 boroughs, and underwater cities off the coasts of LA and Miami. Floating towns or cities also, ontop of the vast oceans, and the freedom for people to do whatever they want. The fun part would be building this, the pay off would be when it's so cool we drool.

Old Major highways could be transitioned into high speed rail ways connecting major cities. Maybe use the idea of a pneumatic rail similar to the bank tellers send box at a bank drive-thru to connect smaller ones. could invent anything we want. do anything too.

The best thing would be to have importance put back into the wisdom of the "elderly"... They still use the old peoples wisdom in government, they know how smart those peeps are, our world should have that too.

world peace would just happen if the world was that cool. and the system of life was based on wonder, rather than money. We could probably build an elevator to space if we wanted to.

It's not the money that's even the idea here. It's about the symbol that money represents, as always: contributing yourself in a manageable, if not almost completely effortless, way to something that you believe in. The problem with the world has never been, essentially, about the money, but simply in what people believe in.

But to continue with this idea of effortless yet effective contribution by all, I'd venture to say that even, say, 15 bucks would be asking too much as a flat rate. It needs to still be so accessible that even someone on a shitty, broke day, can just stumble upon this and start contributing without having to worry about going hungry that night.

I support the idea, even if I cringed at the "Evolver Social Movement Membership Card"-I think "Evolver Activist Network" might work better. It sounds as though this "social movement" requires a membership card (even if it does not in fact), and if I didn't know better would write it off as another commercialized "revolution" milking a certain demographic.

To me the main draws for community dues are greater support for the Spores and an alternative exchange hub here online. I think cultivating (or colonizing to use the correct term for mushroom mycelia) the regional spores to bring the knowledge and skills to thrive in a new paradigm to their localities is perhaps the most effective way Evolver can connect with more people. This is where I would like my money to be going for the most part, though I do support the other proposals. Perhaps we could vote on where our money goes?

If we were able to choose, the system would organize around the collective will of Evolvers, and encourage us to research and scrutinize how money is being spent in a way that I feel would benefit the overall effort. I trust in the quality of Evolver and Reality Sandwich that Daniel and company know what they are doing, but the more members are involved in decisions and processes the better I think.

No one is going to have to leave Evolver over 5 bucks, or over any money, unless they just don't get any and they go under. The free website will still be the same, if not better after this second tier membership takes place. The second level is just going to have some bonus features and help to make all of it better for everyone. You don't have to worry if you can't pay the membership fee, you will still have the amazing free website.

I appreciate that you take the time to explain the goals of the organization. Obviously want to avoid the standard sales pitch and display more respect for the readers than what they are used to seeing. People considering becoming paying members will want those answers readily available to them. As a marketing piece though, it might be a little heady.

I would make the bullet points stonger, shorter and stand out more so that people can scan through it, get a feel for what it is about, and go back and read it later if they choose. Just distill and crystallize the information. It's sad, but the reality is that if it appears shorter, the more likely your audience will take the time to digest it. Insulting I know... but it's how I make a living.

Example this:
• Network: Evolver.net is our community home for the Evolver Social Movement. Built on the open-source Drupal platform, Evolver.net helps our community to express themselves, find each other, plan events, and collaborate on projects. As soon as possible, we intend to add new features to the network and make it more user-friendly. We would like to build a platform for alternative exchanges, timeshares, and barter arrangements. We would also like to add a marketplace, the Evolver Exchange, for Evolvers to share their goods and services with the community. We would also like to launch a multimedia platform for Evolvers to share videos professionally produced by Evolver members, potentially creating our own user-generated network. Revenues will give us the opportunity to improve Evolver.net, and market and promote it.

To this:
EVOLVER EXCHANGE: Evolver.net helps our community to express themselves, find each other, plan events, and collaborate on projects. By becoming a paying member, you are helping Evolver.net add new features like Evolver Exchange. Evolver Exchange, will allow members to share their goods and services with the community by providing a marketplace for alternative exchanges, timeshares, and barter arrangements.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION: Evolver.net hopes to launch a multimedia platform for all Evolvers to share videos and other professional multi-media projects produced by Evolver members. Additional funding allows Evolver.net to not only create our own user-generated network, but also market and promote it.

Ok... so we have a very eclectic group of individuals who are present on Evolver. I agree that the tiered membership just doesn't feel all that right to me. It makes me feel as if a caste system is being set up for this community, lol. I kid, of course.

That being said, I feel that with all of the diversity why couldn't we set the system up so that the people that have more monetary wealth may provide a larger sum of money, a love offering of sorts, which would be applied to anyone who could not provide with money to the cause?

I know the spirit of the people who frequent here. I truly feel that individuals would step up and provide for others.

We all have many beautiful gifts to bring to the table, I would hate to see someone go without just because they have chosen to live a very lite life.

Any thoughts?

Harry F Brewster II
Its time to trust! and know that people will support. Accept the help the those that don't have the money. And believe and trust that those that do have the money will give like

We have arrived at that time of trusting and Believing!

Membership will be pay what you can ($5 is suggested, but not required), so it won't be very elitist -- in fact, quite the opposite. We will offer interesting services, like conference calls with the team to discuss movement strategy and to have Q&As with key figures in the consciousness scene as a thank you to those supporting and sustaining both Evolver and RS, as well as our regionals infrastructure.

If we don't pay tech bills and at least ensure people who work on this project 50-70 hours per week can pay their rent, there will be no Evolver. We're asking everyone to do their part (on whatever level they can) to make the movement happen. If you have absolutely no money, we can find ways for you to contribute time, but due to lack of resources, we don't have the human-power for those requests at the moment (it takes a lot of time to coordinate volunteers). I hope with this new initiative we will be able to do that in the near future. We appreciate all your help in making this happen.

Blessings,
Jonathan

I hope this discussion isn't just about what each of us is prepared or not prepared to give. But also somewhere to explore ideas on building on the current membership and creating an attractive proposal for people who have never heard of Evolver.

The negativity on this blog is huge I think, and unnecessary. As daniel explained, Evolver.net needs money to stay alive and to accomplish more then it does now. So it's understandable he askes for money of the people who are already interested in this subjects. The people that comment above me in a positive way, doesn't seem to care about the membership. The seem passioned to bring Evolver.net to the next level.

And of course it's absolutely understandable that Evolver.net wants to give back to the ones who can afford to give a various amount of money to them.

So let's al focus on the evolvement of Evolver.net.

Peace!