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Start a LIN Chapter
    WELCOME to  Local Improvement Networks Center, or LINC. LINC is a U.S. monthly meeting of representatives of Local Improvement Networks and related groups. Each LIN [Local Improvement Network] is autonomous and self-organizing, but has access to LINC for help, facilitation etc.

    CONTACT US
If you have a LIN or IDM testimonial, or If you want to organize a local LIN, please email us at LKINDR@yahoo.com and tell us where you are.

    IMMEDIATE & LONG-TERM BENEFITS
- for individuals or groups who start or join a Local Improvement Network - include making the basic activities of your home, community, workplace, or group more productive, more fun, less boring and more empowering for all members.

    MISSION & GOAL
Our mission is to improve all aspects of society for the betterment of all. Our goal is to help young people, aged 10 to 25, learn healthier thinking and behavior via Step Ten & IDM and to learn cooperative community living. Step Ten is self-improvement exercise.

    MEANS
Our means may change as we learn more from each other and outside, but initially our primary means of improvement include non-domineering consensus integrative decision making [IDM], self-examination and correction methods [Step Ten], nonviolent communication [NVC] and creative arts.

See the following pages for help with improving groups, meetings, activities, relations etc.

Enjoy this site. Good Day! Lloyd Kinder - LINC Founder

LINC or Local Improvement Networks Center [www.freewebs.com/lin4] says:
START A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT NETWORK [L.I.N.]!
These are suggestions for how anyone can help start a local LIN chapter.

.1. PARTNERS - Ask one to three people to help you start a Local Improvement Network meeting to help local young people learn good habits for better living.

.2. MEETING PLACE - With or without partners, find a weekly meeting place by asking local churches, schools, hospitals, libraries etc for a room for a 12 Step AA-Alanon meeting. [AA is for recovering alcoholics. Alanon is for family and friends of addicts.] Ask if they require a fee or take donations.

.3. AA, ALANON PARTNERS - Attend AA, NA and Alanon open meetings and ask a member of each to join or assist your group. Contacts are in many phone books and on the internet.

.4. SPEAKERS - Invite different members of AA, NA, Alanon and other 12 Step groups to come to the meeting each week to speak for 10 to 20 minutes about Step 10.

.5. PUBLICIZE MEETING - Give meeting announcements to local newspapers, radio stations, local websites, churches, saying: Step Ten Meeting for young people and friends to learn good practices for better living.

.6. MEETING FORMAT - A different member at each meeting can read as follows.
_Let's open the meeting. Are there refreshments and literature? Where are restrooms?
_Our starting and closing times are ....
_Let's everyone take turns saying our first names.
_Pass around a container for donations for meeting expenses.
_Pass around sign-in list for members' first names, phone #s and emails.
_Pass around Step Ten leaflets for everyone.
_Does anyone want a members' contact list. If so, pass around another sheet for each person wanting one.
_Announcement: the day and time of the next business meeting & LIN meeting and other group events & phone # of contact person ..
_Announcement: the LIN forum is at www.yahoogroups.com/group/lin4. Members are asked to share personal stories etc on the forum.
_2 volunteers read your favorite paragraphs from Step 10 below.
_Guest speaker speak about Step 10 or the 12 Steps.
_Everyone take turns commenting. Anyone may pass.
_Let's close now and clean up and put things back in order.

.7. BUSINESS MEETING FORMAT
This is for improving Step 10 meetings. See IDM Integrative Decision Making, page 4.

.8. LIN MEETING TOPICS
The Step 10 meeting regular members may be LIN members. If there are more than 7 LIN members, they should form 2 groups that meet separately. Meet after the business meeting or the Step 10 meeting and use IDM [see page 4].
_Ask all Step 10 members to invite more people to attend the Step 10 meetings and to help members start new meetings.
_Teach young members public speaking, creative arts and leadership.
_Encourage young members to investigate corruption in society and to promote Step 10 self-correction methods to reduce it.
_Teach young members cooperative community and business.

.9. LIN IN ORGANIZATIONS
Members of existing organizations may start a LIN group to help the organization to improve, using the above guidelines.

.10. LINC REPRESENTATIVES
Each LIN group is asked to associate with LINC, the LIN Center, by electing one member to be your group's representative to LINC. LINC has a monthly meeting for the representatives via email or teleconference for the purpose of improving LINC's effectiveness and usefulness to LIN groups. Join LINC for free: contact LKINDR@yahoo.com and tell us where your group is, or will be.

LINC's NAME
For any successful cause, it's important to start by building a broad base of support without alienating or threatening anyone. That's the reason we choose the name Local Improvement Network. It's a name that few could oppose.

Good Day. Lloyd Kinder, Founder of LINC