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David's timeline planning session โ the milestone calendar shaping the Hitchhiker / Game of 42 year, from the Don't Panic Festival to the July 4th galactic AGM.
Summary
A timeline planning session in which David lays out his "main ones" โ the calendar of milestones that give the Hitchhiker / Game of 42 project its shape over roughly a year, running from this November to the annual galactic meeting on July 4th, 2027. He works the wall non-chronologically, placing the story-shaping anchors first and inviting others to arrange their own colour-coded stickies around them under a "Border 42" rule: no interruptions in the first round, write questions on sticky notes for the board, then everyone gets unlimited time to speak. The spine of the plan is the festival rhythm โ the Don't Panic Festival (Nov 5th), Towel Day / Earth Day in spring, the Burning Man / Don't Panic academic tour at end of August, the Hitchhiker Game Jam in January, and a Chaos Computer Camp "Winter Hackathon" in December โ each treated as a recurring annual milestone for engaging distinct communities "at the speed of trust." Underpinning the calendar are the working systems: energy/dynamic-equity accounting via the Vogon Bot, Game of 42 and the Spellbook (by July); the July 4th launch of Robbie's declaration in its multi-perspectival, "mice" poetic-translation form with finished brand; and a "Groundhog Day" (Feb 2nd) deadline for a working substrate โ the "constitution in code" โ that people can build on. The session closes on ambitious targets (42 locations on the global map, 42,000 users and $4.2M, then 4.2M members and $42M), media products (Hitchhiker Radia, Hitchhiker TV, the mobile guide), and the improbable lottery.
Key points
- Border 42 / facilitation rule: no interrupting in the first round; questions go on sticky notes onto the questioning board; each person then gets unlimited time to present and arrange their own colour-coded stickies around David's anchor milestones.
- Annual galactic AGM on July 4th, 2027: the end of the process โ sign the proper declaration, transfer the IP into mutual ownership, and launch the proper legal structure, as a worldwide event.
- Festival rhythm as annual milestones: Don't Panic Festival (Nov 5th, fireworks, first significant public marketing); Towel Day + Earth Day in spring (magical locations, e.g. Devonish Way village, Seabase Berlin, global H2G2 community) leading up to the ATM; end-of-August Burning Man / Don't Panic academic tour with a request for guidance and university engagement.
- University of Amsterdam seminar: an autumn course with 16 postgraduate students in law and governance, rights of nature, and privacy, as a way to engage people at the speed of trust.
- Community on-ramps: Hitchhiker Game Jam in January (~300 locations, 30,000 people, 3,000 games) reaching gamers to start vibe-coding indie games on the Game of 42; Chaos Computer Camp Winter Hackathon (Dec-Jan) for the decentralised/hacker crowd.
- Working systems by July: energy accounting, dynamic equity / engineering accounting, Vogon Bot (in Telegram/WhatsApp), Game of 42 and the Spellbook all functioning for onboarding new people.
- July 4th declaration launch: Robbie's declaration launched in its multi-perspectival 'mice' form (different poetic translations of each other, not one text) with the brand finished for that stage.
- Groundhog Day on Feb 2nd: 'rebooting Earth from back-up' โ a working substrate / Earth operating system, the constitution in code, ready as the deadline before the IGM.
- Targets, media & moonshots: 42 locations on the global map (diverse, well chosen); 42,000 users + $4.2M for prizes by the AGM, then 4.2M members + $42M; mobile guide on the Android & Apple stores (around CCC); Hitchhiker Radia (24-7 on Swarm) and Hitchhiker TV (peer-to-peer WebRTC) feeding the Don't Panic Festival; vibe-coding workshops ('Zaphod' invitation to vibe code the future) in September; the launch of the improbable lottery on the improbability drive.
Action items
- Get energy accounting, the Vogon Bot, Game of 42 and the Spellbook all working together by July, with dynamic-equity / engineering accounting for onboarding via the Telegram/WhatsApp bot.
- Launch Robbie's declaration on July 4th in its multi-perspectival 'mice' form, with the brand ready for that stage.
- Stand up Hitchhiker Radia (24-7, on Swarm) and get private minutes/discussions plus other groups' material flowing on it; engage sound artists, musicians and DJs ahead of the Don't Panic Festival.
- Prepare Hitchhiker TV (peer-to-peer / WebRTC) early so its visuals feed the Don't Panic Festival.
- Deliver the working substrate / 'constitution in code' (the Earth operating system) by Groundhog Day, Feb 2nd, ahead of the IGM.
- Run the Don't Panic Festival on Nov 5th with Hitchhiker Radio and a strong visual story; treat it as the annual public-marketing milestone and sign people up.
- Organise the end-of-August Burning Man / Don't Panic academic tour: Burning Man radio presence, a request for guidance, university involvement, and the Amsterdam autumn seminar (16 postgrads).
- Run the Hitchhiker Game Jam in January and a Chaos Computer Camp Winter Hackathon in December-January; make both part of the annual rhythm.
- Establish Towel Day (with Earth Day) as an annual spring milestone by curating magical global locations and engaging the global Hitchhiker community.
- Schedule the September vibe-coding workshop ('invitation to vibe code the future') for the start of new term.
- Recruit 42 diverse, well-chosen global-map locations and bring them into the Don't Panic Festival.
- Publish the working guide as a mobile app on the Android and Apple stores (around the CCC milestone).
- Launch the improbable lottery and prizes once the improbability drive is built.
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