I am Jim Costa, offering free assistance to you.
In my prior life, I was a CPA, Masters in Computer Science and a Paralegal.
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- Having a Complete Plan in Just A Few Days.
In my early twenties I was tricked into becoming a Scout Master.
I read the hand book and knew that the 15 year old boy leaders were to complete an annual plan for their troop.
The first planning day I left them for two hours with the big blank calendar and soft drinks.
When I returned it was half filled out and I was told of the “best farting contest ever!”
The same thing happened the second year.
The third year I cheated! I filled out the plan 75% complete. However, being the stupid person I am, I made a lot of mistakes, such as swimming in December, Winter camping in June and grilling Brussel Sprouts on Saturday night.
This time I returned to see a 100 percent great Annual Plan.
What I learned is that for most people it is a whole lot easier to copy and alter than to create from scratch as it is now not so overwhelming.
That is what I suggest here. Select ONE person to cause it to happen,
however he deems fit. It then is a plan that the group can mull over and change as the plan is being enacted.
But you now have a group vision and starting plan! I am reminded of a plaque I once saw that said,
“And God so loved the world that he sent his only begotton son, instead of a committee.”
Who Should Plan It?
Every group has a “John Wayne” type person in it.
He/she is the one the others lovingly refer to as an “Asshole”.
That person has a square face and chin; a square torso from the rear, square butt, short stubby square hands and fingers.
They walk like a storm trooper and are serious all the time.
One of the characteristics about them is they make decisions in three seconds and 99 percent of the time they are right.
There are four basic personalities. If you assign the task to anyone from the other three it will either take forever or the planning will never occur.
I put on a one hour YouTube seminar teaching this skill of recognizing when to follow others and when to lead them.
We require all of our members to watch this before joining.
This is because we get our feelings hurt when others do not act like us and this creates group problems.
With the training most of this problem will go away, even in a new group of total strangers.
If we activate the retreat we won’t have time for personality problems and mistakes.
You will know how to best utilize all of your members, so take the time to watch it.
Then go get your Choleric to complete the Plan. Source
Free Seminar: See Spotting Personalities (Bottom of page)
Then see my website: Co-OpVillages.org
Use this as a starting plan and alter what you feel needs altering.
Take whatever you want for free.
Also see; Gathering Co-Founders
Hope this helps.
Jim Costa Phone 850-463-7711, Central Time