2006-05-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

Discuss & Design 'Impetus'

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We hope to involve all key individuals (from various cities) in thrashing out a unanimous and co-ordinated Impetus by the end of May 06.

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2006-05-15T11:20:00.000-07:00

Impetus : Proposed Strategy for Discussion

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Issue: Progressive reservation policy of Indian Political community

Project: Establish an Information Cell to motivate public action for equal opportunity

Time Frame: Two to three years

Strategy:

Create a core group of committed individuals (25 to 30)
Establish and sustain Network among targeted audience
Provide information and action plans that this Network can use
Function & Project this Network as a single unit

Core Group:

25 to 30 like-minded, committed proactive individuals
Commitment: Four to Eight hours per week (weekends)
Best not limited to a particular geographical area
Platform: Blog

Activity:

Proactive expansion of the network

Through a website, emails, blogs, meetings

Sustain the network

Weekly Articles on Site, Newsletters, E-zine, Blogs dealing with the following

Evolution of Revolution & its impact (Past)
Current Affairs- Monitor activities of pro-/anti- reservation groups
Repercussions of ongoing current discrimination under the reservation policy
Why free/open competition would benefit everybody (future)
Guilt Riddance: we are not responsible for what our ancestors did and the caste system is not unique to India-we are proud of our heritage.
Research politicians who openly or covertly are anti-reservationists
Project Impetus as a vote bank willing to support a politician who willwork for anti-reservationists

Action Plans for the network

Non-Election Period

Spread the Network
Identify Equal Opportunity establishments for network
Recognition to People who provide equal opportunity
Encourage individual in the network to stand up against reservation at every opportunity
Inform network about local or national politicians or election
candidates who are anti-reservationists

Election Period

Inform network of election schedules and candidates
Research candidates who may deserve network’s support
Advisory to the network on appropriate candidates
Advisory to non-local networks on how take part in the electoral process
Encourage network to safe-guard their vote, waste it in the absence of appropriate candidates
Project the network as a vote bank fit to be pursued and pleased

Co-ordinate work with other anti-reservationists
• Attempt sponsorship of a professional lobbyist for the cause

Desired Elements in the Core Group:

Skill sets: Web experts, corporate communicators, lobbyists, writers, illustrators, researchers.
Personalities: thinkers, idealists, charismatic personalities, worker bees, pessimists (to tell us what will go wrong)

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