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Possible Content
Possible Titles and Sub-titles
Possible Domain Names
Possible Names for the Organization
To Do
Social Networking Sites

Points to consider concerning possible content

A suggested email or letter to send to people who may be interested/ also a PDF of a flyer/ also a brief sample bulletin announcement.

A suggested agenda for a first organizing meeting, or maybe two organizing meetings.

A list of guidelines for group behavior. Do's and don't. For instance, "When it's your turn to talk about your progress, don't give us a long list of everything you've done, but focus on a few areas, maybe what you are most proud of or where you most need support." Also, good kinds of responses: encouraging statements; statements that ask people to make their goals specific, etc.

Something about screening people for psychological problems/ or statements about what's not appropriate for the group. "Ah, now let me tell you all about my sex life with squirrels..."

A process for ejecting people from the group who are causing too much trouble (after a process for trying to help them behave appropriately.)

Some kind of legal disclaimer, or exploration of legalities. I.e., "This is not counseling."

A suggestion and process for evaluation. Either there will be a small portion of each meeting for giving feedback on the meeting, or there will be a meeting every four or six weeks or so, partially devoted to evaluation.

Suggestions (do's and don'ts) on recruiting people. [added 2/17]

An appendix on active listening.\\ An appendix on the normal stages of a group's life.
An appendix on typical small group problems and solutions.
Recommended books or links.

POSSIBLE TITLES:

• Growing Home-Based Communities
• Growing Holistic Communities
• Growing Multipurpose Communities
• Growing All Around Communities
• Growing Comprehensive Communities
• Comprehensive Communities: Local, National, Global
• Growing Small, Supportive, Activist Communities
• Growing A Network of Progressive Communities
• Self Balance World
• Change the World and Yourself
• Self and World Transformation
• Home-based Communities
• Get Joy, Empowerment, and Community!
• Six Ways to Grow ....
• Find Joy, Power, and Love in Community
• Experience Joy, Power, and Compassion in Community
• Six Ways to Strengthen Your Community
• Six Ways to Enrich Your Community
• Six Ways to Deepen Your Community
• Six Ways to Expand and Deepen Your Community

POSSIBLE SUB-TITLES:

• A Manual
• Growing All-Around Communities
• Through do-it-yourself home-based community
• Through do-it-yourself support groups
• For Personal Goal-Attainment, Socializing and Transforming the World!
• (Through Home-Based Support Groups)

POSSIBLE DOMAIN NAMES

communitiesproject.org
HomeBasedCommunities.org

POSSIBLE PROPOSED NAMES FOR THE ORGANIZATION

• Alliance for Local Community Politics
• Network of Home-Based Communities
• Network of Comprehensive Communities

TO DO

• my host is: http://www.2mhost.com/ - Peg
• Create web site, including
  • Home page
  • The Manual
  • Forum
• Plan San Francisco workshop
  • Design flyer

Social Networking Sites

• Myspace.com
• tagged
• tagworld
• multiply
• facebook
• eons
• care2

See Done for archive of previous items