This is a story about what it took for a friend to open up to this new political possibility. Three weeks ago, in early November, 2015, I travelled. In the beginning of the trip I visited a friend who has known about PeopleCount for a long time. I’ve talked to him about it many times. I had a new question for him:

Where are you on a zero-ten scale about PeopleCount, where zero is “it’ll never work” to a ten being “I’ll bet my life that it will work”?

That turned out to be a great question.

From 1 to 4 to 7!

He admitted that he had been a one. Just a one, for three years!

I’ve developed a new way of describing PeopleCount, so I gave him this new description. He was intrigued! He had a lot of questions and we talked for about two hours. At the end, he was a 4!

And then we worked at putting together the outline of a presentation. We worked together for about 3 more hours. At the end, I asked again- he said he was a 7!

He said the main things holding him back from being a ten was the risk that I won’t be able to form a team, build the product, or market it successfully.

My point: PeopleCount.org can work. Certainly if everyone’s a 7 it can work. It’s just about us believing government is accountable to us, and acting like it’s accountable using a system that allows us to act that way.

I have three questions for you:

1. Will you allow new political possibility to work?

IF PeopleCount can work, can we count on you? Will you be open-minded enough to give it a try? If so, try the prototype, and put your email address on our mailing list.

2. Will you become an advocate of this new political possibility?

To do this, you’d have to understand How it Works from a high level, as well as lots of details. To start, read my other blog articles. And then start telling people about it. If you have questions, or there are questions you can’t answer, ask me in an email or in a comment below.

3. Will you help make this new political possibility work?

You can become a user, or make a donation or offer assistance. We need help with writing, creating questions, and finding informative articles.

Mention PeopleCount.org in your blog or in comments on other websites, or write an article and get it published.

We need marketing help, including writing copy, short scripts and screen-plays.

We need help creating specs and mock-ups as well as with all sorts of coding.

And we need help with funding, honing a presentation and reaching philanthropists or investors who are open to possibility.