Laird Schaub was a community expert; he led the Foundation for Intentional Communities, was a force in the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, did consulting to many communities, and lived at Sandhill Community for many years. This is his thoughts on the "essential agreements' to make community work.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/03/three-essential-agreements/

Three Essential Agreements

from Laird’s Commentary on Community and Consensus (Monday, May 18, 2009) Two days ago, the FIC held a Community Building Day at Kimberton Hills (30 miles west of Philadelphia) and about 56 p…

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Agreements

The ins and outs of making agreements

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If someone is causing problems in your community, how can you get them out? Maybe you should figure this out before it becomes a problem?

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/agreements-and-policies-11/

Agreements and Policies #11

11: Expelling a Member by Raven Okay.  Here’s yet another thing few new communities want to think about.  How and when do you tell someone to leave?  Who gets to decide?  What d…

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The Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag has announced its opposition to plans put forward by Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) to connect agreed-upon weekl... https://news.osna.fm/?p=51665 | #news #advocating #agreements #bargaining #collective
Union Opposes Linking Working Hours to Collective Bargaining Agreements While Advocating for Flexibility - Osna.FM

German labor reform debate shifts as unions withdraw resistance to ministerial plans linking weekly work hours to collective agreements.

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Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) intends to link changes to the Working Time Act, specifically allowing a transition from daily to weekly working hours, to exist... https://news.osna.fm/?p=51605 | #news #agreements #collective #flexible #german
German Labor Minister Proposes Linking Flexible Working Hours to Collective Agreements while Strengthening Time Tracking - Osna.FM

Discover how flexible working arrangements are evolving, linking work time liberalization to collective bargaining agreements.

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Violence and abuse are things no one wants to think about happening in their communites, but it's important to be prepared, just in case.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/agreements-and-policies-9/

Agreements and Policies #9

9: Policies around Violence and Abuse by Raven As I’ve said, these policies are getting trickier and less fun as we go into the harder and harder ones.  These are the policies you don’t want t…

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/597859/government-facing-up-to-5-billion-bill-over-carbon-credits-treasury-reveals The government was "gonna do everything we can" to honour the country's Paris Agreement pledge to halve emissions by 2030, Christopher Luxon said. DO IT #nzpol #NetZero #agreements #credibility #vote
Government facing up to $5 billion bill over carbon credits, Treasury reveals

However, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has said she doesn't want to see billions of dollars go offshore to pay for credits.

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When facilitating, I prefer the words agreements or covenants, not ground rules. Why? Because ground rules are handed down from on high.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/10/covenants-not-ground-rules

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/116720085787773218

🗨️ If you have a man like that as head of state, all you can do is pray -

President Aoun is driving forward the #displacement and Israeli massacres of the Lebanese people the "soft" way: through economic #agreements with #Europe and the #US, in order to prolong the destruction for a few more years ...

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Aoun to CNN: "These are our homes being destroyed (what business is it of #iran 's)?"

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