EDOM 2: hibernation ends
18 July 2023
Note: EDOM 2 was initially published as an email on 18 July 2023.
EDOM goes digital
Each Day, One More is a newsletter written by me, Stephen James Kranz, that reports on events and progress related to the Walking for Vice President campaign. You'll notice this is EDOM number 2, but what about the first one? I published EDOM 1 in June 2021 as a 4-page printed newsletter. The lead was my story of deciding to run for president, then slowing down to walking for president, then the transition to walking for VP. I also wrote about moving to Fruitvale, quitting my job, taking on a new (old) name, and the provenance of the newsletter's title.
While I am very proud of EDOM's inaugural issue and loved making it, producing a printed newsletter took a bit more time than I wanted and it didn't seem like the best way of communicating this project. So after more than two years, I have decided to bring back the newsletter in digital form, which you are reading right now. Thank you for being the first to read this new iteration of EDOM, which will almost certainly have another issue in less than two years time.
Council 5 scheduled next Thursday
The next installment of the W4VP official meetings, known as the Councils, is scheduled for Thursday of next week.
Council 5
Thursday, 27 July 2023
3:00 PM (PDT)
hosted on Discord: https://discord.gg/rQkWEGKwBr
Council 4 review
Council 4 was the smallest Council to date in terms of attendance: it was myself and third time Council attendee, Brad. In this council:
- we went over a brief history of my name going from Stephen to Steve to Stephen James (plus a few other lesser used monikers)
- we reviewed the latest draft (v3) of a video intended for the homepage of w4vp.com. This new draft is much shorter (1.5 minutes) than previous versions (3 and 7 minutes). A major concern was that the persona I play in the video was too different from my normal self, and how this could be confusing for people who are new to the campaign. Some takeaways were that I can be a more "real" in the video while still being funny and engaging; while a shorter video is better than one that drags on, explaining the overarching purpose of W4VP and associated projects needs more context; this context could come in the form of text on the website or as additional "satellite" videos.
- we discussed a "decentralized autonomous organization" called Nouns. This DAO uses the sale of NFT artwork to fund a treasury that is governed by holders of the NFT. I was interested in the Nouns project because of some similarities to our nascent Magical Government of Peace project. Namely, using artwork to fund a treasury and having participants form a novel governmental body.
- we ended our meeting with a brief discussion on what Brad thought/felt about the phrase "We are God." I use the phrase as a way to bridge eastern philosophical thought that the universe is all connected and Judeo-Christian philosophy of a special creator.
Thank you to those of you who informed me of your regrets about missing Council 4. I appreciate the gesture! Whether you are able or not to attend future Councils, I am grateful for your support and interest. :)
peace & love,
Stephen James (SJ)