I want to be more active with the transition... i have found some land.. just got moved on it a couple of weeks ago... I want to participate more

1. I am hoping for guidance in building an arts-centered community. 2. Not sure. 3. I am happy to do the bulk of the work. 4. Depends on how it goes. 5. I'm not expecting The Transition to fund my project, but if I do need funding for part of it I hope The Transition can connect me with others who want to see what I'm doing succeed. 6. The professional should be personal. 7. Absolutely. 8. Yes. 9. I hope so. 10. Not sure. 11. Yes.

I came across Transition while investigation Transition Town. The home page rang true for me - in that by providing better options, we can change the world. So, I'm not looking for help to solve problems, but am looking for a way to contribute to the vision. I intend to be involved daily, at least to start, while I work on my action plan. I have no issues with doing the bulk of the work on a project. I originally registered to get more information on contributing. I guess we will see where it goes from here! I don't expect funding for projects. I would love to be able to contribute my skills to others. Yes, from what I have seen so far, I would be willing to promote this site. I don't know if it will be "life-altering", but I sure hope it will be! No specific turn around time expected. Yes, I feel my expectations are reasonable.

1. Learning more about other ICs and living in ICs and visiting other ICs 2. I may not be very active, don't know yet. 3. I don't have a specific project, I am more exploring The Transition to learn more. 4. It's too soon to tell how long I'll be active, I am just exploring right now. 5. I have heard that The Transition does fundraisers such as crowdsourcing and is also in communication with ICs about funds. 6. From what I have learned so far it seems to be offering help with personal as well as professional matters. 7. I enjoy cooperation and reciprocation. If I were interested in and committed to doing more I would certainly consider what I had to give to others. 8. I don't have any skill or experience in promoting, so I would likely be unable to help with outreach. 9. I don't have expectations about this yet. I feel it's too soon to tell if my life will be changed by this. 10. Not sure yet what kind of turnaround time to expect from Suggestions Box, but I don't expect this to be an issue in any way. 11. I feel all of the above expectations i have provided are reasonable.

I feel this is a Perfect Avenue to Share and Gather Valuable Skills! I am excited to proceed in every step and process involved. Dedicating anything I can to keep The Transition and Ubuntu Growing and Expanding as this is the Vision and Desire, I have believed to be the answer to so many lifelong questions. I am totally committed to the training and helping others reach their goals. Looking Forward to getting this Positive, Snow Ball Rolling, in the High Desert!!! :-)

I am hoping to gather the skills and knowledge to gather a group of people and implement a plan to live sustainably and open a worker owned business to support the community. I have recently completed past commitments and I am setting a goal of working on my action plan here on the web weekly and daily at home. I didn't expect your organization to fund my project, I hope to have help making my funds grow or putting my funds with someone else's to build something. I am hoping for help professionally and perhaps on a personal level on community building, problem resolution and other "personal" problems that affect community building. More skills than actual personal issues. I look forward to helping others anyway I can and also receiving help from others. Yes I will help promote the site. I will be having a life changing situation and I hope the site can help me with that. I hope for a week turn around time. Yes I think my expectations are reasonable.

What problems do you feel we will help you solve or resolve?

Contact with others of like mind.

How active do you intend to be with the site (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)?

It will vary. In the past it has been daily but has reduced due to other commitments.

Do you expect to do the bulk of the work to get your project off the ground, or do you feel that's the role you want our Transition Team to play?

 Yes, I expect to do the bulk of the work.

Do you plan to be very invested in our organization and stay with us for a long time (maybe even years) or are you registered on the site just to see what it's about?

Yes, I will stay with The Transition, long term.

How do you expect our organization to fund projects (like yours) in order to launch them?

You can only fund projects if the projects provide the funding in the first place until a generous benefactor comes along.

Do you feel our site is meant to help you solely with professional matters or personal ones too?

I had not thought too much about this. It is for The Transition to decide what help the organization can give.

Are you willing to contribute and give to others registered on the site as well as receive and take their offerings?

Yes.

Are you willing to help with promoting the site as long as you feel it is in alignment with your personal values?

Yes.

Do you expect your use of this site to be "life altering" in any way?

Possibly.

With the knowledge that we are run by a small and 100% volunteer run team, how fast do you feel our turn around time will be for any things entered into the Suggestion Box or sent to us via the Contact Us pages?

I don't mind that The Transition Team takes the time to do things right.

Do you feel all of the above expectations you have provided are reasonable? Yes.

Feel free to write any additional expectations that were not prompted at the close of your answers to the questions above.

I have (at this stage) hope rather than expectations. The Transition has given us the tools. It is for us, to use them correctly.

