I had this idea several years ago to choose a leader, something along the lines of a 5 contest system to determine a winner. Looks like this:
1. A soccer/football game. Winner gets 1 pt. 2. 1 year, $10,000. They may invest it however they choose in a PUBLICLY available way. Person w/ most at the end of a year gets 1 pt. 3. Best of 5 chess/go tournament. Winner gets 1 pt. 4. $5,000 and a problem. NO fund raising, no more than $5k to spend. First person to fix the problem, wins. Could be anything, R&D, ecological, personnel, whatever. 5. Public question answering session/debate. Anyone who WATCHES/PARTICIPATES can cast 1 vote at the end about who won. Overall winner gets 1 pt. Alternatives: $18,000 for 1 year. They must live without ANY assistance, eating at least 2 meals a day, paying for rent, and spending 40 hours at work. Last one to quit/have the most saved at the end of 12 months gets 1 pt. Essay contest. Winner gets 1 pt. Topic voted on nationwide by 6th graders (because the average american reads at a 5th-8th grade level.) Would be funny anyway, don't ya think? _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
