i am australia project - brochure.pdf

8/14/2019 I AM AUSTRALIA Project - Brochure.pdf

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I am here to introduce something that we all unknow-ingly live in this continent nation, we are:

I AM AUSTRALIA

Only here in Australia - unlike any other place in the planet - is theresuch an elevated concentration of wonderful diversity, as there areapproximately 260 nations represented here, who in turn representhundred and hundreds of the Principal Ethnic Groups, which cometogether to be the single largest concentration of ethnicities.

WE ARE A REAL AND PEACEFUL UNION OF RACES

The great wealth that this produces is however, frequently hinderedand not used to its full capacity due to the influence of personal andnational interests. For example I was born Italian however I amclearly aware that if the world was made up solely of Italians that itwould be limited and monotonous. This is in spite of the specificcharacteristics of Italians having contributed to the enrichment of thewonders of this Planet, as have almost all other ethnicities.

Considering the crisis that are engulfing Nations across our Planet,from existential to nutritional crises, be it for wealthy or poorer na-tions, its time to commence real change and action. If we all beginto connect and balance Personal Good with Shared Good andShared Good with Personal Good, we can begin to really utilise theGreat Gift that we as Individuals Beings are: that is Diverse Beings.


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Diversity is the greatest Wealth, Imagination that we have received.One has to only consider for a moment this wealth all around usgiven to us by Nature, or for believers by God, and its because it isall around us, everyday, that we dont give it its due Respect. Letme offer a simple example: Imagine that we are all at a market andthe first thing that strikes us is the Choice, Colour, Taste, Scentsand all this arrives from different parts of the Planet allowing for ourtables and our nutrition to be full of Choice, Colour, Taste, andScents. Imagine that we go back to that same market the followingday with high expectations and we find only the one fruit, the one

choice, the one colour, taste, sights and aromas. After three days ofthe same thing we are no longer ourselves and our lives would bechanged and saddened and we would regret the Diversity of Oppor-tunity that we currently take for granted and do not Respect.

We are the all the Wonderfully Diverse Fruit of the Tree of Life andwe all can and I believe should, be open to offering and receivingour Diversity for a Common Benefit, which enriches the Grand Ex-periment called Life. By offering and not imposing our diversity weare able to share and understand all that surrounds us.

Diversity in Unity and Unity and Diversity

Australia should be seen not as a place of individual opportunity, butas a place of social, multicultural and interracial consciousness.One doesnt come to Australia for personal convenience rather togive to this new world a collective benefit so that it can reach socialobjectives, peace, love culture, science, technology and diversity.


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All that is required to activate and refresh all this is to recover ourmemory that we are Love and that we are Brothers and that only byliving in Love in Action and Brotherhood in Manifestation are weable to nourish our Soul, our Spirit just as we do our Body.

Be Better to Live Better

I AM AUSTRALIA is not about presenting a nationalistic strength,it is something that goes beyond our Human Will and is alreadyhappening. Now it is up to us to give it Value and Worth.

I AM AUSTRALIA is a major Laboratory, Library and Databasethat have begun to happen in this physical place. And now it needsall of us to become Ambassadors of the possibility to Be and Live inCultural Religious Racial Brotherhood, so that this can Reverberateacross the Planet and we can all be ambassadors of Love, Frater-nity and Diversity through the Culture that has shaped this, as wellas Apprentices of all the Cultures that Shape and Enrich it. We allcame to this Nation bringing with us our Historical Wealth wherebythe Cultural and Spiritual joins with our Historical Wealth as wellas the Cultural and Spiritual tenets of indigenous Culture, which alltogether could produce the First Grand Manifestation of PeacefulBrotherhood on the Planet.I AM AUSTRALIA is a Cultural and Education Project, hence it isdoes not aim to promote a product or service that focuses on pro-viding an economic return, rather its Aim is to promote an idea ofShared Reality that reflects what it is already happening in Australia


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but out of necessity. Investing in the effective Use of our Diversitycould make our lives much richer. The benefits would also be eco-nomic, because by using a Shared Cultural Wealth for SharedBenefit would make life more Essential even in its economic as-pects which would serve to place the economy closer to a conditionof real and actual needs and not just virtual necessity.


