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One which provides the means for people to gather together and communicate.
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A Principled Community
The History of Humankind...
The history of mankind can be viewed as the history of people working together to build and maintain communities, usually for the purpose of improving the quality of life of their individual members. What kept communities together was communication, common interest and shared values. In the modern world, history, culture, and technology have combined to create circumstances which pose a threat to human existence itself—but also the opportunity to meet human needs like never before.
New communication technology, especially the Internet and its person-to-person interactive dynamic offer an opportunity to build and sustain virtual communities which can deal with the problems and opportunities facing mankind, and yet still respect and support each of us as individuals. We are creating just such a process and a community.*
What kind of community are we creating?
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12 Principles of Community
All members of this community adhere to and support these foundational principles, which in turn support the community's ability to help each member achieve their own best life possible.
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One where people can enjoy themselves and the company of others.
Three
One where people can pursue their highest level of creative and spiritual expression.
Four
A resource for people to pursue their interests, to exchange information, to conceive ideas, to execute projects, to do business, and to do so with the voluntary cooperation of others who wish to help.
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One where people have freedom of thought, and the freedom to choose.
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One where people understand the need for and accept their responsibility for the well-being of the community as a whole—which in turn contributes back to the achievement of individual objectives.
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One where people respect the rights of others, and in turn can expect that their own rights will be respected.
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One where decisions are made through conversation and consensus, and where stakeholders' decision making power is in proportion to their stake in the outcome of decisions.
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A self-supportive network that can draw from the talents and resources of all the people who want to be involved and who approve of these guidelines.
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An organization which provides equal opportunity for members to participate to the full extent of their ability, at the appropriate time, when they are most needed, for the benefit of the Community, and for their own sake.
Eleven
A financially sustainable organization which creates value by serving peoples’ real needs, and which strives to measure that value in true currency. True currency is one which, through its exchange, naturally rewards those who serve the true needs of people. Surplus currency ("profit") is to be used to ensure that the organization can provide ever increasing value to its members.
Twelve
A living organism that creates value for itself, its participants, and for society at large, and for our living foundation, the Earth.
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