Experience - Membership Rules

→ What are the community’s rules

• Don’t Initiate Harm, Don’t commit Fraud, Don’t infringe on others social or economic freedoms.
• Any agreement fields accepted by all involved.
•  Rules are derived from purpose and values as well as any external rules from governments in authoritative positions. In short, anything that opposes the health, happiness or success of the soil, individuals, the community or the world would be against “the rules”. Note regarding happiness, this means preventing their happiness, not necessarily doing things that make someone happy in the moment, like feeding an addiction would, rather it is about their long term happiness. Not giving someone ice cream won’t make them happy, but it’s also not preventing them from being fulfilled and when considering the effects of sugar on the body, it would be going against their health and success, which would negatively impact their overall happiness…  

→ What does the community expect from each member?

• Inspiration, Honesty, Integrity, Communication, 
• Reciprocation to the collective 

→ What can the member expect from the community?

• Reciprocation
• Non-Debt based energy exchanges
• The honoring of agreed upon processes especially that of a solutionary culture and bringing accountability and/or proposals to the collective in the quest for solutions
• Honesty and transparency in the system
• Distribution and sharing
• Clear communication
• Access to the collective commons when in good standing
• The ability and freedom to be a creator and reach one’s full potential without purposeful judgement, envy, jealousy, or blocking
• Basic needs, access to meant for wellness fulfillment and personal development. Meaningful and purposeful roles. 
• Clarity of roles with responsibilities and accountabilities.

→ What is considered “out of bounds” misbehavior?

• TBD based on agreements
• Most felonies
• Violation of consent

→ What are the rules for online interactions?

• The container set by the facilitator or by the call prep sheet
• Any marketing agreements if marketing
• In alignment with the purpose and values of the community.  

→ What are the guidelines for in-person gatherings?

•  Depends on space agreements for that time/space and omnipresent space agreements 

→ How does the community deal with inactive members?

•  Paused from the system. A re-entry process is needed if re-entry is requested. Will depend on available role, past integrity, and many other factors. 

→ What happens if someone doesn’t follow the rules?

• Depends on what it is. A gentle reminder is usually a good start or a hand signal to remind. 
• Will typically be outlined in the space agreements or culture codes. The general intention is to bring people back into flow and integrity, not shame or punishment. 

→ Which entity has the authority to create, change and enforce rules?

• Anyone can bring accountability to honor a clearly posted agreement field. 
• Stewards can also keep track of agreements and ask for accountability. 
• All members are to use the solutionary culture guidelines when handling these issues 
• Currency as a means of enforcing rules and/or the loss of reciprocation sometimes is all that’s needed. 
• The whole group that has gathered with clear intentions and agreements may hold someone accountable for misconduct or for irresponsible behavior, or negligence
• A process can be enacted and honored. If the member doesn’t honor the process, then they could lose currency and have no place to sleep, or if persists would have to leave right away. Since they are not renting, but accessing based on clear agreement fields, they would need to operate within that, or lose access and have an expired contract. 
• In Holocracy, the rules are originally stated in the constitution and can be modified at governance meetings. 
• We will be using purpose and values as opposed to rules, which are far easier for people to intuitively understand as opposed to rules which require memorization and often legal authorities to interpret. A more appropriate term might be accountabilities and responsibilities.
• Each role has accountabilities and responsibilities which role holders agree to. The other side of rules might be, space agreements, community agreements and culture codes. 
• Culture codes are created by those holding space, space agreements are created by those who created the physical space, and community agreements are created at the founding of the community and can only be modified through governance, which all active and affected co-creators may participate.