Original Plan

A General Description and Proposal  
Prepared April 30, 1998
Last edited July 26, 1998  

Contents

Introduction
A. Background
B. Organization
C. Logistics
D. Personnel
E. Timeline
F. Budget


D. PersonnelD. Personnel

D.1. Planning Group

The creative and operational staff of the Global Consciousnes Project have full responsibility for the content and operation of the network. The Planning Group are the primary designers for the project and the main source of expertise for implementation, analysis, and display. All members of the Planning Group participate in the EGG Project as individuals, and not as representatives of their affiliated institutions.

  • Roger Nelson, Project Director, is Research Coordinator of Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) at Princeton University. He serves as producer, art director, and science manager for the GCP.
  • Dick Bierman, Professor of Psychology (albeit a physicist), University of Amsterdam, is a pioneer of World Wide Web experiments in anomalies. He is the editor of eJAP, the electronic Journal of Anomalous Phenomena.
  • Greg Nelson, American Nuclear Systems, Knoxville, TN, is a computer scientist (Artificial Intelligence) with major interest in systems integration. He is chief architect for the EGG network backbone.
  • John Walker, near Neuchatel, Switzerland, is founder and former CEO of Autodesk, Inc., developer of the AutoCAD computer aided design software. His current focus is a Web site (http://www.fourmilab.ch/) which hosts, among other resources, The RetroPsychoKinesis Project.
  • Rick Berger, Innovative Software Design/Innovative Product Marketing, San Antonio, Texas, has a long history and deep interest in anomalies research. He is chiefly responsible for the logic and aesthetics of GCP's website.
  • George deBeaumont, is a data analyst with a major utilities firm, and has a deep interest in consciousness and its possible effects in the world. He is the creator of most of the detailed graphical displays exploring the current results.
  • Charles Overby, Lifebridge Foundation, New York, is a computer engineer with experience in secure network communications. He is a shaman and scholar, investigating subtle energies that may emanate from humans.
  • Dean Radin, Interval Research, Palo Alto, CA, author of "The Conscious Universe", is an early explorer of effects of group consciousness. He has long-standing interest in integrating multivariate data complexes.
  • Marilyn Schlitz is Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. She is a medical anthropologist, with major interests in research on consciousness and the interactions of intentionality and living systems.
  • Stephan Schwartz, various US locations, formerly Research Director of the Mobius Society, is an entrepreneurial pioneer in applications of psi to problem solving and discovery in archaeological, medical, and other fields.
  • Jiri Wackermann, has three hats: Neuroscience Technology Research, Prague; KEY Institute for Brain/Mind Research, Zurich; and Psychophysiology of Consciousness Laboratory, IGPP, Freiburg, Germany. He explores complex, hyperdimensional representations of states of mind.

D.2. Friends of the Project

A somewhat larger group of friends sharing a strong resonance with the concepts and purposes of the project provide spiritual and practical support. Some may have more explicit roles, contributing expertise or advice, or building specialized aspects of the project such as refined analytical software or aesthetic displays on the website. Other friends, especially those in far-flung locations, will provide the host sites for the remote REG machines, and will also expand the interpersonal connectedness that is the core of the hypothesis engaged by the GCP. New contributors -- friends of friends -- are welcome.

Introduction
A. Background
B. Organization
C. Logistics
D. Personnel
E. Timeline
F. Budget


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