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The space is governed equally by the residents on all matters except legal and financial matters which are governed equally by the legal members. All informal power hierarchies regularly searched for and surfaced. Fortnightly general meeting time-boxed to 60 minutes for all residents. One month a year during winter spent deeply understanding and analyzing the space after which there is a day-long AGM. Rules or guidelines generally not speculated in advance, but incrementally in response to drivers (See Decision making).
Decision making
Aim to make decisions with consent - decisions that no one resists. If consent cannot reasonably be achieved, decisions made by consensus - the best compromise that most people can live with. Emphasis on the zone of preceding decision making to make decisions more harmonious. Individuals are supported to be autonomous and make decisions in the interest of the group within the zone of implied consent (based on intuition and awareness). Specifically the decision of an individual becomes the interest of a group if it meets resistance. Groups can find consent decisions simply by exploring existing options and synthesizing new ones. If no options are found that are free of resistance, consensus is found with Systemic Consensus (consensus using resistance based range voting with control options).
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Possibly including but not limited to: personal savings, personal wages, donations from known individuals, crowd-funding, funding from state.
CAPEX
(CAPEX = CAPital EXpense
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, cash required to start up)
The reduction of Reducing CAPEX: Property purchase represents the greatest potential cost thus the greatest potential saving. It is possible to find a suitable property for our needs as a gift and this warrants serious pursuit.
Estimated CAPEX: The registration of the legal entity represents a one-off cost in the region of 100 - 1,000 EUR. If after some time (say, 2017-01-01) a gifted building cannot be found, purchase is an option. Whilst there is no upper limit to how much one can spend on a building, it seems that for all intents and purposes a building at ~50,000 EUR would be sensible. There might be a transfer cost regardless of whether the building is gifted or purchased (100 - 10,000 EUR?) If the building was disconnected from water, gas, electricity, telephone (internet) there could be significant connection costs (100 - 10,000 EUR?) The installation of utility machines, internet access points, lighting, heating systems, etc could wildly differ based on circumstances (0 - 10,000 EUR). Repair of outstanding damage could wildly differ based on circumstances (0 - 50,000 EUR) so watch out for vertical wall cracks, water damage and broken roofing!
OPEX
(OPEX = OPerational EXpense
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, cash required on an ongoing basis)
The reduction of Reducing OPEX: Bills, repair work and food represent the greatest potential cost thus the greatest potential saving. The reduction of bills can be achieved with technological/structural advances, especially with measures conserving thermal energy. Repair work can be done by us and with helpers - if we have the time and will to learn this represents significant long-term savings. For food, see above.
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