Definitions and Considerations

Commune Thoughts Communal definition; public vs private (needs; spaces; tools; etc.) all need be discussed. Bylaws (wow, “You’re not doing it right!” bugaboo, but this is both personal, and easy to attack by exactly that type of personality)

  • “Twain’s Nose” … and some kind of council to make decisions
  • Provisional membership and the “culture” bugaboo
  • Temporary and “Intern” members? “Visitors”
  • Rights within the community
  • Responsibilities within the community
  • Expulsion causes and appeals
  • Assets on enrollment
  • Assets on abandonment (by individuals, by whole group / last member)
  • Secular: Imaginary friends and fathers/mothers are woefully unreliable. “Mysterious ways” excuses don’t feed us.
  • Sex: Personal choices, no “policy.” In my experience only sociopaths can handle free love and they are willing to sacrifice you for their whims. Always.
  • Food issues are a basic window. Lactose intolerance, vegetarianism, veganism, nut allergies
  • Assigned governance rather than voluntary (Greek Democracy)

“Making a Living” Agrarian base (farm), but outside businesses (611 Main? Offers year round town sanctuary, large apartment which could be repurposed (or split purpose), full street level retail and/or studio space (again, can be split, or added to out back [both floors?]), and short basement (thermally protected but unusable as public space. Roof? Yard in back? Carport?) “Consultations” & web work are an easy option but may not be sustainable through an economic collapse. Publisher (same)? WG/Laura/PC themed gee-gaws (same),

Reading list for applicants (what about those who struggle with reading? Still critical info)

  • Collapse (Jared Diamond) his Changes Everything (Naomi Klein)
  • Haidt on morality and balance https://youtu.be/8SOQduoLgRw
  • Oscar Wilde’s Soul of Man essay
  • "Justice" - https://youtu.be/H0CTHVCkm90
  • 1984 - (George Orwell) (see: Alexa) Notes fron Catalonia, and Animal Farm (Congress, Church Councils)
  • George Monbiot Essays:
  • (Crash Course American History is a pretty good series)
  • Anything of Noam Chomsky's
  • [Web Essay Archive (legal issues with posting)] (build this)

Skills Needed Now:

  • Mechanical
  • Carpentry (this I can teach)
  • Horticultural (this I can teach)
  • Bookkeeping

Social will depend on group: Children = teaching, daycare; Large Group = Cooking, Poop,

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