Call for discussion on Whig Academy

Very cool...Cant wait to become an alumni

So what are the intentions in producing this program? Is the lack of this (so far) due to lack of interest, times, monies, subject material experts, etc?

We have a group of experts we are contacting to see if they are willing to help with this. Something like this takes a lot of time and effort. Running a party with all volunteers takes a lot of time. The Whig Academy is in the process of being set up and we have had nothing but positive responses about it. The plan is for the the first stage of it to be up before the end of the year.

As MWP is very interested in breaking the current paradigm and empowering a new generation of leaders, we cannot stress how important the Whig Academy is. Part of it is branding our candidates as Whigs ( this includes an Ethics module), part is knowing the operational aspects of campaigns, part is the art/science of governance ( including a leadership course which we hope to borrow from U.S. Army ) incorporating newly designed direct participation elements by constituents.

As you might have inferred, this is where our "methodology" approach will be taught, and where we feel we will make a great stride in governance of our Republic.

This sounds like a wonderful opportunity, and I look forward to see it come around. I personally have struggled with the idea of entering politics, but for far too long we have been left without real representation from a moderate viewpoint. I for one am fed up with level of the corrupt dealings within our government. I know most Americans don't want to hear this, but we need to take a few lessons from foreign countries. For starters we need to start standing up for ourselves, much like what happened in the state of Wisconsin a while back. This is something that happens a lot overseas, as I am sure most of you know. However, seeing it first hand is inspirational and saddening at the same time. It is inspirational that as human beings we can bring ourselves together to accomplish anything, and I mean anything. However, it is saddening as Americans that we are so separated from each other, and would rather bicker and argue than move forward together for the betterment of all.

The other lesson that we can pull from overseas, is that we have become complacent. Right now, we are being beat in every fashion of the Alternative Market. Most of the Middle East, Asia, and Europe have already put plans in place and have already begun rebuilding their infrastructure. We are still arguing over building more Nuclear Plants (clearly a mistake in the long run), and drilling for oil on our own soil. Why I ask? There are too many solidified options available to us. Alternative energy isn't the only area we are falling behind either. What happen to the proud and motivated America that I fought for so valiantly and honorably?

Enough of the rant, but I for one would relish an opportunity such as this.

One thing that will be included in the Whig Academy is a leaders course. I like the one offered by www.myarmyonesource.com Of particular note is module on creative problem solving found in module two, 2.9 to be precise. Dont know if the U.S. Army will allow us to use it, but I am inquring.

TRUE LEADERSHIP - not the "deal dough" fakery that passes for leadership today.

And when you take either the US Army course, or an analogous course we'll offer on creative problem solving, you'll wonder why Washington, your state capital, or your local city doesnt use these simple, yet effective principles.

REMEMBER, we'll not ask to defend our party, we only ask you to defend the U.S. Constitution and work for the betterment of the Republic. Your alliegeance is to the public trust, not to ANY political party. Modern Whigs only require you to maintain The Code of Ethics. This enables the emergence of TRUE leaders.

What they call "leadership" today is actually followership, NOT leadership. Modern Whigs will ensure our leaders will explicitly know the difference.

The Air Force has a similar program, which started in OCS. It occurred to them at some point that they needed to start doing a similar training for NCO's by rank starting at E5. Each rank would add a little more to the leadership training. I only made it to E5 before I was medically retired. So I never got the opportunity to complete all of the various levels. There were also a select few that were given the opportunity to experience what the Officers were going through. If you were selected you packed up and headed out to the Air Force OCS site, and began the training along side our butter bars. I always wanted to try out for the selection process, but never had the time due to being deployed constantly. I was a combat engineer in a few RED HORSE SQ's. All overseas expeditionary, so when I did return state side I went to home base and a regular SQ.

Nevertheless, this is all very interesting. Maybe when I finish my MBA this program will be up and running, and I can check it out more.

What is interesting Webster, since you are pursuing an MBA, is the definitions of "good leadership" or "entreprenueral leadership ", that you will run across. And when you do, you'll see more about why MWP choose to go down a "process and methods" road. Current elected reps fail MISERABLY on any of these "criteria of good leadership", and then you realize that it is, in part, a systemic failure and the actors are just being rational in a disfunctional system. Perpetuating the CharlieFoxtrot that we can no longer afford.

Webster,
Thank you for your comments and your service to our nation. Any classes, books, or powerpoints, or anything that you come across in your education that you think would be worthwhile to add or use as a resource let us know. We have no problem with talking to any professors, authors or universities about trying to get permission to use the material in the Whig Academy. We have no problem in giving credit and promoting those who help us.

I have some docs in .pdf if we can upload them. In fact, can put together the whole leadership course whenever we want. I am awaiting permissions from U.S. Army.

Gene, get the material to me when you're ready and I'll get them arranged properly on the site.

I just joined and have aspirations of candidacy for president in 2024. I am a Marine and we have similar leadership programs that are designed to push leadership down to the lowest levels to tackle tasks in a more timely and efficiently successful ways..

Make sure that you Click on "Join Us" to join the Whigs. Right now you have a website account, but don't have an owl logo under your 2024 name, which means you have not yet joined the Whigs. Welcome aboard.

I would love to participate in this, I am anxious to see how this Whig Academy pans out...

It should "pan out" as good as the folks designing it! So, the stuffs on us!

I have the leadership module ready to roll. We have a basic "political campaigning 101" ready to roll. Georege Mills did a good Whig history piece for us before he went active duty. So the pieces are assembling.