1. It is my interest to work towards the establishment of a resource-based paradigm in which human development is driven beyond avarice and infantile greed to promote the advancement of civilization as is necessary in keeping with the needs of the presently living population and posterity such as expanding our social and civil infrastructure to assure universal access to food, water, housing, medical care and open communications, including achievements necessary to the survival of the species, such as the establishment of human habitats in the deep sea, in deep space and on other worlds. For such projects to be driven forward without being hoarded, sidetracked, retarded or disestablished in the interest of private greed, they must be undertaken by workers, engineers, researchers and explorers dedicated to the advancement and quality life of all people and all living things. To these ends, I believe that organizations such as this serve a greater purpose in resolving the problems faced by humanity and by an overcrowded, over-polluted and strangulated Earth. 2. If there are projects being actively undertaken to this end or people organizing towards the undertaking of such projects in the public interest, I will be active herein daily, or at the very least several times a week, in coordinating to put 40+ hours a week of effort into advancing these goals. 3. Experience has taught me that the bulk of the work in getting any project off of the ground has been my responsibility, however, I look greatly forward to meeting and coordinating with other motivated individuals willing to put an equal, mutual cooperative effort into advancing such goals towards the same ends, and I am more than willing to work as a part of any team presently engaged in such endeavors. 4. I am invested in the organization in that I know some of the people involved in establishing this group and this platform. I am dedicated to the same goals, and my participation can be expected to last for as long as I am mentally and physically fit for duty. 5. Matters of funding will depend on a particular project. For example, if I was to launch a specific public works, research or exploratory project in the immediate future, I would expect that the purposes of such a project as well as of this organization would most immediately be served by incorporating a non-profit organization dedicated to that project, for a pre-determined period of time or indefinitely, depending on the circumstances of the particular project, so that other organizations and individuals with a shared interest would be able to contribute to the capital necessary to such an undertaking, under the present paradigm, without being further taxed for their contribution. Efforts to these ends would be well-assisted with information, streamlining or capital designated for the purpose of providing such an incorporation framework. Any other assistance which can be offered, such as in organizing to partner with other organizations which can back the expense and labor of such a project (perhaps organizations such as the Corporation for National and Community Service/Americorps/Vista) would also be of great benefit in getting projects started, and seeing them through to completion. 6. I have no opinion on the question of professional and personal matters, the two are very much interconnected in that we will be getting nothing accomplished if the needs of the workers are not met, yet it is very easy for a team to turn into a constant 24/7 social club or a group counseling session, if constant distraction from the goals of the project is to be expected, thus I would consider such a team to be balanced in it's work, between seeing to the welfare of the collective as well as focusing on setting clear goals and timelines for the accomplishment of the work at hand, and sticking to them. 7. I am willing to do whatever I can to advance the projects being undertaken, and I expect it to be a cooperative effort, so yes. 8. I am willing to help with promoting the site and the organization as long as I feel that it is in alignment with my personal values. 9. I expect my involvement in any project or organization to be life altering in several ways...most notably, in the amount of free time that I have available to dedicate to other projects. 10. I have no idea how fast the turn around time for suggestions and contacts will be, I expect that it will be entirely dependent and variable based upon the size and availability of the volunteer staff dedicated to reviewing and responding to such matters. 11. I feel that my expectations are reasonable, and if they're not, I hope that someone will point out where I am in error.

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I expect to learn how to leave a minimal carbon footprint on our beautiful planet and to share any knowledge I have with others. I will check this site at least once a week. I'll do the bulk of the work but I would not turn down any offered help. I plan on staying for the long term, I think this is a worthy cause. I am willing to contribute my knowledge of mechanics and my labor whenever and wherever possible. I will post about The Transition to promote it, as long as it stays in alignment with my personal values. It would be life-altering in the knowledge and connections it would bring. Volunteers have lives, I realize that, and do not expect instant miracles. I think I'm being reasonable and I think The Transition's expectations are as well.

I expect to learn a good way to network with others that share my vision of what our planet should be like. I expect that someone(s) somewhere will help me find a way to convert our bus into an electric vehicle so we can stop using gasoline for fuel. I expect myself to access this site at least once a week to keep current with both my goals and The Transition's goals. I expect that my partner and I will work physically to achieve our goal of being non-polluters. I expect to use this network on a long-term basis. I can only assume that if The Transition helps us obtain an electric motor for our bus that cash contributions and networking with other members is how that will be accomplished. I have no professional capacity to improve unless it's my renown as an unpaid writer, and not being a constant source of pollution would improve my daily outlook on life. I have a few skills that could be of use, somewhere, I'm sure, and my partner is a certified small engine mechanic and very talented with older vehicles. We own our own tools, and would gladly volunteer our labor, tools and/or knowledge to any transition member. I can't imagine turning any other's assistance down. I agree with all I've read about your goals, and would gladly promote The Transition any way I have available. I have some experience with volunteerism and realize sometimes you have to wait a bit for responses from an all-volunteer organization. I want to live harmoniously with people and the planet and I expect The Transition will help me learn how best to accomplish that.

