I should start at the beginning, but that is not where I am right now, so I'll work back to it.
In a nutshell, I intend to start an intentional community based on democratic managment, socialist social structure, and sustainability in everything as fondational (mission) points.
Interested paties should contact me. Tell me who you are and why you are interested.
Legal and Membership
LEGAL AND MEMBERSHIP What if I/we form a non-profit corporation, and lease the farm to the non-profit? Currently I’d be paying the corp for nothing but as the commune grows the payments can be spent on additional land. Incorporate and Lease option: Commune incorporates and leases farm from me (Bubba Free John’s thing was quasi religious and required members to donate (up to) everything to the collective. This reeks of CULT, and disallows the leaving of the commune (unless asset-less). Contrast this with Heinlein’s line marriage (fictional, but so was My Side, Erewhon, and Huxley) which set up assets for kids wanting to do something else with their lives. (That said, I do think we should buy up any nearby building sites and marginal pasture, even small plot field land that we can. Investment/future growth.) Commune leases land (and town bldg? Apt only?) from ME but much/most (after expenses)/all goes into trust fund to fund another piece of land wholly owned by commune (a...
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