This is meant to serve as a little introduction to someone who hopes to become a meaningful contributor to the goals of Indivisible.
I was asked why I want to be involved with Indivisible Jax Riverside? The answers are both simple and complex.
- I listened to an interview of Leah & Ezra and liked what I heard.
- I attended the “No Kings” day rally in Jacksonville and found that my attendance there reignited a dream that was born with the series “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
I have occasionally attended City Council meetings and sometimes delivered questions or opinions about policies, also attended a few local Democratic Party meetings, voted, etc..
My dream started with the concept from Star Trek of the “Federation of Planets.” Ever since that thought was presented to me I have hoped humanity would someday occupy planet Earth as a common group of humanity with shared values of tolerance, understanding, peace, peaceful dialogue, mutual benefit and respect. I have never liked conflict and find our current divisive political environment disturbing, sad, and far more nightmare than dream. The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution represent, for me, two founding documents of our Country, Democracy, and a shared dream. Our Democracy is often described as an “experiment.” I am not ready to give up on that experiment or the dreams upon which that experiment was founded.
Background: I am a Mechanical Engineer and a recent review of the math told me that I took 18 years from when I first entered my university to finally obtaining my degree from that same university. My engineering interests were thermodynamics, heat transfer, numerical simulations, etc.. I later received an MBA from a second university. The MBA was great for organizational behavior. I have decided that management theories tend to go through fads or fazes of popularity. While attending school whenever I got tired of being poor I would go out and get a job. Those jobs seemed to have the primary impact of teaching me why I was going to school. The summer spent as a welder’s helper being one of the most effective in this regard. I also learned that galvanized steel can’t be welded without grinding off the galvanizing, and galvanizing gives off noxious fumes that make a person sick to the stomach, and worse. I eventually worked nights in industrial maintenance and attended my University classes during the day. My primary interests turned out to be software in support of manufacturing, and the integration of that software with business systems. My working career afforded me opportunities to work in many countries: the United States, Canada, China, France, Romania, and with people from even more countries including Mexico and Brazil.
Personal interests: Travel via motorcycle, motor home. Flying; owning and operating my own Cessna. Experiencing other cultures. Small Businesses; owning and operating. Reading: historical fiction, philosophy, nature, etc.. There is more, so maybe I am just the small child that never grew up.
Life Mottos: Don’t give up, work for your dreams, learn all you can from life and the people you meet, seek first to understand. You will know you have arrived when you are able to find joy in the joy of others.
My intent: To share ideas and news from current events, a bit of opinion, and hopefully get some feedback from readers.