Business Outline: Pan African Network

Network

1. Cooperative Corporation
   A) Dividing ownership that will allow for diversity.
   B) Board member structure to enforce the will of the members in a large business
   C) Provide equal say in large organization
   D) Compensation based on input not position in the company
2. Internet Based
   A) Build a website that allows interaction amongst the members
   B) Be the first income generator for the network by providing members and non-members with an outlet of some sort....ie,, a online store, broadcasting, auction. (Mircro-loans/ get info)
   C) Larger site for members only
   1. Make for voting and discussion amongst the members
   D) Research Center and information archiving
   1. Used by the members to research business ideas and learn from past ideas

3. Pan-African Agenda
   A) Market network to people with pan-African agenda
   B) Start with Blacks in N. America, S. America, and the Caribbean Islands. Then moving on to Africa and Asia
   C) Build relationships with Pro-Black YouTubers and Bloggers.
   D) Organize locally in Baltimore/Washington metro
4. Democratic Organization
   A) Create a system that allows for voting on major and minor aspects of the business
   B) Make members voting weigh equal to their individual contributions.
   C) Make video sharing apart of the informational process, so people can present their cases to the network
   D) Set time frames for issues to voted on and keep track of members participation in voting to better get a feel of who wants to participate.
5. Exclusive Network
   A) Limit entry to the network for like minded people
   1. Pan-Africans, Freethinkers, Revolutionaries

B) Only allow people after a voting process

1. Make voting regional among regional members
2. Set up a structure that makes for regional leadership that speaks for individual regions during collective events
   C) Only two and a half million total members world wide.
   1. Only taking on members as the system allows for it

VI. Self Sufficient
A) Must be void of outside financial assistance
1. Network must maintain cash reserves to stay viable.
B) Network will have affiliates that meet strict network guidelines
1. Affiliates will be encouraged to form networks of their own to develop a massive “network” of networks
C) All resources used and developed will come from the network and its affiliates
VII. Business Network
A) Main focus of network are strong business relations
B) Network will be a facilitator of multiple collaborations amongst the members
C) Make Business Personal (again)
VIII. Social Investing

A) Core principle of the network

B) Making business personal (again) by allowing people to invest their time and money in projects of their choosing with individual with similar interest under the umbrella of a network of people of like mindedness.

1.These projects will coincide with ones personal social values and the over all values of the network
a) network and individual values should be similar due to the fact that members are recruited due to similar goals. (like minded)
VIIII. International Development
A) Another core principle of the network
B) Gradual expansion of business interest starting with the diaspora then moving to the continent
C) Main focus of development is to re-concentrate the wealth of the Black Africans back to the Black Africans. First on the continent then to the diaspora
X. Science and Research Driven Network
A) Develop a research center
1. Physical building involving youth and young college bound adults
a)Provide compensation for their finding to encourage hard work and detailed research
2. Online based center
a) a place to share ideas with network members and place your ideas through a peer review process as well as review others work that is going through the peer review process
b) Archiving data base to see tried and true ideas as well as failed ones
XI. Like Minded People
A) People must have a common goal ( or the network will not work)
B) People must be recruited amongst the core people at the beginning
1. Marketing will be apart of the recruiting process but it will be limited
XII. Marketing
A) Marketing will be targeted to pro black sites and facebook with strong pro black markers
B) No Mass Marketing ( not even to black sites)
C) Marketing will only take place for the first 1500 members
1. After the first 1500 members the network will recruit friends with similar, family, and people they meet with similar ideas will also be voted into the network by the current members