Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

I was contacted late Friday afternoon from a company that had expressed interest in Gonave before.  After not hearing from them for about 4 months, I assumed they were waiting for further organization on their part, or to see if Gonave would turn into a SAR (Special Administrative Region). Well later Friday I got a phone call which lasted for about 2 hours.  I then had to make additional calls yesterday.  A company which chooses to remain unnamed, wanted to donate $100,000 US to get the Gonave ID program started.  They would have to have several things in place before donating the money.  One would be that a clear path of having Gonave autonomous with the Haitian government approval.  The second one would be that housing and basic infrastructure is funded, and a detailed plan is ironed out. This is great news, and a big push towards actual movement on Gonave.  I started this project almost a year ago, and it seems to be moving.  While we stil...

I was working with an attorney a few months back about developing a Basic Law document for Gonave.  In short a Basic Law would be very similar to a nation's constitution, except Gonave wouldn't be it's own nation.  As a result of being just an autonomous region, Gonave would have Basic Law, which is very similar to Hong Kong, and Macau which have a similar structure. I had even considered putting part of the Gonave Basic Law proposal online, but decided against it.  The document wasn't complete, and also for many other reasons.  I will talk some about the Basic Law idea, and how it will be important moving forward.  The persons who could run for office for example would have to meet the requirements of getting a Gonave ID with full right of/to abode. The Basic Law for Gonave would a legal document that establishes Gonave as a Special Administrative Region (or Zone).  The region would be within the Republic of Haiti, and while it is an autonomous, Haiti...