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The Proposition

This actions commences by seeking all those Human Beings thatwant to build in Australia a Conscience of Human Fraternity andshare the experiences its contains, Scientific, Religious, Philosophi-cal, Esoteric, Economic and others and grow Together and pro-vide this Nation with an Evolutionary Service. This is an action togrow and evolve ourselves; which is the only way to grow andevolve the world where we live, as we are the world.

Create a meeting spacewhere all Beings that want to evolve canevolve with other Beings

Create a spot internally and externally where we can dream andbuild a place that gives benefit to us and to Others.

Create a placewhere uncertainties and fears can be shared so asto transform them to Courage and Action

Create a placewhere of one's own understanding and share them

in goodwill those who have not yet achieved such understanding

Create a placewhere Music, the Arts, Culture, Politics, Religion arethe worlds where one has the possibility to build and live Balance.

Create a placewhere one can discover new Understanding, new


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Knowledge and comprehend the wealth of all types of Understand-ing and the Knowledge of Past

Create a placeto share. To share Knowledge and Understanding isthe only means we have to grow.

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A space where people can seek advice to change their personalcondition, as a couple, or with others.

We are all or have all been at some point challenged without havinganswers and solutions, here our growth will be able to create a da-tabase of possible opportunities or solutions to verify and to con-sider as possible evolutionary choices.

I AM AUSTRALIA is the physical place where we can invest ourbest so as that we and Australia can become examples of Vision-Strength-Generosity-Creativity-Rectitude-Humour for all those thatlive with us and across the whole Planet.

The project will have an open 360 approach: bring together evolu-tionary projects, establish coordination so that these projects arerealized, commit to participating in these, above all seeking to col-laborate with institutional organizations, Governmental and others,that are both interested and have a vocation for evolution. Australiais Planet within the planet as only here is there a high concentration


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of ethnic diversity and this is its great Strength and Fortune, but itcould be a major limit if it not put to its best use.

Proud Australia but now it is time for Dream Australia

This ancient Being can produce a new, Unifying Conscience in Ac-tion and benefit for the whole Planet. Only in Australia are there thenecessary conditions.

The first wealth that is contained in Australia is the presence across

its territory of 144 different Ethnic branches.

Imagine the wonderful possibilities of actively exchanging these cul-tural and historical riches that we all bring with us.

Another significant advantage is the youth of this new peoples thatwith a young energy ask to evolve, be better and experiment togrow, like all of us when we are young.

To this we can add the strength and tenacity that is a founding char-acteristic of those that arrived here without owning anything and thatbuilt the new Australia with sweat, labour and honesty.

Reconnect a real and constructive exchange with Aboriginal culture.Without this exchange, unfortunately, we are at risk of losing contactwith Aboriginal culture the repository for the Planet of knowledge ofthe Sweet Dream (Dreamtime).


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There are many that see the Aboriginal people as being convertibleto a Western system, without understanding that fortunately thispeople still preserve in them a correct relationship with the Earthand with the correct sense of Ownership and much more.

Its necessary to listen to those that come from and where born ofthe Continent to where we have only decided to come and live.

Given that the first two hundred years of Australia history are butonly a few generations, many more generations will be needed in

order to see the rise of the first new Australian with a new and com-plete Australian genome.

Its necessary in the meanwhile to better prepare the conditions thatwill allow future generations to be more evolved than our own that isnot acting with absolute Wisdom.

Obviously we all know the strong concept of I AM AUSTRALIANwhich needs to be the launching pad for I AM AUSTRALIA, giventhat this is the natural progression of the other. In fact only when Ias one am at home and Australian can I represent the sense of IAM AUSTRALIA. No longer Being a part of something but Beingsomething which is an Active Manifestation.

In planetary evolutionary terms, Australia represents boththe ANCIENT and the NEW. Its land, its place, with Aboriginalsettlements that go back almost 40 thousand years and with


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new settlements post Captain Cook show to the Planet one ofthe best types of combinations of Technology and Quality ofLife.

