Sue Everatt - Jacque Fresco Centennial Event - March 12, 2016

Sue Everatt, originally UK born, is presently living in Spain.

She is a point of contact for Spain, and one of the team administrators for TVP Activism.

As well is a coordinator for (?) administration for the Linguistic Team International.

(?). You guys really need to start on something real,

instead of sitting around on Facebook all day.

How many times are some similar comments precisely on Facebook?

And i don’t know if people expect The Venus Project that have thousands of people

running around the streets, throwing pamphlets about or waiting(?), hanging banners in front of (?).

But that is not what we are about.

And that if happens, there are a lot of people who are actually doing “real stuff” out there.

Many would have to be dedicated part of their free time to do “real stuff”,

to get how get TVP better known. Totally voluntarily.

So, if you don’t mind, i would like to explain what is about TVP Activism,

as well as what we are doing, and what are we aiming for.

So, my name is Sue Everatt, i’m possibly(?) TVP Activism administration team,

as well as a point of contact for Spain.

And my part is in “administration (?)”, Sašo Luznar.

You will see more around him, that is in black, the man in black there.

POC for Slovenia.

Should we (?) is?

POC for Italy, unfortunately he were not(?) for this meeting today.

Eemil Sulva, is the POC for Finland, he is here, hey, there he is.

And another guy from Slovenia, co-POC with Sašo, Roberto Simonovich.

All administrators together myself. So he is not a guess of me(?), it is a team of us.

And we have a vision and a mission.

And our vision is to create a global network of points of contact and activism teams,

for spread information relevant to The Venus Project and the resource-based economy.

And our mission is to educate Points of Contact,

so we provide them the tools and the skills necessary

to promote The Venus Project and the resource-based economy.

And some of our values to create a powerful(?) environment of respect and collaboration,

to achieve and maintain a high standard of policies of the project,

and the integrity of the information,

to be responsible, contactable and punctual,

and to continuously improve our knowledge.

And together, with the help of our wonderful points of contact we already have around the world,

some of which many that are here today,

we are building the structure for a well organized,

adaptive, multinational, multicultural team of teams,

comprise(?) the people once(?) to inform others about The Venus Project.

We are, after all, working towards a collaborative society.

And although there are many things that we can’t have in today’s society

that we want in a resource based economy.

Teams we most certainly can have.

So, whether is organized in a screening of one of our documentaries,

participating in local festivals with the (?),

giving some talks somewhere like university, that is many things we do.

Some also also have translated The Venus Project materials into other languages,

or maybe graphic images to share virally on social media.

The question is that working together to get this information out.

And there is the word: Together.

And another word: Team.

Collaborating in teams means enjoying the benefit from other kind of teams(?),

enjoying the benefits of the supportive system

that is about certain things creates and shares information,

creates good quality materials to share on social media and (?) events,

provide access to educational materials, and organize study groups.

Even (?) hang out (?) now what is (?) here. And you see those (?) behind (?).

So really, it is a no brainer(?) to collaborate in a so much more efficient

than everybody else with their (?).

And of course we (?) of work.

And you know, organize and volunteer from all over the globe

from Australia, to UK, from Sri Lanka to Taiwan it’s no easy task.

You got all of these different time zones to get into consideration,

for example, when you want to organize an online conference.

So, let me show you here the images

of what some of the teams were getting up to over the last few years.

This is Emilio, this is our point of contact in Venezuela,

who actually took his (?) on a (?)

one of the longest avenues (?) in a city in Venezuela,

to call attention to The Venus Project.

This is (?), i can’t see anything.

This is Aiden, of the team in the UK,

having a work with people who(?) having done screening.

This is 2 of the points of contacts in Brazil, a wonderful (?) that they made

to help decorate an event that they participated in.

And this is another one from Brazil,

it is pretty awesome screening to get to know one of the cities.

This is a wonderful thing that they did in Bulgaria,

all along a very long street they have all these posters of Jacque’s designs,

and pictures of the city.

This is a screening that was held in Chile.

And this is some graffiti in Chile as well,

so it is not just doing, you know, screening or so. And that is pretty cool, huh?

And this is a school in Armenia, where our points of contact, you see one guy,

he have got his speeches and allow students along towards Paradise or Oblivion in those days as well.

And this is David, our point of contact in (?), lecturing in an university there.

This is a wonderful guy, very close friend of mine, in Spain, Germán.

He was (?) a copy of Jacque’s book The Best That Money Can’t Buy,

translated into Spanish, to a very popular television journalist,

who is not quite as well known as Abby, but never than less, very well known in Spanish speaking circles,

he tends to put his finger into the, you know, the mock of corruption. Very popular there.

So we got into (?) put to him.

This is an activity that they did in Serbia,

they have some wonderful photos (?), lots of events, i had to pick just a few.

And this is activities done with children,

that actually is covering in some of Jacque’s pictures that was (?) in black and white,

and they coloured them and loved it.

Yes, in Serbia.

And here was Serbia again, in a very nice screening that they did.

This is our point of contact Irina, in Taiwan, doing a screening as well.

We find the screening as the most effective ways to get the messages out, (?) say(?).

And this is the table that we had in Italy last year.

We were invited to participate in an event that they were doing there

on a very interesting public.

And we have a table with the material from The Venus Project.

This is the audience that was there,

they were already there just because The Venus Project, and they were very interested in it. It was good.

And this is a photo of all of the (?) there at day(?).

And i am (?) leave for a while, because just like you here, showing how international we are.

