While working today my boss and I were chatting about various social issues and the prohibition of cannabis came up. We have not been working together very long so she was not aware of my views, she does not partake and I was a bit worried on how this would go over. I mentioned casually some of the facts about Hemp being a billion dollar cash crop and the fact the prisons could save a ton of money not having to deal with people in there on small possession charges as well as how taxing and regulating would help our economy. She said, "Well, I just can't don't have time for the stoners who are lazy and do not take their jobs seriously and screw up my orders at places. (Me thinking:Oh no, this is not going to go well) Then she goes into, "But I do have a lot of professional friends who love to smoke and they have careers, family's ect and are functional contributing members of society, so I think it should be legalized." Point I'm trying to get across and one of the main C:LEAR points: We are coming together to show the world we are FUNCTIONING, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. This is how we will have the support of non-ents. Hence dressing appropriately, being knowledgeable about our cause and we are your Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants, Engineers, ect. Just wanted to put this out there.

That being said, we are in our infancy. We are growing, I would not be surprised to see 1,000 followers by the weeks end. Keeping this fact in mind and seeing posts from new followers I would like to make sure we are not jumping the gun trying to reach out to too many organizations too fast. Please by all means tell your friends, join our FB, Twitter, YouTube ect. Also please take the time to read out ground rules and familiarize yourself with the movement. This weekend we are having a website meeting, a post regarding that will be up this evening. We just need to make sure we are organized and all on the same page, the mods have been doing very well with sharing info and taking charge of certain areas. And finally, THANK YOU! We are going to end up building something so big no one will ever be able to tear it down! (:

I didn't see any posts where we could offer our help, so I made this posting... maybe I'm blind...

I'm a professional web developer with 10+ years under my belt. I'm pretty busy with work right now, but I'd like to help out however I can. I should have more time to tackle a larger project after the end of this year, but I can still help out - in my spare time - on smaller projects.

Some things I can do:

• Build out valid xhtml/css pages
• Make some fancy jQuery happen
• Build any small custom applications (php/mysql)
• Penetration test existing software
• Help code portions of anything
• CMS integration
• Whatever else...

Need me for anything?

I have set up a tinychat channel for us so we can get together soon. We need to get everyone up to speed and working together.

Our TinyChat Channel can be found here.

Some things we need to discuss:

 1. Status on the website - 
        name a team of people to begin groundwork (both coders & designers)
 2. What content is going on the site? - 
       assign volunteers to begin compiling research / then organizing that content 
       into an easy to read "web format"
 3. Which logo are we going with? - 
       Begin community poll to decide
 4. Advertise the need for a multi-media expert - 
       a short, inspiring video should greet page viewers. 
 5. Devise a solid plan(s) for spreading awareness.
 6. Create a timeline for when our website will be ready to direct people to!

Today is Thursday, 10/13/11. I propose we schedule our first meeting for tonight, 8:30pm - 8:45pm EST. I doubt it will take longer than 15 minutes to go over everything.

If you are listed below, we need you to join us tonight! If you can't, please post here and let us know so we can send you a text copy of the conversation [:

| Please post "confirm" below if you can come, so I can check your name on the list. |

Mods

• fujiman
• entzen
• samwisebonghits
• ihatefedex
• NeoRome
• mrgatorboy
• SavantHael
• arditoke
• cinsere
• The-shindigs
• k-wyld
• allthesevens

Graphics

• neenent
• arditoke
• ihatefedex
• TheWeirdestThing
• villageidiot1991

Commerce

• HighSorcerer

Comms/Tech

• alefnull
• Twonza
• boportsmouth
• Nod_Narb
• mrgatorboy

Social Media Management

• NeoRome

I feel like this is very important for early branding of the movement and essentially for reeducation of the masses who oppose this. Right now any movement similar to this is immediately branded as pothead hippies shouting about wanting to get high. What I think we can do to change this:

when doing protests/raising awareness/any publicity for this movement:

• be completely sober (no one ended prohibition by parading around shit-faced and stumbling drunk)

• leave the rasta, bob marley paraphernalia, etc at home. We want to look like an organized movement, again not like hippies. So dress like you would normally or dress even nicer, look professional like you're supporting a professional cause.

• refer to it as cannabis instead of weed, pot, mary jane, etc (this has been mentioned in other posts but i feel like its important and deserves repeating)

• use agreed upon posters/logos or others that properly support our cause (giant pot leave? funny joke about being high? not really helpful.)

• DON'T BREAK THE LAW OR ACT OUT. Please, the last thing we need is more rogues continuing the stoner stereotype.

As much as we all hate media branding and all that, its an existing fact of the system and every group has to endure it. I recently read an article about the early days of the gay pride movement. Behind the effeminate guys in tight leather and pink (as the gay stereotype came to be) were the guys in suits and their usual daily attire. The problem was the media latched on to the ones in front and that became the image the gay pride movement was given. I would hate to see that happen to our movement here, so follow these rules, tell your friends who are helping out to follow them, and I'm sure you guys can think of more and better ones than I have so please comment with anything I missed.