NOW IT IS UP TO US TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALL THATHAS BEEN DONE

WHY?

Because

I AM AUSTRALIA


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The Action

In order for every idea or perception of possible cultural and educa-tion change to come to fruition it needs to be shared and experi-mented directly in the Community and through direct contactthrough those that make it possible: PEOPLEIn order to engage the community it should be noted that there is aneed to use methods that that allow for the Sharing and Collectionof Ideas through appropriate Communication Channels. Given thesize of the Australian territory a web portal that acts as a receiver ofthe work will offer:

Communicating and exchange of datadirectly to people across the territory

Video Communications

Audio Communications

Communications to People across the Community

Use and management of 2 campervans that will tour Australia willengage with place and the reality of communities and highlight theirrichness in terms of racial, cultural and religious diversity and high-light the work of cultural groups and associations that already un-dertake work on this objective. Both essential and interesting will be


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to investigate, within communities, the invisible hearts of people thatthrough their individual actions change the lives of us all in waysthat are permanent and visible. This type of action will assist us tocollect material, experiences and ideas for future projects. TheseResources will be utilized as Informational and Communication con-tent to populate the portal.

AUDIO AND VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS

The audio/video content will be used to enrichen the communication

channel that will be entitled Its Possible News and will allow forsingle actions to be shared with the community even when thoseactions are not popular but which give gratification and awarenessof being useful.The audio video component will be completed by re-search via the internet that are relevant to the project and which en-riches our daily lives. In this section we will also try to showcasepersonal stories that will enhance awareness.

Of interest will be the I Am Australia-World section. This will cap-ture the life stories of the multiple Ethnicities that have activelytaken part through sharing their personal experiences in the Project.

Their participation will see them become Ambassadors and Spokes-person of a new sense of Australia that is projected to the futurewith strength and through the richness of the origins. Thisengagement will create a real sense of global exchange

When there is a coming together of personal and collective identityamong people in our community, this society will move a step closer


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to realising the Australian dream. This will then assist our society tobe multicultural, multiracial and multi-spiritual and personal sense ofbeing will be key part of a common sense of being and purpose inthe wider community


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I AM AUSTRALIA

PROJECT PLAN

( UNDER COSTRUCTION )


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Table of Contents

1. Title of project......................................................................9

2. Background to the Project...................................................9

3 Key Objectives & Deliverables..........................................11

4. Project Benefits.................................................................12

5 Target Outcomes...............................................................12

6 Project Schedule ................................................................12

7 Budget and Expenditure.....................................................13

8 Project Management Plan..................................................148.1 Governance.................................................................148.2 Reporting Requirements..............................................14

9 Risk Management Plan.......................................................14


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1. Title of project

I Am Australia - Facilitating deep cultural awareness, the celebrationof cultural identity, essence of place and community sensibility tothe richness of our multicultural society.

2. Background to the Project

The Australian continent is home to hundreds of different nationali-

ties. Over 260 different languages are spoken in Australia today,including Indigenous languages, and this linguistic diversity hasbrought many benefits. Some 19 per cent of the total populationspeak a language other than English at home.

Three are very few places in the planet where there is a similar di-versity of such culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people.To this end Australia is a model multicultural society and is a placethat for many CALD groups represents something better, not aplace to imitate their homeland. The great wealth that this producesis however, frequently hindered and not used to its full capacity dueto the influence of personal and national interests.

The three elements that have made multiculturalism successful are:Firstly in Australia there is a strong link between multiculturalism,the freedom to express and maintain ones cultural and the value oflaw. Australian law clearly safeguards freedom while also expecting


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recognition of its laws. Secondly Australian citizenship is conferredto CALD groups through a pledge and commitment. The practise ofbecoming an Australian citizen does not mean that one has to forgoor feel that their cultural or linguistic identity becomes undermined.Thirdly multiculturalism in Australia has been rich as it has tran-scended politics. The political bipartisanship that has marked multi-culturalism since its inception has come to support and enrich multi-cultural advocacy and policy.

