John,
I see where your coming from.
Lets get the local thing going and see where it leads.
The way to go.
Do I have that right?

I know Bern and he has put more effort, time and money into the local thing than anyone that I've seen in my 25 years
of cat sailing and it just didn't take off.

(By the way Bern I liked the magazines you funded out of your own pocket.)

Now he is taking a different look at it and saying maybe we should do some planning and see if we can make it work on a grander scale and possibly that will help motivate people locally. The incentive to be a part of a bigger thing.

However this would require the collection of a number of individuals that think along the same lines and are prepared to put the effort in to make it happen.

Are they out there?

It does not only mean participation but dedication towards planning and organisation. Should there be enough people prepared to put in enough effort maybe a critical mass could be achieved at a Global level and this would help boost the local level of participation by feeling as though they are a part of a bigger thing.

That is my interprtation of what I've read.

I'd be most happy to be corrected if I've got it all wrong.


Regards,
Phill