Council on Local Relations · Think and Act Locally · Unrivaled Marketing Solutions
How it fits
Three parts work as one system. One keeps the record. One is where people act on it. One pays for the work. The Council’s seats sit in the middle.
RecordCouncil on Local RelationsPeopleThink and Act LocallyEngineUnrivaled Marketing SolutionsThe seatsThe record
The Council on Local Relations keeps the public record of a place: what local government decides, spends and owes, and the measurable floor people live on (food, water, energy, shelter, health, safety and work). Software does much of the gathering and checking. Every figure carries its source, and every correction is published.
The people
Think and Act Locally is where people act in the place they live: the town’s Herald, the Civic Calendar, community and the local directory. It holds what a record can’t: belonging, and everything people build above the floor.
The engine
Unrivaled Marketing Solutions is the commercial side. It works with local businesses and with the operators who run each town, through services such as Glass, and that work pays for and distributes the record and the Herald.
The rule that keeps it honest
UMS pays for the record, so UMS can never touch it. The Council’s Charter says no part of this system pays for, buys or steers the record. Our clients get the same record as everyone else, and Think and Act Locally’s directory says which businesses we work with. Read the Charter →
The seats in the middle
The Council is a set of seats. Each one keeps part of the record on CLR, and each one has a door for people on TAAL. See the seats and where you come in →
What happens when you…
…check a fact
That's the record: the Council on Local Relations.
…want to show up, volunteer or add an event
That's the people: Think and Act Locally.
The Civic Calendar →Add your event →Run a town as an operator →
…own a local business and want to be seen
That's the engine: Unrivaled Marketing Solutions and its Glass service.