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Oneness Project
December 2006

Oneness Project 2006 Goals and Activities

Oneness Project 2006 Goals and Activities
Adopted November 13, 2005

1. Be good stewards of ONEness Project resources.
    A. Continue to explore the use of our resources.
    B. Abide by our Philosophy of Money policy statement.

2. Work cooperatively with the Dance Network and the Sufi Ruhaniat International to support the Dances of Universal Peace in the spirit and tradition of Murshid Samuel L. Lewis.
    A. Tithe 10% of profits from all Oneness retreats to the PW-DUPNA.
    B. Tithe 10% of earnings from the Oneness Project endowment fund to the dance network.
    C. Donate to SRI from Oneness’ investment proceeds.

3. Provide opportunities to “eat, dance and pray together” for our core constituency.
    A. Plan, promote and present two Lava retreats and one Wilderness Camp.
    B. Continue to ensure that Oneness Project has a suitable, long-term venue for Wilderness Dance Camp.
            1. Evaluate the suitability of Luccock Park Camp for the long-term.
    C. Support and promote local retreats.
            1. Support 1 Montana Family Camp and 1-2 Whidbey Island Retreats.
    D. Develop and provide a comprehensive manual for producing dance events.
            1. Complete the WDC manual by August 2006.
            2. Complete the Whidbey Retreat weekend manual by August 2006.
            3. Complete the Lava weekend manual by August 2006.
            4. Complete generic versions of the above by August 2006.
    E. Develop and strengthen our events committee.
            1. Hold 1 in-body planning meeting in 2006

2. Support projects undertaken by dance communities to enhance and develop their local dance activities.
    A. Administer the Oneness Project’s Grants Programs and award grants designed to strengthen dance communities and the Dance Network worldwide.
.     1. Hold at least 1 Grants Committee conference call in 2006 for policy and long-range planning.
    B. Present one dance community development workshop in 2006, coordinating with Jim Grant of PW-DUPNA.
    C. Administer the Tom Braveheart Fund program.

5. Clarify our dance retreat center intentions.
    A. Continue to develop a regional DUP center at Common Ground Center in Hamilton, MT.
        1. Implement the long-range goals and strategies for the regional center at Common Ground.
    B. Continue to explore possibilities of other centers.

6. Encourage excellence in dance leading and dance meeting facilitation.
    A. Support and assist Mentor Teacher Guild guided Dance leader trainings and intensives.
    B. Provide travel support and scholarships for dance leaders to attend advanced trainings and camps.

7. Promote familiarity with dance music and spread the spirit of the dances far and wide.
    A. Record, catalog, publish and distribute recordings of dance material recorded at Oneness retreats and camps, within the publishing guidelines of the Dance Network for copyrighted material.
    B. Publish and distribute one or more compact discs in 2006.
    C. Promote and market previously published material.
    D. Explore options for audio and video streaming of OP’s media archives over the internet.
    E. Continue to make available to local dance communities a library of complete set of dance leader instruction books and tapes.
        1. Develop a brief application form and guidelines for the library program.
        2. Advertise and promote the availability of the library program.

8. Promote and enhance youth participation in the DUP in the United States and within OP’s constituency.
9. Build a “family” of youth in the intermountain west drawn from children of DUP dancers and others who enjoy coming together to explore spirituality and the Dances.
    Strategies:
    A. To bring two or three young Russian DUP leaders to enliven youth DUP events and tour the western states for three months.
    B. Create ongoing youth retreats running concurrently with Lava and Wilderness Camp
    C. With the assistance of skilled youth leaders, develop retreat models that young people find exciting and
    stimulating.
         1. By December 2006, carry out two successful youth events at Lava, achieving an overall feedback rating of “6” out of 7 from participants.
          2. Implement the Russian youth leader project as described in a separate proposal.
          3. Design, promote and present a youth camp concurrent with Wilderness Camp 2006.

10. Establish a network of youth who are DUP leaders and could be involved in the organizational aspect of presenting future OP youth DUP programs.
        Strategy: Invite youth to be involved in organizing the OP retreats and the Russian Youth project.
        1. Continue to identify and bring youth DUP leaders to Lava, WDC and Russian youth events as mentors and resources
        2. Utilize at least one youth contact/organizer at each Russian youth project event site to help organize the event. This may include youth from host families.
        3. By November 2006 recruit youth to serve on OP’s youth committee.

11. Increase OP’s capability to promote the DUP to youth.
        Strategy: Gather data of youth participation at all events.
        1. By September 2006 build a database of all youth DUP leaders and participants who attended all OP youth events as a mailing/contact list for future events.
        2. By September 2006 prepare statistics on the number of participants who attended the various OP youth DUP events.
        3. By September 2006 analyze feedback forms which ask youth about future programs they would like to attend and how OP could/should promote them.

12. To explore the viability of ongoing OP youth foreign exchange programs, including the possibility of American youth going to Russian camps, as a basis for increasing excitement and commitment around youth programming.
        Strategy: Through evaluation forms and interviews, assess the viability of future exchange programs
        Objective: By November 2006 prepare a report with recommendations on this possibility.

13. To improve as an effective, compassionate, and harmonious Trustees Council and volunteer base to administer
Oneness Project.
    A. Continue to provide Council training activities to increase competence and effectiveness of Trustee’s efforts.
    B. Define the human resources necessary for more effective operations and pursue the subject of recruiting people to fill needed positions.
            1. Develop Human Resource database for volunteers.
            2. Increase the size and strength of the TC, striving for regional and gender diversity.
            3. Recruit volunteers needed to implement the programs of Oneness Project.
    C. TC and committees will meet two times in 2006.
    D. Draft a Long-Range Plan for OP by November 2006.

14. Implement an effective communications plan in 2006.
    A. Publish 1 hard-copy issue of Love Dogs Review in 2006.
    B. Complete the OP web site upgrade by December 2006.
    C. Experiment with three e-newsletters in 2006.