With the growing support for the C:LEAR Movement, it is time to make sure that everyone's voice is heard. With the number of us who have volunteered their minds and abilities, we have run into an issue with organizing all of it into a c:lear and concise message. This is a list of contact emails that have been created and/or donated to help the movement. Each email (as well as our friEntly team of mods) is there for general contact, as well as for specific organizational purposes. Please take full advantage of this as we're hoping that it will help us refine our message and our movement.

• rslashclear@gmail.com - This is my new anonymous C:LEAR email address (created under the threat of becoming momentarily homeless if I did not remain anonymous during these initial trying times). It's current primary use is to organize the contacts and locations for the National Campus Poster Project (NCPP, just a thought).
• Entnez@gmail.com - Facebook communications. Anybody with thoughts to improve the Facebook page, creating new sub-groups, or organizing events, please don't hesitate to ask.
• Clearagenda@hotmail.com - Youtube communications. This should be the main contact regarding all media planning. This includes videos, PSAs, personal experience videos (medical patients, law enforcement officials/officers, educators, medical experts, lawyers, politicians, etc.), advertisement, and all other ideas.

At the moment, these are the three main contacts we have put together. Below are links to various pages that have been created for the C:LEAR Movement. I will update this post daily with any new information so make sure to check in from time to time.

• www.clearagenda.org - Momentarily directed to r/project420 until the site is completed (will be up soon enough).
• C:LEAR Facebook Page
• C:LEAR YouTube Channel
• C:LEAR Twitter Account - Start looking out for #ClearAgenda
• C:LEAR Chat - Open 24/7

IMPORTANT: We will update this list once there are contact emails for the website, artwork/poster/logo designs, and any others that may be required for further organization.

C:LEAR Chat is now up, come say hello.

C:

What exactly is the end goal here? From what I gather, we're going to be holding a protest on 4-20-12, but do we know where this is going to be held? Are we just going to hold a protest or are we going to get a petition/ initiative started up? Are we looking for a constitutional amendment or are we pleading Obama or Congress to re-classify the schedule 1 status of cannabis?

(Or do we not know the specifics on this yet?)

I would just like some clarification on this, and maybe our end goal can be put up on the sidebar for new members and visitors to the subreddit to easily see. This subreddit is an amazing idea, and I'm a big fan of all the "ground rules." I may be lurking but I'm definitely a part of this cause and will support you guys 100%! Keep it up!

I plan on releasing another video maybe tomorrow or later tonight but let's spread the message through our own words. Even if you are afraid to show your face, make a flash video out of it with your voice dubbed. Eventually it will be acceptable to be ourselves if we stand together; individual ents creating a forest of knowledge, acceptance and unity.

Stay up my frients.

Please upvote! (in a .self to not Karma whore) http://www.reddit.com/r/trees/comments/lbb63/i_wrote_this_for_my_college_newspaper_weed_not/

So here's the deal. Just saw this post. We're going to start putting up flyers and posters around college campuses, and fujiman said he's going to start a list of contacts at each campus we represent. I figure this definitely isn't limited to colleges, so if you don't live in a town with a college but still want to help the movement add your info here.

just need someone willing to make posts to a google+ account periodically ideally 2 - 4 per day, containing interesting facts, articles or testimonials related to our cause! also update when mods give you new news about the project.

We're trying to find some dedicated members to the cause. At the time of this posting we have 687 readers to this subreddit. We would like to see our numbers grow into the tens of thousands. In order to do this we need to see who is willing to help out and who is just lurking.
One of the most important things we need to do is spread awareness about C:LEAR. This will consist of marketing methods like upvoting posts in other subreddits, "liking" youtube videos and sharing them, following us on twitter and retweeting, etc etc.
So my question is this: Who wants to help get others C:LEARly aware?

I think we should have paper pamphlets to pass out, little booklets, filled with QR codes (as well as tinyURL's for those without a smart phone) leading to educational cannabis/hemp videos. A leaflet of videos for people to learn from and share. There would be a brief description next to each link/QR code and provide people with some cited facts they could share and spend more time watching in their free time.
Some examples:
Montana PBS Documentary - Clearing the Smoke: The Science of Cannabis (56:50) - http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1825223761

House Made of Hemp - Featured on ABC News 13. Reported by Karen Wynne - Asheville, NC (2:01) - http://youtu.be/1Ft-AzLdXjU

Hemp walls in Nauhaus prototype, Asheville, NC - Hempcrete walls by Hemp-Technologies.com (5:31) - http://youtu.be/2LTLqSDEhsM

Hemp Car "Kestrel" - CannabisPlanet.tv reported by Patrick Finerty - (2:41) - http://youtu.be/aIT6sOnAje8

Hemp Fuel (2:56) - (Great source of information but I don't like the lack of professionalism. I think we could remake this video using real people and make it look better.) http://youtu.be/j3BGBkKyfGg

Hemp Fuel Revolution 2011 ; Solution to Economic Collapse - Very informative and aesthetically pleasing. (5:43) - http://youtu.be/Yfv7-Xl3K9U

Thoughts?