We also had there representations from the United States,

from Italy, from Slovenia, from Russia, and myself from the UK and Spain, let me say(?) “Spanglish”.

So that was a really nice event that we had there

that we can show the globality, or the beginning of the globality of all of this.

Is globality a word? Anyway. Let’s carry on.

Forget that (?) what it (?).

Okay, so, how do we get to do these events?

Well, certainly not by sitting on Facebook all the day, you know?

These events come together from collaborate on things(?),

getting together online or offline, planning and preparing, and team work.

And how do we get to have teams?

First of all we have points of contacts, or POC, for conduit the team.

Get the work out there that they are out there, and looking for light minded people to get shit done.

And how do we get to have POCs?

By interviewing people who are interested in taking on the responsibility in the role,

and then introduce them to an orientation process

to prepare them as much as possible for what we have being doing.

Once they become a POC and begin getting the world as they are,

there, more than just to build the team, the education doesn’t stop there.

We continue holding study groups with the goal to make sure

we are all the same page when talking about the aims and proposals

of the organization we (?) to volunteer for.

And we come in a long way in the final some years of TVP Activism started up.

For me and POCs all over the world, with is no real message of what we are doing,

knowing that they were in the POCs out there, but not knowing what they were doing,

or even if the were not in some cases,

we have involved to a much more solid and supportive structure.

With more fluid communication, collaboration and sharing the information.

Is it perfect? Nope...

But, to borrow the words o someone we all know,

it’s a (?) we have before.

Can we improve it? Absolutely.

An every edition of the orientation process, for example, (?) of it,

discussed and finally adapted, according to the results we achieve,

and the comments and experiences from the candidates for participate in(?).

And with the POCs, we hold online monthly update sessions for everyone to share their news.

We also use these meetings to run ideas, pass to teams,

for feedback and suggestions.

And, in the past couple of years, we have prepared almost 14 new points of contact,

and currently have 48 in the orientation process

as well is a growing list of people waiting to join the process.

So we are going in places.

When where there (?)... Okay...

One of the things that kind of differentiate the TVP supporter to volunteers

from other organizations

is the interest in learning a new way of thinking.

Now, what do i mean by that?

And don’t get me wrong here. I’m not trying to bash any other organizations.

But if you support save the wales, or feed the children,

you will turn the focus on some issues (?) for those organizations.

Which is great, because then you understand what you are talking about to that particular issue.

But The Venus Project takes much more further than that.

As we have spoken around already, one of the basic understanding that we have

is we have is there are no such things like human nature.

But if we want to change society, we have to understand and change human behaviour.

And how do we do that?

What you can’t do it, if you don’t understand the values we hope today,

and how they are going (?) into us.

If we don’t understand why we do this, and think things differently,

if we don’t understand these things as well, for example,

as how the monetary system is no longer functional,

we wont be able to design a system that works for everyone.

And it is not something we can fully learn and understand

from watching a couple of documentaries, it’s an ongoing process.

Absorbing the information, and holding it against our own (?) and values.

So, this is a very important part of what we are doing in the activism for The Venus Project.

Learning more, so it is to be able to transmit the information correctly.

So if that trying to spend(?) efficiently, and not sharing misconceptions that would only confuse the message.

And you know, we all like to think of ourselves as “normal”

that is everyone else that needs to change.

But what happens when you start listening to Jacque and Roxanne talk,

as in the issue(?) of how fucked up we all are. Without exception.

Well, there is a little (?) would says that, (?) it was just chat talk(?).

And it takes a lot longer than a week and course(?), to learn about how the future can be,

and how to unfuck the world.

So, how can we join in this? How can we become a part of what we are doing?

We are currently preparing a new website specifically for The Venus Project activism.

And we are going to announce its launch through the newsletter.

So, if you have not already signed up for the newsletter,

what you are waiting for, do it today or tomorrow, okay?

And then you will be in the know of some of the activism website already.

Well, there would be, once the website is up there,

we will have a link to it through The Venus Project website itself.

For more immediate contact this time, all right,

instead of waiting for the website, and this time is the Jacque’s Centennial Event,

you can visit our global Facebook page, (?), the link, okay?

Where in the about section, you can find a list

of the Facebook groups and pages to collaborate with us.

If you ever come across a page or a group that isn’t on the list,

it means that aren’t part of the TVP activism,

that are simply doing things off on their alignment.

And in the about section, you would also find a list of the current POCs around the world.

If there is no (?)POC in your country or state, contact them,

to offer what help you can in whatever you are trying to do,

used to be a start over a team.

But being aware that in some in certain amount of people who can gather together on a local level,

any activism done, for most likely will be online,

be patient and constant, and understand that it isn’t something we are finished in this coming week.

(excuse me)

What The Venus Project needs from us now is to spread awareness about this direction.

And we need people with stickability.

To keep on, even when things are difficult.

We don’t need what i call the fireworks,

people who zoom in, with bright sparking energy,

and they last for brief time, before they (?) out(?),

and they leave nothing, but (?) on that(?).

Take the time to find out what is going on, and what is needed.

And then you see better way you can help.

It is very important that we work together on this.

If we don’t do this in an organized fashion, we would have a total chaos.

And all the world structured work, if achieved so far,

and we are aiming to build skills, will be lost.

So, i am standing an invitation for those supporters who have not yet done so,

to joining with us, as pioneers.

Building an even stronger online and offline team structure to work from,

to change the world.

Thank you.