The purpose of the Twelve Lights League is to TeLL or inform the American public about an optimistic campaign – to restore America the beautiful under God and the written Constitution. We would wage this campaign of hope under the banner of one arch-amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an interlocking unit of comprehensive reforms organized into a total of twelve sections.

          To conduct this campaign, TeLL proposes the book, Treatise on Twelve Lights. This interactive book is available on computer disk by donating to TeLL. The book is also accessible online at no charge. Please click here, or on the icon to your right, for free internet access to the book's full text.

          This book, and its non-profit sponsor, TeLL, inc., aim to inform activist citizens on how to rescue America the Beautiful and restore the scepter to our lex rex, the written Constitution. Of course, no such populist initiative will be possible without mass circulation of the plan on how to proceed. Delegating its distribution to volunteers and individual entrepreneurs goes with the flow of the design's very democratic nature.

          Decentralization can tap into populist energy.  Rather than rely on corporate America to plant our crop, we must trust to Providence – as did the great educator, John Baptist de la Salle, the patron saint of teachers.  His pioneering school system prospered in France only after he gave away his personal fortune and relied on mendicancy.

          Accordingly, all copyright restriction is hereby lifted on free or donation-only distribution of this interactive book in various electronic forms, including the following:

•         CD street editions distributed for donation by pedestrians / vendors

•         CD editions distributed online in return for donations

•         CD editions attached as promos for other products in the retail market

•         CD editions for non-profit distribution

•         CD editions snail-mailed to readers

•         Editions sent as email attachments

•         Editions freely posted on web sites.

          Initially, this interactive book will go public in English, and as soon as possible in Spanish.  Individuals are authorized to solicit monetary compensation for the costs of vending, and tips for the labor involved in marketing the book, but suppliers may impose a code of moral conduct on street vendors.

          General George Patton of WW II fame once advised, “Never tell people how to do things.  Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” In that spirit, the initial strategic objective is to help publicize and circulate enough copies of this interactive book to reach America's political readers.  May God bless the application of your ingenuity on one or more of the following tasks.

Volunteer Efforts to Undertake on One’s Own Initiative [Computer Related]

•         Email links to an internet site where this book can be read online.

•         Create your own blog, or email list-server, featuring discussions about Treatise on Twelve Lights.

•         Email excerpts of this interactive book to friends, netizens, or email trees.

•         Forward email trees to TeLL, PO Box 1415, Bremerton WA 98337.

•         Manufacture CD versions of Treatise on Twelve Lights.

•         Distribute such CDs by eBay in return for donations (see below).

•         Bring typographical or other editing errors in the manuscript to TeLL’s attention, for correction in future editions.

•    Email correspondence to the author, who can then incorporate constructive criticism / suggestions into future editions of the interactive book.

Please see a prayer approved for TeLL, inc. by its chaplain, Fr. Tom O’Callaghan.

Copyright Provisions for
Treatise on Twelve Lights (TOTL)

Copyright © 2005, revised ed., 2010

Individuals are hereby authorized to distribute this interactive book (TOTL) in electronic format for whatever donation the market will yield.  Suppliers are authorized to reproduce the interactive version of TOTL, in whole or in part, on disk or on the Internet — provided that any portions of the text or the audio/visual materials shall be excerpted so as to convey no distortion of the overall meaning in its context; and provided further that translations into other languages remain faithful to the English original.

    Bookstores and other retail outlets may, at will, reproduce TOTL in interactive electronic formats – by means of their own choosing – and may vend them online or otherwise in return for donations by their customers.  But stores or retail outlets large enough to have paid employee(s) in addition to the owner(s) must write quarterly reports on the quantity and general locations of retail donations/sales.  These reports must be forwarded at the firm’s expense to TeLL.

•         Help create and/or moderate a headquarters blog to facilitate a decentralized campaign.  Here we should study the pioneering work of Joe Trippi and his colleagues in promoting political candidacies, and where applicable employ their methods to the dissemination of Treatise on Twelve Lights

•         Provide anti-hacker / spammer assistance against efforts to vandalize or otherwise disrupt the project.

Volunteer Efforts to Undertake on One’s Own Initiative [Non-Computer Related]

•         Read and discuss Treatise on Twelve Lights with family and friends. 

