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ConsensusPocketReference.tex

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-			\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{src/how-to-consensus-zine/border-edited.png}%
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 \begin{center}
-		{\Huge\textbf{Intro to}}\\[0.3cm]
+	\vspace*{1cm}
-		{\Huge\textbf{Achieving}}\\[0.3cm]
-		{\Huge\textbf{Consensus}}\\[1cm]
 	
-		{\Large Consensus Decision Making (CDM)}\\[0.2cm]
+	{\Huge\textbf{Intro to}}\\[0.2cm]
-		{\Large Intro and Reference}\\[1cm]
+	{\Huge\textbf{Achieving}}\\[0.2cm]
+	{\Huge\textbf{Consensus}}\\[0.5cm]
 	
-		\emph{``The commons are those things\\
+	{\Large Consensus Decision Making (CDM)}\\[0.1cm]
-			that we all own together,\\
+	{\Large Intro and Reference}\\[0.75cm]
-			that are neither privately owned,\\
-			nor managed by the government.''}
-			
-		\vspace{1cm}
 	
 \end{center}
 		

MakerCheck.tex

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 			\end{minipage}%
 			\noindent
 			
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+				\shortstack{\small Notes / Type of Work / Availibility\\[0.6cm]\rule{3.5in}{0.4pt}}
-				\shortstack{\small Signature\\[0.6cm]\rule{1.5in}{0.4pt}}
+				\shortstack{\small Signature\\[0.6cm]\rule{3.5in}{0.4pt}}
 				\vspace{0.2cm}
 			\end{minipage}
 			

ScopeSequencing.tex

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 }
 
 \vspace*{\fill}
 {\centering 
-	\huge \textbf{Building A Common}\par
+	\huge \textbf{Building Durable}
+	
+	\huge \textbf{Communities}
+	
 	\vspace{1em} % Space between title and subtitle
 	\Large Security and Stability Comes
 	
@@ -112,8 +115,6 @@
 \vspace*{\fill}
 	
 	
-
-
 	\pagebreak
 	
 	\vspace{1cm}
@@ -153,6 +154,41 @@
 		\end{enumerate}
 	\end{multicols}
 	
+	\pagebreak
+	
+	\section{Durable Communities}
+	
+	\vspace{0.2cm}
+	
+	A durable community is one that is designed to last for generations. The intent towards durability does create some limitations on the kinds of communities that you can create. 
+	
+	By durable we mean an organization that is intended to have stability long after all of the original organizers have moved on or passed the organization down to the next generation. Members of such an organization should have guaranteed rights to access the fruits of the organization, but do not have the right to destroy or dismember the organization. 
+	
+	\subsection{How does an organization have durability?}
+	
+	An organization may have durability when organizers create structures that add the design features of a stable commons. We can see a breakdown of these design principals in section 2. 
+	
+	In addition to the organization structure, when decisions are made through a consensus process is also an important feature. We can see a breakdown of the consensus process in section 4.
+	
+	Durability is supported by members having trust in mutual aid with each other. We can see a process for boot-strapping trust in section 6.  
+	
+	\subsection{How does an organization lack durability?}
+	
+	When members have a shareholder model then there needs to be a cash-out process. Cash-outs can destabilize an organization. This is treating shared resources like an investment, instead of a commons. 
+	
+	When an organization is transitioned from one generation to the next as ownership, there is a problem where the inheritors may not be interested in participation. Disinterested members might want to exit the organization, and get their personal value back out of it. Members exiting without a desire to maintain stability can cause destabilization. 
+	
+	\subsection{How can commons be made durable?}
+	
+	Commons, if designed well, and governed well, could be a much more stable structure than cooperative private ownership. In the first generation, both a commons and a cooperatively owned business have similar benefits and stability to the members. The generational turnover is very different. A commons will use the decision making process established to accept new members when a previous member leaves or passes away. Allowing the commons to decide who ought to be included in future operation, stabilizes the organization. 
+	
+	\subsection{"7 Generation" Thinking}
+	
+	As a principal, we think that actions taken by an individual or group should take into account the effect 7 generations down the line. We think that building structures that provide abundant access to resources for generations from now is a design goal of organizing new communities and resources. 
+	
+	
+	
+	
 	\pagebreak
 	
