Ernie: Re: Starting over
I like that theme; terrific, we can do something with it. Here's a thought to get the ball rolling. I first came up with the idea for myself but think it should work quite well for each of us. We have, for now, a core group of 4. We really need some fresh blood to add skills and knowledge to the mix, but four it is for openers. Suppose you -or me, or Chris of Mike- had several million $$ to spend on RC. I know, we do not have that kind of money, but as a thought experiment. The question is, how would you employ the other 3? You can offer a salary of $150,000 per year, with bonuses for exemplary work. Doing what? What exactly would you expect for the money? What kind of results? This idea popped into my head after watching another C-Span show, this one about a new book called "Like Wars." This is in reference to "likes" on Facebook, the subtitle pointing to the weaponization of social media. That is, there now are all kinds of bad things you can do to screw other people up, simply by using social media in questionable ways -if, that is, you know what you are doing and don't care who you hurt. One of the co-authors is a senior fellow at New America. This brought to mind what I know about the NA foundation, which is capitalized at several million $$ yearly. Well, one thing that can be done is to commission researchers to dig deeply into the abuse of social media, a really hot topic these days. What if RC.org had that level of funding? What -exactly- could we do with it? Let me start by taking the role of CEO of Centroids. Ernie is the actual CEO but let's pretend, Just for this thought experiment, then Ernie can go back to being the actual king pin. I'd draw up a contract for Ernie for his 150K plus possible bonus money, for him to start by getting to work on the kind of thing he did for the original Wikipedia article. Which, IMHO, was first rate and very informative. Re-write as much as necessary to bring it up to date, then write up a short abstract and a lengthy feature article-length piece to expand it in detail. Then I'd put him in charge of getting Radipedia off the drawing boards and made into reality. But let's find some way to monetize it, maybe solicit "relevant ads" rather than hit or miss adds. That is, a Radipedia article about radical centrism in the news might be sponsored by a newspaper or a TV network. An article about RC in education might be sponsored by the AAUP or by a university or a consortium, like the Big 10 or the PAC 12. There is a lot more for Ernie to do to earn his 150 K and if he does it well, who can say, there might be another 50K in it for him, even another 100 K. For Chris, it is a natural for him to become "the voice of Radical Centrism." I'd put him on radio right away, or if possible, have him host a TV show. All kinds of stuff down the road, but for now, and because he really knows his stuff, a show featuring RC-like counseling methods to help people in every day life. This ought to be genuinely helpful and with real potential to be very popular. For Mike, he would be in charge of the political desk. He would be responsible for following all news relevant to RC, everything from the new attitude of recently elected Representatives for working across the aisle, to proposals for bipartisan legislation. When he has extra time I'd like him to research how ideas of the Founding Fathers sometimes anticipated the principles in Radical Centrism. The results of everyone's work would show up in an RC-centric e-newspaper and our broadcast media. And, of course, on our brand new bells and whistles award winning website ------------------------------------------------------ This is pretty rough by way of a concept, there may be all kinds of ways to improve on the idea, but as a suggestion. There really are two questions to answer: (1) How do we get noticed and (2) What do we need by way of "product" to show to people who are curious and willing to give us a try? Billy ________________________________ From: Centroids <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Billy Rojas Subject: starting over Re: [RC] the Socialist critique of Capitalism *** Hi Billy, > That is, there are plenty of ideas for getting us noticed if you really are > interested, but you are not really interested. I am now interested. So is Chris. Let’s start a conversation. Can you do a phone call Thursday? Action Item: figure out why things got derailed last time, so we put accountability in place so it doesn’t happen again. 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