The Collective
A community
A structure
A support

This is inspired by 2 separate books and a chance comment made in a gaming forum
The two books are
Tribes by Seth Godin available at http://astore.amazon.com/streamsofunconsc/detail/1591842336
and
Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block available at http://astore.amazon.com/streamsofunconsc/detail/1576754871

Funny as I write this I find the interface does not let me make my links, make my Italics, etc. Doing it by hand. Rather annoying. I wonder if it is due to Flock as my browser or what.
So back to my post.

The Collective is coming about from those two books and a comment made that stuck in my mind.
Why are there not more Fortune 500 people as gamers in here?
It cannot be due to a lack of intelligence. So why is there a lack of financial high power in gamers? Are we just not interested in that mundane task of making tons of money?

So this has inspired me, intrigued me, made me wonder how we as a community, gamers, as a tribe, as a body of people that are intelligent and creative, how we can help one and another to improve our status.
I know there are people who need support, personal, financial (I could use a few hundred a month more to be honest), professional, and creative.
So how can we work together to help one and another as a tribe.
I am considering starting a non-profit to have as a focal point. Not sure if that is the route to go, or go a more Cottage Industry route to work with one and another.
This is the official start to The Collective. Chime in.

Going to crosspost this at my other blog spots because, well, I can.