 	\section{What is a Common}
@@ -221,6 +257,25 @@ Always remember that building a common is a step-by-step process. You will start
 	
 	
 	
+	\pagebreak
+	
+	\section{Why Build a Common?}
+	
+	From the Yana Ludwig reading:
+	
+	
+	\subsection{Spiritual or Religious}
+	\subsection{Cultural Preservation}
+	\subsection{Social Experimentation}
+	\subsection{Service-based}
+	Elements of service are common among intentional communities. Some are organized around the idea of service, while others have programs that serve the broader communities. This can include organizations that work with homeless populations or even organizations that run bulk food purchasing clubs.
+	\subsection{Economic Security}
+	In high cost of living areas, communities formed around economic security can be particularly effective at allowing creative and other groups to remain in place as costs rise. Communities can use tools such as income pooling, cost splitting, or cooperatively run business ventures to support economic access.
+	\subsection{Identity-based Safe Havens}
+	\subsection{Lifestyle and Comfort Enhancement}
+	\subsection{Ecological Sustainability}
+	
+	
 	\pagebreak
 	
 	\section{What is Consensus Process?}
@@ -265,32 +320,6 @@ A consensus meeting needs some structure to function. When running a meeting the
 	\vspace{1cm}
 	\pagebreak
 	
-\section{Why Build a Common?}
-
-From the Yana Ludwig reading:
-
-
-\subsection{Spiritual or Religious}
-\subsection{Cultural Preservation}
-\subsection{Social Experimentation}
-\subsection{Service-based}
-Elements of service are common among intentional communities. Some are organized around the idea of service, while others have programs that serve the broader communities. This can include organizations that work with homeless populations or even organizations that run bulk food purchasing clubs.
-\subsection{Economic Security}
-In high cost of living areas, communities formed around economic security can be particularly effective at allowing creative and other groups to remain in place as costs rise. Communities can use tools such as income pooling, cost splitting, or cooperatively run business ventures to support economic access.
-\subsection{Identity-based Safe Havens}
-\subsection{Lifestyle and Comfort Enhancement}
-\subsection{Ecological Sustainability}
-
-\pagebreak
-
-
-\linedpagetwo
-
-\linedpagetwo
-
-\vspace{1cm}
-
-\pagebreak
 	
 	\section{What is Property?}
 	\subsection{ Legal Definitions}
@@ -422,14 +451,14 @@ Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....
 		The internet and the smartphone have brought us closer together. The
 		very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in humanity -
 		cries out for universal kinship - for the unity of us all. Even now my
-words could reach billions throughout the world - billions of
+		words could reach millions throughout the world - millions of
 		despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that
-makes us torture and imprison each other in either the slavery of wage labor or the destitution of homelessness.
+		makes us choose either wage slavery or homeless destitution.
 		
 		To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now
 		upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of those who fear
 		the way of human progress. The rise of automation has taken so much away
-from so many, and the rewards, so far, given only to the few. As long as
+		from so many, and the rewards, taken by the Corporations. As long as
 		\textbf{we} have the ability to invent, \textbf{what which was taken} can
 		\textbf{not} be kept for long....
 		
@@ -443,15 +472,14 @@ Beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! In the name of
 		Community and Free Information let us use this power, let us all unite
 		towards a common project. Let us design a free and open source
 		production system to provide \textbf{abundance for \emph{all}}\emph{.}
-By the promise of abundance corporations have risen to power. But they
+		By the promise of abundance Corporations have risen to power. But they
 		lie! They do not fulfill that promise. \textbf{They never will!} Free
 		markets free Corporations, but they enslave the people! Now let us
 		design a better world, a world of local sustainable automated abundance
 		- to do away with greed, with hate and domination. Let us design for a
 		world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all
 		humanity's freedom. \textbf{Makers!} in the name of Freedom and
-Community, \textbf{let us all unite!}\footnote{Credit: Charlie Chaplin, Reworked by Kevin Harrington}
+		Community, \textbf{LET US ALL UNITE!}\footnote{Credit: Charlie Chaplin, Reworked by Kevin Harrington}
-
 	}
 	
 \end{document}