You can't design a community like you can a computer. The key component in communities is relationships.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/community-and-techie-fallacy/

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/

Okay, here's the ins and outs of making agreements.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/agreements/

If you're starting a community, you probably don't want to think about ending it. You probably should.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/24/agreements-and-policies-12/

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/

Sickness, disability, and death are scary subjects but they're part of life, and communities should be designed with them in mind.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/25/agreements-and-policies-10/

Even if you are hoping never to have serious conflict in your community, it's important to have conflict resolution structures in place. You really don't want to have to be figuing them out in the middle of a conflict.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/05/agreements-and-policies-8/

As you're starting a community, you want to think about people joining, not people leaving. But there will be people leaving at some point and it's important to handle departures well.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2024/01/15/agreements-and-policies-7/

Not every community seems to think that a membership policy is necessary, but my experience is that it can be essential.

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https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/27/agreements-and-policies-6/

Even in an income sharing community, there should be a way to splurge as little.

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#littleluxuries

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/06/agreements-and-policies-5/