One Week to XL Bali Convention!

Congratulations to XL Nation Directors, Martin Jimmink (Chairman), Charles Buffett and Katrina McGilchrist for stepping up to the incorporation of XL Nation as a non-profit social entrepreneur organisation. We are a week away from the Bali Convention, and XL Leaders from around the world will be converging on XL Vision Villas to discuss and collaborate on our journey towards World Wide Wealth in 2010. I'm looking forward to being a part of it!

Why are we meeting?

2010 marks the end of the first decade of this new millennium. This is our opportunity to ensure the year also marks the first full year of XL Nation as a global network of social entrepreneurs sharing resources to collectively contribute to World Wide Wealth - a connected world to support every change maker. We will be celebrating the 130+ XL Award nominees, and announcing the winner. We will be discussing the priorities to build circles of trust and shared platforms of social profit - the XL Library, Opportunities Exchange and Marketplace. We'll be recording the key parts of the day and I hear there is an interactive part to the day that all XL Citizens and Founding Members can participate in.

What's the plan?

Martin Jimmink has posted the XL Nation 2010 Plan on XL World. It gives details of our history, what happened in XL1.0, some financial details, why XL2.0 works the way it does, and what our priorities are for the year ahead. As an XL Citizen or Founding Member you can download it here.

Why 13th October?

Have you read Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol"? You would have read of the care with which the founding fathers picked their dates, places and names to respect the societies and individuals that were aligned to their purpose. XL Nation has followed a similar tradition, from the way it is structured, its processes and the key dates.

On October 13th, 1307 on one day the reign of the Knights Templar came to a sudden end in France. Despite the attempt by King Philip to capture them all, less than 10% were captured and the rest created new beginnings - largely in Switzerland and Scotland. A chain of events led to the Swiss Banking system on the one hand and a tradition of 'free man' declarations from the Magna Carta to the United States Constitution on the other. On the 702nd anniversary of that new beginning, we will be meeting at an equally challenging time where old paradigms are being questioned and new social structures are gearing towards global change.

I'm looking forward to a day rich in content, connection and consequence. See if you if you're there! (You can book here)

"Forte est vinum fortior est rex fortiores sunt mulieres super omnia vincit veritas"