Possible Initiatives

Besides issues like better government, crime reduction and global citizen curriculum, Javul can try to work on these initiatives. Some of them are important while others can be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of Javul:

• 'Report a Problem' app: It should always be easy for a service/product user to report a problem to the responsible parties. We want to create an app that makes it easy for anyone to report a problem. We can have a problem summary, GPS location (if permitted by the user) and the detail of the problem and any other necessary data fields. The report is sent to whoever is responsible for dealing with that problem. We want to keep track of the problem resolution rate (customer satisfaction) so we can monitor how effective the problem resolution is. This can help us monitor the people who are responsible for solving the problem. This app can apply to a wide variety of situations for example (1) Reporting a pothole to the city transportation department (2) Reporting a non-working toilet in an airport (3) Reporting a crime (4) Reporting a noise complaint. (5) Report a water leak (6) Reports of a more serious nature should also be possible but we can see about that later. The only thing that needs to be maintained is the routing of the problem report i.e. who the responsible person is for dealing with a particular problem. This app can also interface with 'Issues' for the Javul.org website functionality. All problems reported should be public however it should be possible to make exceptions. An API will be offered so other companies can integrate this with their products and websites. This app can have its own wiki page later.
• Vehicular Traffic Reduction: Reduction of traffic on the road has multiple benefits like, reducing safety risk for humans and reduction of pollution. Self-driving cars are being developed and self-driving delivery vehicles could be involved too. A lot of fuel, time and energy is spent by people driving from and to a location, just to transport a certain item. That item could be food, other items bought in a shop, another human being (in which case this becomes Ride sharing) or any other item that needs to be delivered from one place to another. An 'Optimized Transport Service' could help a lot. Software/website and partnerships between existing item source providers could be created. For example food producers can participate. The aim would be to provide a system that can be used internationally. A few food transport services exist but they are not popular. Software would coordinate delivery orders and driving routes.
  High-quality ride sharing software should be created that makes it easy for people to drive to places together. All of this gives us the two benefits mentioned (reducing safety risk to humans and reducing pollution). Some existing ‘taxi’ companies exist that have become popular recently but the driver who does most of the work has to give a significant portion of their earnings. Javul’s transport company on the other hand will have a transparent financial system with no rich executives or CEOs.
• House Swap: The aim would be to enable a housing system that allows people to swap their houses so they can live closer to work and not commute so much. Again, software would be involved and a new model of home ownership would have to be created. House Swap will also cause a reduction of traffic on the roads.
• Internet routers: A common complaint is that a few users can consume a lot of bandwidth and affect other users to have slow or no service. Create standards for internet routers that provide reliable service to multiple people connected at the same time. This product will serve as an example of the high-quality product development that Javul can do.
• Improvement of Online Commerce: Online commerce websites currently have many issues.
  • Search and Categorization improvement: Many online commerce websites do not have effective ways for people to search through the available products. If there are a large number of products for sale, categorization of the product has to be present in great detail so people can find a specific product. Due to the large number of products on some websites (App stores, amazon.com e.g.), the community can be asked to assist in the product categorization. People want to search products with specific features and characteristics which are unique to every product category. Our aim is to create a set of standards and methodologies that people develop and approve and companies can implement them.
  • Certain websites are available where the general public can list items for sale. These websites lack many features. Detailed customization and search issues are present on these websites as well. Good selling practices should be enforced (accurate item description, preventing misuse and spam). Feedback and a seller/buyer history would be available. On some websites people have to keep posting ads to keep their ads on top. Our website would not need that.
    Javul aims to develop a new website which people can use for selling their items.

