Hi @DiegoJujuy! People have the ability to leave and join other forum groups. So if they prefer the meta chapter, then they can join that one. Itās also possible to join multiple forum groups. I think it wouldnāt hurt to remain a member of your local chapter while being part of a meta, since local activism is very effective. The term chapter also means a ālocal branchā.
Iām working on a new chapters map. If there are no members of a chapter, it will unlist automatically. However, this new map also does not have support for meta chapters. Itās just very hard to illustrate such a thing on a map. But the website will be open-source, so if someone has ideas about that, then feel free to contribute. An idea would be to create an extra overlay for metaās,that way it doesnāt become too crowded. But I still donāt know how to draw something like that. Maybe a colored outline for countries to show which is part of which meta. But how to deal with overlaps. Spain e.g. could be part of the Spanish speaking meta, but also part of some kind of European meta in the future.
I had to rename the meta chapter to meta_hispanic, this is due to the character limit talked about last year. Iāve reset it back to 20. This is due to some formatting issues and to be in sync with the upstream projectās settings. The full name of the group is still āMeta chapter hispanicā, only the tag was renamed.
As already mentioned in the forum chat, we have a new interactive map!
Iāve spent some time creating a new TZM chapters map. We had one in the past, but it went offline. This new map is fully based on open-source software and is as decentral as we can be. Chapters have to be created on the forum, but people can add and remove themselves as they like. This reflects the principles of our movement as well. I think chapters are key for our movement to do effective activism. It allows us to organize on a local grassroots level, and a map like this allows us to interact globally together via the Internet. Sharing ideas and progress, which inspires more change.
The chapters may not be that active anymore, but I think it still is key in the movementās success. Local activism builds up a different kind of presence and it also allows friendships to be built.
Hello from Canada, we are new to this forum, but eager and willing to learn and unite together with you.
Also sorry not sure what to do or what to post, but did find a meme.
Awesome! Welcome to the forum! I see you already made yourself at home here by joining the Canadian chapter, very nice! Good to have you here! If you have any questions, please let us know in a topic or in the chat.
Is Canada still active? Or is this a new beginning?
Hey there, thank you for the welcome.
We will certainly have questions.
No it looks like Joe and I are the only ones. Was hoping to have a group we could get together with and get involved with on beginning a resource economy. Lots in and around our little town are thinking and planning a community but havenāt heard much.
Hopefully this forum will assist us in understanding how to develop a sustainable community.
We need a lesson 101.
Looking forward to meeting more of the TZM community.
Welcome from Bangladesh same as you, I am also having trouble to get any buddyā¦ Honestly people are so busy with their lives, they almost donāt want invest time anywhere but enjoying things, or just being onlineā¦ I am alone from this chapterā¦
I think I am the only one in the UK chapter? Could someone guide to me to a way of communication with other people from the UK supporting the zeitgeist Movement please?
Hi @Lucas, welcome to the forum and thanks for adding yourself to the @chapter_uk group here on the forum. That helps to find each other, but not if youāre the only one of course I believe @Woody is also from the UK, he may have more information.
Hi! Welcome to the forum! Would you be interested in starting a chapter? It basically means starting a local group to do educational activism. Organize meetings, discussions, maybe also events. But itās best to start small by creating a social media page or group on the platform youāre most active on. Or create a website, which is best to maintain current information about your chapter in a static location on the web. You can also do both of course. Create a webpage and social media presence.
Let me know! And otherwise, feel free to just roam around here and interact a bit. Itās what most people do anyway
Thank you Kees,
Thank you for your message. I am looking forward to getting more enlightened and to learn more from the global community. I donāt have the resources to run or start a chapter at this moment.
