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| Topic | Community Building |
| Content | Develop a web site similar to EBay. This site is a place where teaches, preachers and other approved community volunteers can list specific needs. A first grader needs help with reading. A 6th grader needs a coat. A 10th grader needs a mentor. The web site could use an address like www.oklacares.com.
I believe that people are good and that they wish to help others. Years ago, everyone belonged to some type of civic organization. Today, most people do not belong to civic organizations. This web site would allow individuals to help other members of their community with out having to attend a meeting to find out what needs exist. You could enter in your search criteria and get a list of things to pick from. Maybe you want to know everything within 2 miles of your home or you may want to help a homeless high school student.
The person fulfilling the need would work with the person listing the need. In no case would the person in need be listed by name. I also think it might be a good idea to keep the listing persons identity anonymous.
If it could be done at a state wide level, I would recommend creating competition at the county level. You might also want to create a rating system like Ebay and allow the posters to rate the individuals who fulfill the posted needs. Have the governor host a dinner for the top 10 or 20 rated individuals each year. Maybe even offer a tax credit for every 500 points earned.
I am willing to work extensively on this project but do not believe I can make it happen without statewide participation. I have proposed it to my Leadership Oklahoma classmates but we did not have enough participation to launch. I am the founder/owner of Sandy Beaches Software. We thought the software could be developed as part of a masters program at one of the state universities. We would be willing to donate our programming staff to oversee and or coordinate the development of the software.
At launch it would take a statewide campaign. My office number is (405)603-6150 x104. Be aware that email to me is generally not accepted. If your email address isn't in my list of approved addresses, the email is sent to my spam box.
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