Edit: Could someone explain why I've been downvoted?
I believe that rationality has a more populist message, and I would like to see it refined and spread. I have a collection of my thoughts https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9BZfCmYSqm-TTlfRW1hMVJ5VnM&usp=sharing,
I you link to a collection of your thoughts, than you should shortly give a summary to the articles you link. Formatting your post so that the links look nice and don't contain "0B9BZfCmYSqm-TTlfRW1h" would also make your post more appealing.
As for the linked document it lacks separation into paragraphs. It contain a bunch of ideas thrown together without good structure. You make complex arguments about voting procedures when that's not central to starting a new group. Leadership at local LW meetups is mostly chosen because someone wants to put in the effort to be a leader. You don't need competitive elections.
I would like to start by discussing the ideas in the google drive folder that I shared and move from there.
English provides multiple ways to parse that sentence.
The first is based on instrumental rationality, and I'd like to call it Success Club
Is the group that you want to have something that's commonly called a mastermind group? If so, why don't you use that term?
You haven't said what kind of communication forms the groups are going to use.
It seems to me that the rationality movement is doing a sub-optimal job at proliferating. I have seen on multiple occasions posts which suggest that LessWrong is in decline. I think that this has a lot to do with organization, and by organization I mean the effectiveness with which a group of people obtains its goals. I believe that rationality has a more populist message, and I would like to see it refined and spread. I have a collection of my thoughts https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9BZfCmYSqm-TTlfRW1hMVJ5VnM&usp=sharing, with the more concise and up to date summary of my suggestions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-T-jiuhHr951FUHZ6q-KUW4oK-GHCjF9bVGr2dwR1M/edit?usp=sharing. I have not developed these ideas to the point where I am strongly attached to them. What I would like to do for now is to create three monthly discussion groups.
The first is based on instrumental rationality, and I'd like to call it Success Club. For this group I would like to use [Alex Vermeer's 8760 hours guide](http://alexvermeer.com/8760hours/) as a basis. If you want to join this group, I would suggest you be open minded and able to deal with other people's sensitive issues. This will work as a support group, and if you can't keep confidentiality you won't be able to be a member. The second group is based on more general or epistemic rationality. I would use the sequences as a basis, but if any CFAR alums have better suggestions I would welcome them. The third group is a meta group, discussing the movement as a whole and how to make it more effective. I would like to start by discussing the ideas in the google drive folder that I shared and move from there.
If anyone is interested in any of these groups, please send me a PM with a little about yourself and which group(s) you'd be interested in joining.
Edit: Could someone explain why I've been downvoted? Judging by the way the karma is proportioned I'm getting a good number of positive and negative reactions but not a whole lot in the way of feedback.