• Basic Phone Apps: Javul will attempt to develop a few phone apps that are regularly used by people. This will demonstrate how successful the Javul business model can be. Anything can be made such as an alarm clock app or a messaging app. The source code of the app will be public and anyone will be able to contribute to its development. The app will have its own Unit on Javul so issues and tasks will be managed using the task management system. This same app will also help develop a standard for alarm clock apps i.e. what are the key features of such an app and how to test it. This standard can be used by anyone else to improve their own phone apps.
• Recycling and Reduction of Pollution: Pollution, junkyards and landfills are a great concern. We have to create a society that actively works to minimize waste and increase recyclability. New products standards have to be created. Everything that can be done to maximize recycling must be done. This is a very difficult initiative but it has to start somewhere. We have to look at regions/countries that have a high recycling rate and we have to duplicate what they are doing.
• Sustainability of Earth’s resources: This also needs to be looked at. Currently everyone is just using the Earth’s resources as if there is an unlimited supply. This has to work together with the recycling issue.
• Health and Diet: There are multiple motives for us here: High cost of dealing with health issues, combating the Sugar industry's deceptive efforts to mislead the public (focus on reducing sugar consummations, soda/drink alternatives) and helping people live healthier lives. See how we can replicate some of Japan's diet here (drinks and food). Video: Why is it so Easy to be Thin in Japan?.
• Combat Smoking: Smoking is very destructive for society in terms of health costs and also pollution. Human lungs are designed to breath in clean air. Help people quit, detect when someone starts smoking so we can intervene. We need creative solutions.
• Fake Caller IDs: Scammers and people who harass others often fake their caller IDs. We need a way to track caller ID's and punish people who misuse this feature.
• Protection against bad Landlords and Property managers: We want to create a system that protects Tenant rights. We need to punish landlords for tolerating bad tenants who affect others by bad/hostile behavior.
• Better enforcement of Noise Violations: We need solutions for people who cause noise violations such as playing loud music or riding on vehicles that have had their exhausts intentionally modified to be more loud. Noise violations need to include all sources of noise that a certain person is responsible for.
• Bad Health Care: How to increase the quality of health care
• Improving Mental Health: Study people with low and high self-esteem, good and bad mental health. Closely examine all kinds of situations under which they perform differently. Understand and document the mechanisms and create exercises that anyone can do to improve their mental health.
  One quality of a strong character is to be able to do the right thing under stressful circumstances where there are several variables at play for example, peer pressure, impact of our actions on others and ourselves, what we gain or lose from doing the right thing. An example is blocking a traffic intersection where the road is already blocked. That means the person doesn't have much to gain by blocking the intersection and they create a lot of damage by blocking other cars. We do know that people with integrity and a strong character have less chances of doing the wrong thing under stress and blocking the intersection. We need to study what makes a strong person and incorporate that training into the Global Citizen Curriculum.
  Being authentic and true to ourselves and others is very important. Sometimes people have a bad start in life due to poor parenting or environment and this skill is diminished. This is a difficult problem to fix but it can be fixed by hard work, commitment and practice. Exercises can be developed to train and educate people about authenticity, how to monitor one’s own behavior and make it more authentic.

There are countless possibilities. We want to create a few successful initiatives that prove that Javul can make a difference. All the problems listed above are complex and have to be broken down into smaller components. To make all of the above possible and for any initiatives to be successful, certain key components are critical:

• Issue reporting: Provide a simple and easy interface that anyone can use to report issues in a specific area.
• Communication (forum and other means).
• Let the best ideas have more visibility
• Task Management
• Compensation (financial or other benefits)
• Feedback should be available for judging quality and reliability of work
• Uniquely designed software/websites for every situation. The Javul Information Technology Group can help.

The websites and software developed for any of these initiatives will be open-source and there will be full transparency for all operations and financial transactions. There will be no highly-paid executives or CEO’s amassing wealth at the cost of the efforts of people who perform the core work. The initiatives will effectively be owned by the people and the main aim will be end-user/customer satisfaction.

Ideally every business should be based on the Javul model. We can create a few businesses to prove how successful they can be and to show how much people favor these business models more than the traditional business models.

With so many things that need to be done, there will have to be some priorities in the very start of the project. These will be Javul’s own unit so we can provide better tools to all units and also the US government Unit, which will aim to create a new system of government.