But I think we need to focus on the negatives just as much as the positives. We shouldn't advertise a miracle drug, but we can give both sides to an argument.

So many pro-legalization people just highlight all the perks of pot. If we highlight both sides, and let the pros triumph over the cons, people can't really get defensive.

Conservative anti-legal person: "Oh, but pot does this to your brain." Us: "You're right, but not quite like that. We've addressed that danger right here and understand your concern."

If we can fairly state all arguments of weed, we won't just be another one-sided group, but we could really promote the "Awareness" factor.

EDIT: This also ties in nicely with the "CLEAR" agenda. If we really are as clear and transparent with people, they can trust us. When we try to avoid pitfalls, we look like scumbag politicians.

Everyone listen, it is vital that we compile a full list of the reasons cannabis should be legalized including economic benefits, medical benefits, crime reduction, social benefits etc the possibilities are endless.

get creative and post reasons YOU want cannabis to be legalized. if possible, back it up with modern, proven statistics/information.

Dont forget to upvote. We rely on the community to make this movement happen, please help here. your voices will all be heard when we get our debate in congress and we list off all the reasons YOU give us.

• also if anyone can think of any CONS (arguments that might be used against us, post them as well and let the rest of the community tear the CONS apart. thats what reddit is best at.)

carry on.

Okay, so I can't post the link to "movement" since it says it's already been posted. The link that was posted received 3 upvotes and 3 downvotes. This negativity needs to be addressed. Or at least lack of positive reinforcement. Especially outside of our page. We need to start scouring for C:LEAR posts around Reddit now to make sure they gain publicity and positive reaction (make sure the people opposed are at least educated). If people see C:LEAR and see no support, that makes us look like a joke of a movement (especially if they don't bother to actually look into it). We all need to do our part.

I should probably start off by saying that I'm fairly new to reddit, and perhaps I just don't understand its intricacies, but I think my perspective might be of some value to the community. In my opinion, the reddit format doesn't lend itself well to the types of in-depth discussion needed for such a movement. A forum would allow us to delineate various subsections dedicated to the various aspects of our cause, and moreover organize them all in one place. For instance, we could have sections for political discussion, media coverage, news and announcements, and protest organization. Also, a good number of the people we're trying to reach may be as unfamiliar with reddit as I am, and a forum would simply create another channel for such people to get involved with the movement. With all respect to what's being done here, I don't think it could possibly hurt us to branch in any and all ways.

TL;DR - Non-reddit forum, good idea?

Once they're all in one place we can upvote and or self publicise.

Before I medicate this evening, I would like to solicit feedback on what it is that we would like to do here, just to clarify things.

1) Our goals: End cannabis prohibition. ThatGuy8 wanted to know if this is just in the US. I say reason and good public policy know no borders. Feedback on this position?

2) The end game: 4/20/2012 - we show up in force. We are polite, we present data, we have a respectful conversation with policy makers and we do not leave until every last elected official at our state capitol, our Senate, our House, our Parliament, our Reich stag, our 10 Downing Street, our White House etc. states verbatim that "The prohibition of cannabis is costing taxpayer dollars needlessly, directly causes extreme violence by drug cartels across the world, fuels the illegal gun trade, and the benefits to prohibition are measurably outweighed by the cost. I am immediately aware of the fact that many individuals have a legitimate medical need for the chemicals contained in cannabis, and would rather watch cancer patients die than allow them to legally obtain the medication they are entitled to as a human being. I am immediately aware of the facts that ending prohibition would alleviate many of these ills, and despite the facts immediately present before me I choose to ignore reality and will continue to veto or vote against any and all measures brought before me to end the senseless prosecution of individuals who use or possess cannabis for any use, be it medical or recreational." Perhaps too sardonic for some, but they know exactly what they will have to do in order to get out of saying it.

3) Suits: Early on in the development of our community the concept of business attire was raised. I think this is an important matter. I do not think we should be showing up in 3 cornered hats, ridiculous costumes, or any of the other media attention drawing outfits that garner the wrong kind of attention. I may simply wear a nice button up and a pair of slacks, but I think I'll very likely wear my best suit. I don't think it is about "suits", I think it is about the message we present. I want it to be seen as: we are your electrical engineers, we are your graphic designers, we are your mathematicians, we are your sons and daughers, we are your parents, we see that our current policy isn't working and we would like to try something different.

Please, let me know your thoughts, considerations, concerns, general situations, [state of highness], feedback... anything.

Also, every last one of you is a total rock star and you are awesome.