tNN — xmpl-ngu.org

The
Neighborhoods
Network

How Americans can organize to govern and solve their common problems — one neighborhood at a time.

Participate in Your Neighborhood ↓
Aerial view of a Chicago neighborhood — the kind of community tNN organizes Chicago residential neighborhood — typical tNN territory
NU
Neighborhood Unit ~500 residents who meet monthly to discuss & decide
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Top-Down Hierarchy No central committee. Neighborhoods are equals.
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Scalability From one block to the entire nation via registries & relays

The Problem & The Solution

What Is the Neighborhoods Network — and Why Does It Matter?

Americans cannot currently govern themselves. Not because they lack intelligence or will, but because they lack organization. There is no mechanism for ordinary citizens to discuss issues together, build consensus, investigate solutions, and deliver mandates to elected officials.

"We've become now an oligarchy instead of a democracy. And I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards of the American political system that I've ever seen in my life."

— President Jimmy Carter

The Neighborhoods Network (tNN) is the organizational answer. It builds genuine "government of, by, and for the people" from the ground up — starting with the Neighborhood Unit (NU), sometimes called the NGU (Neighborhood Governing Unit).

Each NU is a voluntary association of roughly 500 residents of a geographically defined neighborhood. Members meet monthly, submit issues for discussion, form work groups to investigate problems, and collaborate with other NUs across electoral districts to build the public will into binding policy directives.

This site is a demonstration and prototype — an example NGU (xmpl-ngu.org) showing what the web infrastructure for a real NU looks like. You can submit issues, view what others have submitted, and see how the process unfolds.

This Neighborhood Unit

Participate

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Submit an Issue

Have a concern about your neighborhood, city, or nation? Submit it here for the NU to consider at the next General Meeting.

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Select Top Priorities

Before each General Meeting, members vote on which submitted issues are most important. Cast your ranking here.

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View Submitted Issues

Browse all issues currently submitted by neighborhood members. See what your neighbors care about.

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Comment on Issues

Add your perspective to existing issues. Constructive discussion before the General Meeting sharpens thinking for everyone.

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The Process

How a Neighborhood Unit Functions

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Submit Issues

Members submit concerns about their community, city, state, or nation at any time via the web site.

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Prioritize

Before the General Meeting, members rank submitted issues so the most important rise to the top.

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General Meeting

Monthly assembly discusses top issues, hears expert presentations, launches Work Groups, and votes on policy directives.

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Network & Govern

Work groups investigate, solutions are shared with other NUs, consensus builds into mandates delivered to elected officials.