What is a I° Member?

Joining the Project
All that is required to join/become a member of the FreeCapitalist Project is that the person desiring membership deliberately accept the FreeCapitalist Pledge and complete the basic information form found at http://pledge.freecapitalist.com.  Once a person accepts the pledge they are a member of the project and are often referred to as Pledges, or Pledge Members.

After formally accepting the FreeCapitalist Pledge the new member receives a welcome message via email from the Project which also includes an invitation to accept and begin the Pledge Quest™.

The Pledge Quest™
Becoming a member of the FreeCapitalist Project opens up a whole new world to the average person.  The Project itself is comprised of a deep and intricate array of structures, benefits, programs and offerings.  In order to begin more fully grasping what it means to be a member of the Project, the Pledge Quest takes each new member on a fun and informative journey of bit-sized sets of challenges and instructions that expose key elements of the Project such as FreeCapitalist Radio, FreeCapitalist Daily, Study Groups, internet resources, and the online community of FreeCapitalists spread across the globe.  There are 10 formal steps to the Pledge Quest and when a new member successfully completes all 10 steps he or she becomes a I° member.

What does the title or designation “I°” mean?
As part of its mission, the Project strives to enable each individual member on his or her quest to become a better citizen, to realize increased prosperity and to become more active in civic affairs.   There are three separate strategic Initiatives in the Project which allow all members the opportunity to become a part of very specific, measurable efforts to improve their lives and the world around them.

One of the Project’s three initiatives is the Personal Development and Leadership Initiative which focuses on personal improvement, helping individuals in their determination to become stronger, more capable, and more prosperous individuals.  The initiative is also referenced as the Producer Revolution™. One component of the Producer Revolution is a personal development program called Prosperity Quest™ which utilizes the basic learning technology of questing to assist members as they earn ninety different “degrees” or levels of officially recognized progress.

As members progress, earning each of these ninety degree in sequence, they are appropriately acknowledged.  Therefore titles like “first degree” or “fifth degree” or even “forty first” degree, which reference specific levels of progress (between one and ninety), are commonly used by the Project and its members as a way to respectfully address and acknowledge effort and success. The Project has adopted a standard convention for these acknowledgments when used in writing, by either spelling out the title fully (i.e “First Degree”) or by using Roman Numerals followed by the degree symbol (°).  So the term I° is synonymous with “First Degree”.  VIII° is synonymous with “eighth degree,” and so on.

When an individual successfully completes the Pledge Quest™ he or she becomes eligible for the opportunity to participate in the Project’s Prosperity Quest™ component of the Producer Revolution™ and to signify this eligibility, acknowledging the added commitment required to successfully complete the Pledge Quest™, these members are formally given the status I° Member or simply I° as apposed to the status of Pledge or Pledge Member (which terms are used to designate those who have not completed the Pledge Quest) and as opposed to the status of  Producer or Member of the Producer Revolution™ (which terms are used to designate those members of the Project who have elected to participate in the Personal Development and Leadership Initiative.

What are the Benefits or Privileges of being a I° member of the Project?
I° members participate fully in the Project’s Community Building Initiative, are eligible* to participate in the Project’s Personal Development & Leadership Initiative (the Producer Revolution™) and the Project’s Political Initiative (the FreeCapitalist Foundation) and can freely accept regular Membership Quests (general action items announced/and delivered by the Project) and Guild Quests (unique, usually one time action based challenges delivered to targeted groups of the general membership based upon Guild Association).

Note:  The use of the term member, as with the phase “member of the Project,” signifies or references any or all members of the Project including Pledges, I° Members, and Members of the Producer Revolution™.

* While I° members of the Project are eligible, participation in the Producer Revolution™ has additional requirements which include qualification, enrollment fees, and monthly dues.   Interested members should contact a member of the FreeCapitalist Council for details.