Discussion Topic: Joint Property Ownership…
Convenor: Lynne
Participants: Anthea, Dee and Annmarie

Discussion Topic: “What do we do when it’s not fun anymore?”
Convenor: Ingrid
Scribe: Chris
Participants: Chris, Alexa, Daniel, John

Key Discussion Points:

When single individuals are very difficult to deal with
Conflicts that are hard to resolve
When nobody enjoys doing certain things that are necessary
Too many rules
Disconnection among people

Answers:

Connection before correction
Consciousness of choice
Empathy sessions as spiritual practice
Reflection of our perception of fun

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Discussion Topic: Nature group
Convenor: John
attended, Anthea & Robert

Nature works well when left alone
Nature works poorly when "we" change it
Most of society appears to work "unnaturally"
Community Property...90% permanent easement, 10% community
"We will do no harm to anything"...where are the lines drawn?
We will be attracted to other communities that meet our philosophy, "our rules"
We would need to agree on how nature works
Creation = thoughts, words and actions
Do we live with nature independent of the world?
Larger communities may work more efficiently....someone is always willing to perform inconvenient tasks.
Money...unnatural, but required
Community may decide to find ways to exist without money or use as little as possible
Natural essentials...shelter, food, water
We must be aware of "inclusion"... inclusions mean that there are also exclusions

Conclusions... Base a community on how nature works as best we can, and, choose what works and what does not work.

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Discussion Topic: What does inclusive mean? Evaluate participants in community.
Conveyors: U’liana, Helen
Contributors: John, Robert, Anne Marie, Ingrid, Daniel, Anthea, Dee

Discussion Points and Conclusion
· Use of Handwriting analysis as an evaluation tool?
· Other means of evaluating applicants
· Creating the energy that invites the iright people
· Protection needs
· What are the steps for establishing communities
· May want to start with fears
· New community vs. existing community – living energy
· Looking at the world from viewpoint of oneness
· Defined philosophy as part of ongoing attraction
· How do you keep the community together
· Maybe rely on vote by existing members
· Other ways exist to deal with ownership transition
· We are attached to the models we know already
· May be we need to define what we want differently
· Why can’t we just trust and accept
· Innocence, naïve
· Where does safety really reside – people or rules
· How do you define community to meet all needs
· Related values creating an identity
· Opportunity to model values while letting others be who they are
· Reality of ego involvement inherent in community
· Fragile stability
· Need to know where the boundaries are
· Context of belief that we create a world together
· Important to have a system that supports a feeling of strong field
· Consciousness and skills replace rules (NVC & Connection)
· NVC = Non-violent communication
· May require training in NVC or other program
· Key that a community sees as important the need to include all and not just elite – open community
· Diversity and seeing the richness of life

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Discussion Topic: Existing Communities - why not simply join them rather than build it ourselves?

Convenor: Daniel
Scribe: Daniel & Lynne
Participants: Lynne, Susan, BJ

What is the deeper desire behind my dream for a community?

• feeling and sensing belonging
• generate & experience peace
• global village
• living oneness
• be with people who have the same desire, feeling etc.
• longing to be part of something bigger
• joining existing communities may open us to a LARGER CONTEXT
• integral - deepening awareness that our local action is mking a difference
• build a tangible field of oneness
• connecting to connections

Is our intention:

1. family centric?
2. tribe centric ?
3. global centric?

We are interested in an "inclusive network of communities".

Existing communities that we talked about:
The ONE Campaign: www.one.org - watch the video, add your voice
The Peace Force: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

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