www.COCaucus.org, "Help us strengthen the voice of the common person."

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Weekly training for communicating in your neighborhood caucus:

JohnWren.com Start!: University of Denver ok's Socrates Cafe: I just sent out this on Twitter: New! Socrates Cafe Saturdays 6;30 p.m. @DUCommons , see http://t.co/jp48B0nony . Questions john Wren (...

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Neighborhood communications

Printed newsletter, fliers, websites and blogs. Now FireChat, it will never be shut down. Check it out, join our grassroots forum.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

How are leaders gone bad stopped?

Ben Franklin alternative to duals:

https://twitter.com/constitution89/status/504815755196526592

Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Startup Show: After IDE, Act! Tips for getting it done!

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Strengthen Your Neighborhood.

We are almost two months behind what was promised in previous post. But watch for more here soon.

In the mean time check out this powerful tool for neighborhood building:

Http://www.Neighborhood.com

Also, for a good definition of the problems we find in neighborhood building see Robert Putman's classic book Bowling Alone

More here soon. Hope you'll share your thoughts, that you'll come back often, and that you'll share this with your neighbors and all your friends who care about the grassroots.

John S Wren, Founder of COCaucus.org

"Revitalize the Grassroots! Peer-Directed Neighborhood Learning Groups, Since 1727."

www.JohnWren.com

(303)862-1447

Friday, July 4, 2014

Start a neighborhood group, we'll help if you want.

Want to make a real difference? Start a small group that meets once a week or once a month in your neighborhood where you live or work. More will be posted here tomorrow, and we'd love it if you have experience with small groups and would be willing to share with us.

If you're not ready to become active in one of the political parties, working for a candidate or a particular issue, this is a powerful way for you to still make a big difference in 2016.

Hope to see you back here tomorrow as we start to make this a community of neighborhood groups doing independent civic education.

Freedom today? Tomorrow?

The current majority is just as much the tyrant as King George unless kept in check.

Why not spend today thinking about that tyranny of the majority and what you can do to make a difference in 2016 which may be the last chance to use some of these powerful political tools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

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Why am I doing this?

People ask me, "John, why have you put so much energy into the Colorado Caucus. Do you plan on running for elected office?"

I'm 66 (when I first wrote this, 73 now), my time for possibly serving in elected office is over. But I want to make sure the system that gave me the chance is around for my grandkids.

My elected representative asked me to run for her seat when she decided to step aside. Betty Ann said she would support me if I wanted to do it. But the time just wasn't right for my family. Later I changed political parties, got elected to a leadership role, and ran in a primary election, just to show it could be done. I'm currently registered Unaffiliated.

I the little I can to increase the informed participation in our wonderful grassroots system for nominating to the primary ballot and electing leadership for the major political parties for two reasons: 1) I enjoy it, and 2) For the system to work, someone has to do it. My hope is that this website eventually serves as a catalyst for local community newspapers and others to give our biannual celebration of representative democracy, by far the biggest event in Colorado, a little more coverage.

If you are a common, average, ordinary person, like most of us are, your best chance of serving in elected public office is to get active in the major party of your choice and help all you can between now and the neighborhood meeting next spring.

I hope what is shared here by me and others will be of assistance to you getting started as a more active citizen, and that you, in turn, will pass what you learn along to others. You might start by sharing a link to this via social media and by sending an email to your friends who you know might have an interest in becoming a more active citizen.

John S. Wren

(720)495-4949

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