Our goals originate with Blair Lauren Brown Inc's process of sourcing the most ethical gold. That process began in telling a story, carrying on a 4 generation family legacy, protecting a community & ultimately our backyard for future generations. Wanting to share that core motivation and the beneficial outcomes of that love with a broader community is what keeps these efforts boring forward. Our goal has evolved  to take those considerations and integrity to scale,  in the pursuit of doing the best for and by our communities as a collective. This effort, to create The U.S. Gold Collective is going to work exactly as stated - in a collective fashion.

1. Define our tripple bottom line Goals in an industry facing format: environmental + humanitarian + financial
2. Create a "Gold Standard" certification
3. Certify as Made in USA

​CONSIDERATIONS:
How do we calibrate our goals?
How to set reasonable milestones?
​How do we communicate those milestones?
Beyond a transparent supply chain, sharing the story, & supplying the gold, what can we do to keep moving forward?

Step 1 - March 2017 - coordinate new relationships:

a. made in use (stamp with lawyer assistance)
b. refinery relationship or partnership
c. SGS certified green
d. jewelers on board for membership *started
e. jewelers on board for gold purchase *started
f. partner orgs for outreach: IAC, Earthworks, No Dirty Gold, Ethical Metalsmiths *started
f. electronics & alt industry outreach 


Step 2 - April 2017 prelim story development

a. outline the story telling opportunities
b. document preliminary process & locations
c. identify key characters & players in the process
d. write treatment
(e. more to come)

Step 3 - April 2017 operational updates

a. financial goals & land conservation goals update
b. video into to why US gold is important
c. website membership forum activated stage 2
d. purchase calculator app - live updates


Step 4 - soft launch 

a. formal invitation to participants to be founding membership
b.  April 27th & 28th IAC Gold Conference Soft Launch and Invitation to Collective

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SCHEDULE

March 20-28 - Anchorage AK - deep dive family history
*exploring history of AK mining & meeting with officials for beta on AK specify laws that supersede federal policy
April 1-10 - Haines, Ak - preliminary Alaska travel research
*mine research & "stoke" photo/video snippets
April 27-29 - New York, NY - Gold Conference Soft Launch
*securing primary membership
May (weather dependent) - Niak, AK - season start
​*breaking of ground in our key mine


DATES TO BE ADDED
- markers of key accomplishments in the initiative: Made in USA approval, SGS cert, key partners...
 - significant anniversaries in the history of gold - from beginning of gold rush, to gold earmarked as currency, to fort knox...