Australia has every element to be a robust, liberal multicultural soci-

ety where cultural awareness could be deep and resilient in its peo-ple. To affirm Australia as continent which is at one with the conceptof deep cultural diversity requires better understanding the richnessof our living stories and people that are defining this placeAustralia.

In essence if Australia wants to be the unique place of cultural andracial harmony where people have come for something better, thenthis place is only the sum of the rich stories and languages that arein a society. The I Am Australia project will be the vox populi thatwill record the stories of the people that live in harmony who makeAustralian society what it is.

I AM AUSTRALIA is a Cultural and Education Project, hence it isdoes not aim to promote a product or service that focuses on pro-viding an economic return. Rather its aim is to promote a sense ofcelebration and tangible use of our diversity which makes our lives


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much richer. The benefits of the project would also be economic,because by promoting Shared Cultural Wealth for Shared Benefitthere would be positive economic and social benefits arising fromthe Project, as well as many equally important but less tangiblebenefits such as:

Creating a meeting space for inclusion and evolution for thosethat participate in the project. That is a place where people can con-nect with and evolve with others

Create a spot internally and externally where we can dreamand build a place that gives benefit to us and to others.

Create a place where through having a space that capture sto-ries and personal narratives uncertainties and fears can be sharedso as to transform them to Courage and Action

Create a place where Music, the Arts, Culture, Science, Poli-tics, Religion are celebrated and considered with balance.

Create a place where one can discover new Understanding,new Knowledge and comprehend the wealth of all types of Under-standing and the Knowledge of Past

And ultimately create a place to share. To share Knowledgeand Understanding is the only means we have to grow.


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Recording the stories and living histories of our CALD groups - inall the possible languages and with all the cultural groups that live inthis continent - is a unique project. It is substantial task that willdraw on interactive media and literature; street intercepts/listeningstations; web-based engagement and traditional touring of regionalcommunities and centres. The rich content of stories of this livinghistory in open-sourceshall be captured and brought together underthe I Am Australia website, logo and associated collateral (the webdomain www.iamaustralia.org is already owned by the projectgroup).

The intellectual property (once costs and expenses are covered bythe project team) will be free to the public under creative com-mons (based on its use meeting guidelines such as political biparti-sanship, commercial copyright etc).

3 Key Objectives & Deliverables

Objectives

The key objectives of the I Am Australia placemaking project are:

1. Create truly bipartisan content that bridges the gap in the col-lateral and content associated with the study of Australian history inthe Australian national curriculum. The simple concept of recordingstories of the full range the CALD citizens in Australia to simply askWhat does the place of Australia mean to you is a rich addition to


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the capturing of Australias living history in open-source. Producingand offering content that celebrates Australias rich sense of place isessential if Australia is going to have a meaningful national curricu-lum for schools.

2. Contribute through the I Am Australia content a meaningfuladdition to the national debate on how multiculturalism in Australiais evolving. There is substantial debate and discourse on the end ofmulticulturalism in this country. Engaging with CALD groups aroundthe sense of place of Australia will provide evidence that will bridge

the gaps in mainstream communication and media channels aroundwhat it means to be Australian. To this end the project will be a posi-tive contribution to Australian discourse about the communal wealthof equality and cultural richness that exists in our society.

3. Be a source and font of rich content and collateral for use forcommunities groups and local arts, culture and heritage groups andadvocates across the country. The ongoing generation of I am Aus-tralia content undertaken by local communities (again in keepingwith the parameters of the project of bipartisanship and commercialcopyright) will ensure that the project continues to be live, relevantand a source of inspiration. For example should the project willgreatly benefit the practise of community development undertakenat the local government levels and/or by community groups.