We'll also likely need Whig "plebes" attending the academy to be able to do live classes ona PC, with a microphone.

So, its coming together and should be ready to roll out on a "beta" version basis very soon.

How is this coming along? I am really excited about this project, is there anyway I can be involved - perhaps in designing curricula? What web interface are you using to deliver the educational modules?

Just curious! :)

John

John, it will likely be somewhere on this site as we are trying to keep everything in one place. Now, what formats, java scripts, etc, is well beyond me. It'd be great to have it setup as a true online cirruculum that guides you through it, but until we get more $$ to buy experts on that, old skool bookwork will have to do!

Hey Chair, this fella wants to volunteer to help construct it! Sign him up!

I'm at the point where I need to buy some software ( Adobe) to package up what we already have in place. I've mentioned the topics in prior posts but it is not an exhaustive list.

So the other topics we should include are: ( I dont want to answer my own question...)

?????

Once we get the National Associations up and running this month the full focus of national will be on developing the Whig Academy and candidates. JK, email me some of your ideas and we can go from there.

Gene,
Depending on what you're trying to do (I'm assuming pdfs), you might take a look at Lightning PDF. Much cheaper than Acrobat.

Thnx man! I have a cheap pdf "wrapper" program, which maybe Lightning print to pdf .but we really need an "unwrapper", which I assumed is the full Adobe Reader version. Much of the source material is in pdf format. I'll download the free trial version and see if it can crack open pdfs.

BTW, one potential "policy" is that anyone who asks us for electoral help MUST have gone through the Academy FIRST. I'm really VERY uncomfortable with endorsing anyone as a Whig , unless they really do get it and SPEAK like they implicitly get it. As my 14 year old tells me, " Dad, if everyone thought just like you, we wouldn't have these problems and Whigs would be running the Country". :)

Its not "me" per se, but I have been immersing my "homo politicus" in pure Whigdom for three years now. I get it implicitly. All you all are much smarter than me, so it'll take you a tenth or less of the time.

Branding tthe candidates: One bad apple could ruin the goodwill of the Whig brand we are trying to build. In politics, reckon bad things happen, so we must plan for it, PROactively bvy vetting/training.

The "beta" test will be all of us officers running through it and kicking the heck out of the tires before we launch it. However, I dont think we should wait until the full suite of courses is available.

Sometimes you have to READY FIRE! AIM in consideration of context and timing.

Isn't that what joysticks are for?

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"Sometimes you have to READY FIRE! AIM in consideration of context and timing." - Gene

I can't help but think of the saying attributed to Heinlein's character Lazarus Long: "To ensure hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target."

Jim, indeed that is precisely what I meant! See, yous guys are WAY smarter than me.

Twichty ( real name?), it works. Not being smart ( see above) I had difficulty editing in pdf mode, but converted the pdf to word, edited and converted back.

I'll send the sample to you Jim, it has "created by trial version" emblazoned on it as I havent paid the $50 yet.

I wish we could rig the interactive web-based version of this course.

Gene, the work you are doing on this is pure gold. You and I will be talking more in depth about it within the next week or as early as this weekend. Maybe we need to get an Academy specific website to make an interactive version or get a volunteer to write the script for it.

Thank you Andrew. I thought we'd start with a basic leadership course; next ought be a Whig "branding" course. And then finally an organization/campaign course, but I am open to suggestions. In fact, this reminds me to get with Mike Gagnon again; he had a real nice "state start up" guide he did.

BTW, I've never received authorization from US Army on the course, but I also noticed that it isn't copyrighted. Yet, we should give proper attribution. The online course with interactive modules is cool. I wish! Some day soon we'll have the resources.

Reckon if I do a decent job at this, I can then help with the real work horse and show piece, The Associations. ;)

Have you guys seen this?

http://www.fairvote.org/national-curriculum/

Just thought it might be a resource you could use.

From #35 on, its excellent; a bit simple prior. For simple John, I think we need to really edumacate Whigs on the differences between "democracy" and "republican democracy".

In fact, I'm thiking out loud;, if I was to write that piece I would play some word games with republican and democrat to illutrate how the "usurpers" of those monikers are messing it all up.

Anyway, I'll play with the web version when I'm not at work. ( I simply sped read the text). Good work John.

Ladies and gents, remember we're in "Ready FIRE aim" mode, so anything we can "beg, borrow, or steal" to move us forward, legally and with the honor befitting modern Whigs, let's DO IT!

Of course its not stealing. That's a MWP "morality" rule anyway! But with permissions and proper acknowledgements, it serves to broaden and deepen the national mind trust we are attempting to construct.

Keep ferreting out resouces Modern Whigs!

John et al,

I beleive this is a public recource; it is not copyrighted as the Army hasnt gotten back to me ( I'm not assuming anything!) on using the leadership course.

Register here: www.myarmyonesource.com and then you can take the web version of the leadership course we have up in the Academy. Wish we could do it online, interactive, as there are situtational modules that really help reinforce the lessons. I have no doubt we'll have that capability one day, with some expertise and a bit of $$.

That's my answer on how we are doing it. We aren't yet.

gene, what exactly does the Army call this leadership course. I didn't see anything I could clearly identify as such when I registered.

Of course, as a USAF vet, most of my registration info was 'other'. Maybe that limits what I can get to?

I dont think you need to be affiliated. I think I put "other" or civilian".