UBI Works

State

• Discussing fundraising materials and donor communication strategies [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Suggesting improvements to slides 10 and 11 of a pitch deck related to objection handling and political engagement [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Proposing to frame the Nation Builder transition as a planned migration [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Operating budget allocation is approximately $75,000versusCommonwealt{h}^{\prime }s$300,000 [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Suggesting hours spent with politicians as the primary metric for political engagement success [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Action items include rewriting donor transition letter, prioritizing basic income petition launch email to BC segment, completing new email template for petition, working on “restart your learning journey” and “welcome series” emails, sending personalized donation platform transition emails to donors, refreshing donor deck, providing budget allocation estimate for transparency, holding off on donor re-up email, and removing/deprioritizing “study the software build” for Andrew [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Collaborating with Floyd on defining metrics and scorecard for the Perspective Initiative/political outreach role [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
• Their content has been migrated to action-network.
• Working on a trip series; first five emails are in progress.
• Blog article published (2026-05-12); V2 pending floyd-marinescu’s revisions — deferred until after GOS conference proposal.
• Action Network account was frozen (list review) but is now unlocked; DMARC testing next.
• Donation widget (Action Network) has column layout bug — support ticket to be filed by Liam with screenshots. [Source: Zoom summary, 2026-05-21]
• Email comms strategy: learning journey restart email first → donor appeal email separate, deferred until slide deck updated. [Source: Zoom summary, 2026-05-21]
• Frank Peddle has boxes of files to be reviewed and ingested into Hugh’s GBrain. [Source: Zoom summary, 2026-05-21]
• New LVT empirical paper (implicit LVT in US property taxes) shared internally — positive effects on wages, population, business formation.
• BICN/NationBuilder list export not yet done; Liam to follow up with Ben.
• Brian Eno outreach EXECUTED May 15 (birthday) — graphic published and sent.
• Angela Marx (7,265 followers) engagement ongoing.
• Scott Santens (31,304 followers) engaged on UBI Works Bluesky post 2026-05-16 (AI/Senators post).
• Both sites (ubiworks.ca, commonwealth.ca) fully healthy as of May 15 sitewalk.

Timeline

• 2026-05-27 | Reviewed fundraising materials, discussed donor communication strategies, Nation Builder transition, and political engagement scorecard. Noted operating budget allocation of $75KforUBIWorksvs$300K for Commonwealth. Referenced in 2026-05-27-ubi-works-commonwealth-fundraising. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e6a165baf480b9, 2026-05-27]
• 2026-05-21 | Ken + Liam meeting: donation widget bug (Action Network support ticket to be filed), Hue/Squarespace integration in progress, event planning with Frank (~45–50 people, $300/hr venue, Marianne to quote), email sequencing decided — learning journey restart first, then separate donor appeal after slide deck updated. Liam to feed Frank’s boxes of files into Hugh’s GBrain. Referenced in ubi-works-meeting-2026-05-21-website-comms. [Source: Zoom summary, gmail_id 19e4b293, 2026-05-21]
• 2026-05-16 | Scott Santens (31,304 followers) commented on AI/Senators Bluesky post: “They all should sign the AI Pledge for Humanity.” Qualifying comment sent to influencer-influencing. [Source: Hugh sessions fb974f58 + 3155f619, 2026-05-16]
• 2026-05-15 | Brian Eno birthday (77). UBI Works graphic published and sent via planned outreach. [Source: Hugh session dc412b47 + dream cycle, 2026-05-15]
• 2026-05-14 | Scott Santens (31,285 followers) commented on Floyd’s post: “People may not want that to be true, because there are so many other reasons to support UBI, but I do think it’s true regardless.” Qualifying comment sent to influencer-influencing. [Source: Hugh session e6322672, 2026-05-14]
• 2026-05-12 | Ops sync: blog published (V2 pending Floyd feedback), GOS conference proposal in progress, Action Network unlocked, new LVT empirical paper shared, BICN NationBuilder export pending. liam-wilkinson and ken collaboration. Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-05-12
• 2026-05-12 | Martin Adams Bhutan briefing held in UBI Works meeting room — GMC/LVT land governance discussion. martin-adams, frank-peddle, ken, Andrew present. Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-05-12
• 2026-05-11 | Their project updates and Action Network migration were discussed in a meeting involving liam-wilkinson and ken. Also discussed BC history article, LVT, and a Vancouver report. floyd-marinescu provided input on early trip series emails. Source: UBI Works Meeting Summary (2026-05-11)
• 2026-05-11 | Updated: Brian Eno outreach note + Angela Marx engagement + May 11 sitewalk failure note. Source: 2026-05-11 — Hugh GBrain Dream Cycle

See Also

• liam-wilkinson

• action-network

• universal-basic-income

• scott-santens — 31K followers, engages regularly with UBI Works Bluesky

• angela-marx — 7.3K followers, automation-framing commenter

• brian-eno — cultural endorser, birthday outreach target

• rachel-wales — 10.7K followers, Ontario welfare critique, qualifying commenter May 16

• 2026-05-26 | Tianbo-Liam research meeting: LVT incidence analysis presented (BC Assessment data). ~50% of lower-income HHs lose under LVT due to high land-to-net-worth ratios. Referenced in ubi-works-meeting-2026-05-26-tianbo-liam. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-05-26]

• 2026-05-27 | Social media performance review + AI content strategy. Phil reported Instagram/X drops from bot cleanup; TikTok/Facebook growth. Discussed AI displacement content, tax inequality framing, Mark Cuban token tax, Mallory McLaughlin AI jobs plan. Action: Liam to follow up with insurance broker re Phil’s Quebec HSA. Referenced in 2026-05-27-ubi-works-social-media-ai-content. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e6ae478c51664a, 2026-05-27]

• 2026-05-26 | Ken Yang deployed updated /commonwealth and new /bclvt pages on progress.org via Ghost CMS. Hugh handled image CDN upload, bare template deployment, and viewport meta fix. Referenced in agent-webdev-and-content. [Source: Ken Yang DM session, 2026-05-26]

• 2026-05-26 | Scott Santens (31,855 followers — up from 31,304) engaged with Tyee article Bluesky post: “Especially for artists. It offers the hope and stability we need.” [Source: Hugh social scan session dc412b47, 2026-05-26]

• 2026-05-27 | Full Commonwealth Canada board meeting. CRM migration complete (NationBuilder → Stripe + Action Network, ~$150/mo).Floydsecured$100K from A.V. Bryant + Emma Davis. LVT BC simulation under vetting (results 2-3 weeks). Vulnerability index in development. Liam to set up new donor portals (Commonwealth + SES), publish static LVT BC model after vetting, model LVT-on-banks scenario, refine vulnerability index. Referenced in 2026-05-27-commonwealth-canada-board-meeting. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e6b7b3, 2026-05-27]

• 2026-05-28 | Ken + Liam tactical sync: prioritized donor re-up letters (before June, Liam personalizing per donor) over deck completion. Deck = incremental edits to May 2026 version (remove bar chart, add cumulative reach). Partner-org event at Impact Hub smaller room. Liam working session w/ Tempo at 12:30. Two new learning channels + old-member re-up after donor letters (target Monday). Referenced in 2026-05-28-ubi-works-ken-liam-donor-deck. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e6f2ec, 2026-05-28]