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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I’d like some feedback on an attempt
of mine to fuse of 2 big ideas – one which started with </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>’s theme here and
one that started with a debate with transparent system experts on how to make
2004 The Year of Transparency (and then every year on)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Let me tell you where this visionary fusion
seems to go to and then try to map it back to see if it could fit with what we
are all most passionate about. Suppose this and other communities started a
premier league of Transparency Nominations of 2004, which we provisionally see
as:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Col</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> 1 Nomination<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Col 2 Declared conflicts nominee is setting
out to right, and systemic construct for achieving<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Col 3 ‘Open observatory’ tracking
progress on righting declared conflicts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Col 4 ‘Open observatory’ tracking
that system isn’t falling apart on other basics over time<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Taking Dean for America as an example
nomination – I need help here because not being American, I may not have
stated exactly what you see as its most heroic conflicts to right:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Col2 Right 1: Reverting to government by
the people instead of by big vested interests- basis for doing <span
class=GramE>this :</span> all campaign contributions from individuals, none
from big organizations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Col2 Right 2: America as world’s <span
class=SpellE>favourite</span> (humanitarian) superpower, not one in perceived or
actual conflict with some of the world’s poorest people –basis for
doing this- appears to be mix of using media through which people actively
participate (<span class=SpellE>eg</span> <span class=SpellE>moveon</span>, <span
class=SpellE>truemajority</span>, hopefully open space) and <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>open declaration, <span class=SpellE>eg</span>
through the common sense charter at <a
href="http://images.deanforamerica.com/docs/cs/commonsense_print_pg2.pdf">http://images.deanforamerica.com/docs/cs/commonsense_print_pg2.pdf</a>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-Which <span class=SpellE>eg</span>
includes a promise to restore the Truman vision of us as superpower: </span></font><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>“The
only expansion we are interested in is the expansion of human freedom and the
wider enjoyment of the good things of the earth in all countries. The only
prize we covet is the respect and good will of our fellow members of the family
of nations. The only realm we aspire to eminence exists in the minds of men,
where authority is exercised with the qualities of sincerity, compassion and
right conduct.”</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>It isn’t entirely clear to me how to
ensure flows of the open observatory other than asking <span class=SpellE>eg</span>
communities like this one if you ‘co-sponsor’ <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE>deanforamerica</span>
as a transparency of 2004 nomination to conversationally report any concerns
that conflicts with the basis transparency goals are emerging. Of course, to
the extent that the transparency register of 2004 achieved large scale
awareness the nuances of how to ensure an open observatory works would change but
in principle they rely on both virtual and real (open space and communal)
networking in which people have easy access to helping spot any concern that
the system is turning against its fundamental transparency mission<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I’d like to ask for any first reactions
to this idea or points of clarification. As one other map back idea, if Right 2
is stated approximately correctly then I would see huge potentials for this <span
class=SpellE>DeanforAmerica</span> conflict goal to be informed by activities
developing out of practiceofpeace.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>A short note on Transparency, as we view
it:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Transparent <span class=SpellE>organisational</span>
systems audit and resolve emerging conflicts relentlessly; to do this they must
also declare their main contextual goals openly and invite conversations with
deepest external verification experts. An additional problem today is that
transparency isn’t what our institutions have recently been systemized around
(Big 5 accounting’s transactional measures are arguably perfect <span
class=SpellE>maths</span> for compounding conflicts when they alone rule
corporate <span class=GramE>governance )</span> , so we need heroic nominations
to take on one or more conflicts to right, with a systemic foundation that has
a structural chance of achieving such a breakthrough. Next major meeting space
of transparency <span class=SpellE>networkers</span> is McMaster World Congress
(</span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US'>Hamilton</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Canada</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>) mid January Corporate
Governance track keynote speech by </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2
color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Don Tapscott</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>. More at <a
href="http://www.valuetrue.com/">www.valuetrue.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Sincerely, </span></font><st1:PersonName><span
class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>chris</span></font></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> macrae</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, wcbn007@easynet.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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