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Deliverables

To develop an engagement plan for participation that involvesconnecting with representatives from numerous CALD, ethnic andother community groups who will be the partners to assist in the en-gagement required to undertake the I Am Australia vox populi Scope the plan, resources, costs and requirements to estab-lish the I Am Australia website/portal/online channel that is home tothe recorded I Am Australia vox populi which are to be recordedand distributed primarily from the web channel. The concept will op-

erate as a single seamless platform across, audio, video and web inboth offline and online environments. Prepare a plan for other resources and collateral required toprovide the depth and quality of media, art-direction, IT systems,supporting documents etc to share and distribute the I Am Australiacontent.

4. Project Benefits

What are the expected benefits that will be directly generated by theIAA Projects? Who will receive the benefits? What is the timeframefor the benefits to begin to impact on the performance of the IAAproject? Can a value be ascribed to the benefits in terms of $ valueadded, value of new users/subscribers or new services or levels ofengagement?


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5 Target Outcomes

Provide details of how the I Am Australia team will measure the suc-cess of the project, when this will occur and who is responsible fordelivery. This can be in the following table:

Target Out-come

Measure CompletionDate

Accountability

1 What is to be

achieved?

How will the IAA

Project teammeasure if thetarget has beenachieved?

When will this

be achieved?

Who is responsi-

ble for delivery?

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3


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6 Project Schedule

Provide a detailed breakdown of all stages necessary to satisfacto-rily bring the IAA project to start phase. This can be provided in thefollowing table:

ProjectStage

Num-ber

Descrip-tion

Responsi-ble Person

Sched-uled

Start

Sched-uled Fin-

ish

Predeces-sor

Insertstagenumber(e.g. 1,2, 3 etc)1

What is tobeachieved?

Who is re-sponsiblefor delivery(e.g. CFO,OperationsDirectoretc)?

Insertsched-uled startdate

Insertsched-uled fin-ish date

Previousstage num-ber thatmust becompletedbefore thisstage cancommence(this can beleft blank ifthere are no

dependen-cies)

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3 etc


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7 Budget and Expenditure

Budget for Project- Provide detailed costs breakdown for the IAAproject including all significant items of expenditure. This should bebroken down into financial years for all aspects of the project.

Activities that should be included here include-The purchase of new or upgraded equipment or technology.-Network functions or business activities including normal business

activities.-Network or firm activities that have already taken place or areunderway.

Projected Network Profit and Loss Provide projections of incre-mental Profit & Loss and Cash Flow resulting from the project. TheProfit & Loss projections should include incremental sales, cost ofsales, gross profit, expenses and operating profit. The Cash Flowprojections should include incremental cash from operations, fund-ing received from the project (including any grants) and expenditurerelated to the project.


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8 Project Management Plan

8.1 GovernanceProvide details of the IAAs governance structure for the project.What arrangements are in place to ensure that the project proceedsas planned and the members receive the expected benefits from theproject?

This is particularly relevant for any . Issues that should be ad-

dressed include authorities for decision making, financial commit-ments and expenditure, contractual arrangements, project manage-ment responsibilities and, if required, personnel recruitment andmanagement arrangements.

8.2 Reporting RequirementsInclude details of internal reporting structure for the duration of theproject. This can be provided in the following table:

Reported By To Whom Reporting Re-quirements

Frequency

1 Name and po-sition of respon-sible person

Name and posi-tion of recipient

What is to beprovided (e.g.status report)?

How often is thisto be provided?

2 etc


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9 Risk Management Plan

List potential risks that may affect the project and how they will be mitigated. Thiscan be provided in the following table:

Note: Common risk categories are: project requirements; benefits; schedule;budget; deliverables; scope; issues; suppliers; communication; and resourcing.You may wish to include some, all of these or others, depending on your project.

RiskIDNum-ber

RiskCate-gory

Risk Descrip-tion

Impact Likeli-hood

MitigationStrategy

1 Cate-gory ofthe riskto theproject(seenotebelowtable)

Brief descriptionof the risk to theproject

Howmuch ofan effectwill ithave toprojectdelivery(e.g.high,medium,low)

Howlikely is itto occur(e.g.high, me-dium,low)

What ac-tions hasthe com-pany under-taken tolimit thisrisk?

2

3

4 etc


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