•         Monitor press coverage, editorials, and columns re this book; send copies to TeLL.  This will help with apologetics and public relations.

•         Obtain snail-mailing list(s) and forward to TeLL headquarters.

•         Snail mail CDs (verified virus-free) containing this interactive book to prospective readers.

•         Hand deliver a CD to each state legislator in your district.  Send copies to state legislators and media people.

•         Pursue grant writing to secure funding or in-kind contributions like printing.

•         Advertise on private property, for example by billboards, placards, posters, banners or yard signs.

•         Set up a network of volunteers.

•         Arrange a rally or teach-in.

•         Put together a speakers bureau for such events.

•         Make in-kind contributions, such as paid advertisements, blank CDs, CD burners, computers, printing equipment / facilities, office space.

•         Work telephones, answer mail, and prepare mailings, etc.

•         Recruit a first-rate translator (English to Spanish, or to some other language)

•         Form a local chapter of the Twelve Lights League (TeLL) in your community; in your factory or office; on your campus.

•         Donate to legitimate affiliated funds. Donate to TeLL.

Distribution by various foundations and non-profit corporations

•         Distribute CDs of this interactive book as a gift in gratitude for contributions to your cause. 

•         Tithe an appropriate portion of the proceeds to TeLL.

Distribution by profit making corporations [see copyright provisions above]

•         Attach a copy of this interactive book to your product to promote retail sales.

•         Advertise that a fifth of your associated profits on the sales will go to TeLL.

Street Distribution by ad hoc groups or individuals

•         Distribute CDs containing this interactive book at church, synagogue or mosque.

•         Distribute such CDs at other organizations where the individual is a member.

•         Hand out such CDs in public places – like county fairs, shopping malls, parking lots or sidewalks outside retail stores, or by doorbelling. 

•         Study proven methods, like ways that political candidates and referendum campaigns distribute literature, or the methods of distribution pioneered by The Gideons, or by street newspapers like Seattle’s Real Change, or its equivalent in most US big cities.

•         Create distribution centers, and arrange vendor pick up points, for street editions.

•         Avail CD copies of the book to street vendors, (a) for free, or (b) at a subsidized price, or (c) at no more than cost of creating/distributing the CD.  Then motivate your vendors by urging them to keep any profits from sales, as follows.

SALES / DONATIONS:

In addition to the distribution of free electronic copies, we authorize street vendors, online vendors, and various retailers to solicit donations for computer disks containing Treatise on Twelve Lights.  They may propose whatever price the market will bear.  This exemption from copyright restrictions is granted provided there is no substantive change in the text (excepting faithful translations into foreign languages), and provided this interactive book is not withheld from a would-be reader who requests a copy but cannot afford a donation.  But online distribution (by eBay, etc.) does not obligate the vendor to incur shipping costs.

            None of the aforesaid exemptions from copyright restrictions apply or are valid unless: 

•         There is no substantive change in the text, (excepting faithful translations into foreign languages), nor inclusion of anything on a CD labeled Treatise on Twelve Lights other than the data created by the author, Robert Struble, Jr.

•         Any solicitation of money for this interactive book is by donation only – although a CD may be attached to some other product offered for sale.

In return for spreading Treatise on Twelve Lights to all corners of America, let any donation be a gratuity or tip to the person or to the group who exhibit entrepreneurship in distributing this interactive book.  But let donations for street editions be given not to the supplier, but to the vendor who carries out the distribution – whether in a newsstand, vending machine, countertop CD display rack, or by means of hand distribution. 

As for hardcopy editions, and in all respects contrary to what this page indicates, let the copyright stand – in violation of which, legal means may be used against reproducers or distributors [at least until further notice].

And so…

to all volunteers, vendors, and suppliers – Godspeed! 

On June 14, 2005, TeLL was incorporated as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Washington (see charter below).  Given that the book is intended for free distribution online, and via CD's on a donation basis, your contributions are not only welcome but crucial.  If you prefer to donate online, please click here, or send a pledge to TeLL headquarters at the email address below.  At this writing, you can directly contact the Twelve Lights League, TeLL, inc., as follows: