Sticky: The Task List

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Updated: Wednesday 2 October 2024

This is where you can find the task list for the Mahsa Act project.
The project will be worked-on in this forum.

Mahsa Act targets Iran's Supreme Leader, key officials, and entities, imposing various sanctions. Specific focus is placed on the abuses that followed Amini's death.
The Act mandates Congress to oversee the implementation of these sanctions. The President is required to report to Congress annually, on the applicable individuals, and to justify any waivers granted.

We need to exert pressure on the US Administration to implement and enforce this legislation. For this, we need a large number of volunteers.

The original document was here.
The original description of the Mahsa Act project was here.

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Note:

• Task IDs are unique and permanent identifiers. They do not imply execution sequence.

• States may be: Open, Completed, Cancelled, Future, Ongoing.

Task ID: 1
Description: Find volunteers.
State: Ongoing
Volunteers: Everyone
Notes: This is always a need, as people come and go, or additional skills are sought.

Task ID: MA3
Description: Identify the latest state of the implementation of the Mahsa Act.
State: Completed
Volunteers: Mitra
Notes:

Task ID: MA2
Description: Identify the processes necessary for implementing, and enforcing, the Mahsa Act.
State: Future
Volunteers:
Notes:

Task ID: MA4
Description: Write a summary of the Mahsa Act, for the general public.
State: Completed
Volunteers: Mitra
Notes:

Task ID: MA7
Description: Locate concentrations of Iranian-Americans. Cities and neighborhoods. Including numbers.
State: Open
Volunteers:
Notes:

Task ID: MA5
Description: Identify different types of elections in the US: Presidency, senate, congress, governor, etc.
State: Open
Volunteers:
Notes:

Task ID: MA6
Description: Identify different electoral districts; if applicable, for different types of elections.
State: Open
Volunteers:
Notes:

Task ID: MA8
Description: Identify the electoral districts where Iranian-Americans constitute a significant number–and for which types of election.
State: Future
Volunteers:
Notes:

Task ID: MA9
Description: Identify the incumbents, and party affiliation, and contact info, for the electoral districts where Iranian-Americans constitute a potentially consequential number.
State: Future
Volunteers:
Notes:

Task ID: MA10
Description: Compose concise, impactful letters for lobbying political incumbents.
State: Future
Volunteers:
Notes:

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Currently, Task States are
Unassigned, Assigned, Started, Ongoing, Paused, Completed, Postponed, Cancelled.

But, it may turn out (and, arguably, it perhaps ought to be) that volunteers will come-and-go on an ad hoc basis. That is, instead of accepting _assignment_, people will just post a contribution without being tied to a Task at all; in other words, a patch, rather than full implementation.

Yes, frequently, someone will have to put all of these patches together, in the same manner that _I_ had to do the precis for the Summary Task, MA4. But, that will be fine; and other Finishers may arise. (Finishers would be people who put all the patches together, to form a final result for the completion of the task. I expect that they will sift thru the entire Topic, to pick the fruits.)

What's the difference between Paused & Postponed?
More to the point, what is Paused?
... For now, I think we should skip it. While a need might arise later, simplicity suggests that we ought to skip it until its need becomes manifest.

Tasks designated as Postponed can be put back on the Future queue (which are all the tasks which are not yet seeking volunteers). If a need arises, we can use the state-name at that time.

I'll try the following States:

• Open: Anything that is seeking volunteers, or is being worked on.
• Completed: Results achieved, and put together by Finishers.
• Cancelled: Cancelled, for whatever reason.
• Future: Not yet seeking volunteers, or no-one should currently be working on it.
• Ongoing: Finding new volunteers is a perpetual task.