Cooperative Operators

The amazing ones that do most of the work just because they can.

But in DHB and UYN, the ones who do the main work know their place at the jump.

They also know that “places” are designed into the fabric of the organization. Since we know where we stand from the start, any surprise is going to be a good one.

Operators are limited presently to 100 ppl.

Their contribution is $600/year. These combined contributions of $60,000, held in escrow with the other contributions, brings the total member contributions to $204,000.00

That’s seed money. It’s not revenue. It’s not salary money. It’s not touchable for anything but operations and business establishment expenses.

$204,000.00 to do with what we choose together.

Before I start dreaming of that reality, let me ground myself in the present.

At this point, I am entirely alone in the fight. I live in my SUV in the parking lot outside my job. I have a single penny in my bank account a picture to prove it.

My job is great but doesn’t pay enough for me to keep up with my responsibilities. My credit rating is around 520, and I have close to $100,000 in debt.

My children go without because of my situation, and I die everyday. I have eaten only rice and black-eyed peas for weeks with an occasional nibble provided at work.

I am recording these truths, not because I am hopeless, but so the world can know that the system is not in charge.

We are in charge. We have the power. We reveal the truth of it. And nothing can stop us or even get in our way.

I’ve made mistakes, but I’ve never forsaken the vision.

When other people watched movies or went wherever they chose, I worked full time and went to school. And in between working and going to school, I worked on the vision even harder.

I could go on, but I don’t want to be boring.

The truth is that success can only come through cooperation.

I’ll stand on that till I die. And I wouldn’t renounce that truth if a gun was in my face with a finger on the trigger.

You and I need each other. Not for just survival. Why would we want to just survive when there is a world that also needs us to connect.

This is how I’m wired, and I’m not ashamed that I love. I’m not ashamed that I believe in people.

Alright, enough of that. We all have a story to tell, but the story I choose to tell now is the one we write together.