1. I expect to be constantly mildly annoyed by this brand of philosophy with no particular benefits. 2. Intermittently 3. I don't have a project, and this philosophy of constant goal-seeking is part of my problem. 4. You expect people to answer this during their first interaction with your site? I guess this is a psych question that encourages people to envision themselves into the future at a point of high energy/engagement (presumably now), and causing them to steer their future goals towards site engagement. I'm not in this state so this question means nothing. 5. I don't. 6. Neither. 7. I don't know who they are or what sort of things people contribute. 8. I don't think the overall philosophy of this site aligns with my personal values. 9. No. 10. I don't care. 11. I think the degree that being exposed to your philosophy annoys the shit out of me is a little irrational, but it seems like combining my mother, an overenthusiastic middle school teacher, and a project management app. 12. I logged in after Nicole mentioned that some people have multiple accounts, and I wondered about that, and I realized, hmm, I've never done any steps in My Action Plan, I wonder why? And then I looked at step one and I'm like "oh, that's why, passive-aggressive mind games couched as questions."

1. Receiving guidance in a general way to help me determine what my next steps are/what I might undertake. 2. Weekly, maybe daily. 3. Cannot answer at this point. 4. I'd like to stay for a long time! 5. Cannot answer at this point. 6. Both 7. Yes. 8. Yes. 9. Definitely! 10. Contact us - maybe 2-3 days. Suggestion box - 7-10 days. 11. Yes. ---I have been trying for the past couple of years to figure out what it is that I want to change about my life and society in general. I hope that this site will allow me to discern this!

1. I’m not sure what problems I’ll need solved since it’s early in my experience with The Transition but mainly I expect it will be a guide for me when I’m stuck on finding the next step 2. Daily to weekly depending on how busy I am 3. I expect that I’ll do the bulk of my own work while guided by the team 4. I plan to be involved long term 5. Probably through supporting our individual fundraising efforts or directing funds from contributors if available/applicable 6. Both, I don’t really make a distinction between the two 7. Certainly 8. Yes 9. I really hope so, I want to feel connected to a sense of purpose 10. I suppose it depends on availability of those volunteers, ideally days to a week for a response on non urgent matters 11. Yes I do

1) Connecting with people, advice on how to proceed. 2) Realistically, probably Monthly. I expect it to go up as more people become involved and it gets off the ground. 3) I will probably do the bulk of the work, but I wish it wasn't that way. Experience has me a bit jaded. 4)Years 5) I'm not looking for funding at this point. In actuality, I have made friends with someone who writes grants, so I expect he will be able to get us funding if we get enough people together to start a real project. One thing that might be helpful is help getting our group insured. Any advice on that would be helpful. 6) Professional? I see this as a midway between personal and professional thing. I don't expect free psychotherapy, but I don't mind making friends with common interests and goals. 7) Yes 8) Yes 9) maybe eventually - hopefully 10) 1-2 days for initial response - email acknowledgement and forward to an appropriate member. 5-10 business days to resolve minor problems or get back with a phone call to follow up. 11) Yes

I was expecting more communication available with other people like me. Also, there is a lot of talk about the plan, but how it all could be done? Suggest taking a look at a simple project like precious plastic which includes BuddyPress so people could communicate. This platform looks over complicated and based only on talks.

1. Support and encouragement to live my mission: "To co-create a world of permission and enjoyment by trusting the process and surrendering the outcome." 2. Daily 3. No expectation 4. I'm checking it out and plan to be engaged. 5. no funding necessary 6. both 7. yes 8. yes 9. yes 10. a few days 11. no expectation

1. There is almost unlimited things that i could achieve with the proper help, initially a home, local food security, and reducing not only my own carbon footprint, but also helping others reduce theirs. Later I aim to raise the local water table, help provide jobs, organic non-gmo seeds, provide permaculture courses, help impoverished areas get affordable shelter, clean water and abundant food. 2. Weekly, for i have many other things i am juggling at the moment. 3. I have a solid team that is dedicated to our vision so the majority of work to get the project going will be done by us, plus i was a promoter for years and have a very good network so i will be doing most of the business and networking. 4. I would say for years because our aim is to create a "Gaianomcs" that will benefit life in all its forms, so essentially our relationship should benefit both of us more and more as we grow individually. 5. I try not to have expectations but i guess through contributors, investors, donations, or any other means you may have available to you, or by helping me get 501c3 status so i can get grants and do fundraisers myself. 6. I believe that its all connected so the professional matters you will be helping me with will in turn help me with many of my personal ones as well. 7. Absolutely! The aim is to he helping and contributing to everyone in the community. 8. As long as we both benefit that wouldn't be a problem for me. 9. Once again I try not to have expectations but if things go as i hope they will, it will be life altering to more than just my own! 10. I didn't really consider that, i wouldn't know, anywhere from a day to a week or two? 11. Yes I do and i believe that the power of the universe is on our side for this!