You could say that the fate of politics hinges on accountability. If you’ve read other articles, you know that PeopleCount.org is organized to make it easy and desirable for politicians to be accountable to people, and for people to hold politicians accountable.

The big challenge is whether I can put a team together. I came up with the idea 4 years ago, spent 5 months honing it, and then stalled for 3 months. Then I quit my job and spent 9 months making some progress, but not enough and found another job for 2 years and worked on it nights and weekends. I’ve been at it again, full time for the last 5 months. I almost had a team of 3 put together, but it didn’t work out.

While I might not be great at putting a team together, clearly lots of people know how to put together teams. We know how to launch organizations and make projects work. So all I have to do is convince enough people that this is doable and we’ll be able to do it. And when I talk to people, 90% think it’s doable.

Often these people go away and think about it and lose the idea. It’s not too complex, but it gets lost in there other “understandings” about politics, which I call “myths”. People get confused. If we talk again, they’re convinced.

So if I can get some face-time with a potential investor who wants to transform US government and empower people, it’s almost certain that the project will get backing, and take off. The problem has been that they won’t talk to me. All I’ve been able to get to them is a written description, and that hasn’t yet been convincing.

Your help here is welcome. If you can understand this, please send me an email. Read more of my posts (especially, see those in the “Memorable Posts” list). If enough people send me a note, we’ll be able to get their attention. If you want to see us succeed, please fill out the Demographics political profile on PeopleCount.org.

The fate of politics hinges on accountability. When enough of you hold PeopleCount accountable for transforming politics, we’ll be able to deliver. We’ll have the notoriety that it takes to attract a good team and to attract funding. At the same time, we’re pursuing other strategies as well.

There’s another way you can hold PeopleCount accountable. I’ll save it for the next post.