Ive just joined and heard about the movement from YouTube. I live in Indianapolis IN and have unknowingly been an activist for this cause for many yrs!!! Seams like its the common sense conclusion for where we should already be!!! I havenāt had any social media connections since mid 2018,soon as I realized Trump was going to be trumped by the puppeteers through Biden!! I claimed to coin the term āBiden Badā and āthe puppet presidentā just b4 I signed off by way of deletion of all social media accounts!! As right as I was Iām extremely surprised that those coined terms havenāt been used as the description a whole lot more!!! Seems what we need is someone famous to endorse the cause or,in the least,lots more advertisements because the number of members here seems far less than I would have ever thought!!! I would really love to here a detailed walk through of exactly how this would actually operate on a day by day basis? I myself believe that there is a use of government but that all positions held should be very limited and elected by way of raffle drawing and pay nothing with every able minded persons name thrown in the hat!!! In a real democracy the people vote for everything. We live in a corrupted democratic republic and will never be free of corruption because to few have far too much money,influence and power. The problem i see here is a lack of explaining how things will get decided and devided? While the thought is a wonderful dream it lacks the solid truth of reality!!! But all things have a beginning and maybe this is still in its infancy?
It may certainly help! But in order to have a sustainable movement for the long-term itās important that everyone is self motivated and makes sure the TZM Train of thought remains heard in the cultural zeitgeist. Regardless of a hype factor. Otherwise weāre just an excitement based movement.
This is a āthat dependsā answer. If youāre a good public speaker then itās probably a good idea to focus attention towards that, either online or organize events. If youāre a graphic designer you could certainly help out creating social media content. If youāre in IT you could help out with improving and expanding our infrastructure. If youāre into research you could perhaps collaborate with others to work on answers for the root cause problems we see today and present your results.
Now I know this is easier said than done. All of this requires time and as mentioned a healthy portion of self motivation. Something we come up short due to other priorities in live. So you can also do the small steps, as long as they are consistent. For example regularly post something on social media (which can also be big chat groups or in the form of stories as you have on Signal/WhatsApp). Or being active here on the forum helps as well. Since every post here is cross posted over several social media platforms. A news letter is also automatically generated based on popular posts here.
As soon as Iāve finalized some technical stuff Iāll start a YouTube/Podcast thing where Iāll dive into topics like these. For that, stay tuned. But in the meantime, feel free to find your place in the movement. Which I mentioned, it can be very diverse and is based on your interests and skill set.
The video in our quick start might answer your questions about our views on democracy and economy.
As for famous people, there have been a few people advocating the movement and attended events. One that comes to mind now is Rutger Hauer, famous Dutch actor, but also known for e.g. Blade Runner and The Dark Knight.
I think @Kees made the explanation a bit professional here is my more human approach, I would recommend if your local area donāt have any chapter (itās just TZM way of saying branches or sub branches) to open one, if your division donāt have you should really do it, if your state or country doesnāt have, you should really really really open oneā¦ Because
damn isnāt itās freaking cool to be the first one in the country to dear to open a branch or chapter?
It will be easy for others of your place to just join the chapter and be friend with you, or lazy ones can join the movement more easily
Since there is nothing but learn about the movement, if you want to contribute more than that, opening a chapter and adding your close ones into it by sharing the chapter is a good lazy way of contributing more (at least thatās my wayš )
And opening a chapter is damn easyā¦ Just open a social media account, in any website you want and than just come here with the link of that account, add it to chapter map or ask @Kees to do it. Boom done youāre officially the first one to create the chapter in your placeā:v:
You donāt even need to maintain that account if youāre busyā¦ I gone offline for two months straight, you can see how little work I have done in the accounts of Bangladesh chapterā¦ Kinda ashamed saying it, but itās really up to you how much you do for the movement. I tried to explain it to my friends and close ones, got more educated on the topic and still experimenting ways to do more contributions
There you have it more human approach
Itās not TZM lingo, itās an English term for local branch. Itās also used by e.g. Volt, a grassroots European political party and many other organizations use this term such as well such as Greenpeace, but also open source organizations such as OpenStreetMap. It can be a confusing term since most people think about books when hearing about it.
But indeed, the workload of a chapter is totally in your control. Simply creating the anchor point for others to find and connect is a low effort act and in the future could expand in more active involvement once more people join.
same as you, I am also having trouble to get any buddyā¦ Honestly people are so busy with their lives, they almost donāt want invest time anywhere but enjoying things, or just being onlineā¦ I am alone from this chapterā¦
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