Look Ahead

After tomorrow's meeting, here is the schedule for the rest of the year:

• Nov. 28 - No meeting, Happy Thanksgiving
• Dec. 05 - Drones and Robots, Overview
• Dec. 12 - Drones and Robots, Zoom-In
• Dec. 19 - Open, Plan for next year
• Dec. 26 - No meeting, Merry Christmas

We can start a conversation on what we can do next year. Using the blog as a forum will let everybody participate. Tim has suggested the following:

PROPOSAL FOR “ZOOM-IN” DISCUSSION:

Title : Precursors to an Effective Democracy (aka. A Representative Democracy)

• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of the Press
• Electoral System integrity
• Literacy beyond just functional literacy
• Universal Education (i.e. Ability to think and discern)
• Skills training
• Willingness to Compromise (essential to a democracy)
• Sense of Community (E Pluribus Unum)
• Economic System that promotes opportunity for all citizens
• Justice System that is impartial

Propose a discussion to determine:
• The accuracy and completeness of the Title.
• Judge the contemporary “health” of each precursor.
• The essential dependence of each precursor to each another.
• A consensus concerning which combination of precursors needs to be addressed first.
• Formulate an argument for such an effort.