The next major hurdle I see would be being able to buy into a community that as individuals we are all happy with, basic layout, structural designs, and delegation of resourses and labour, prioritising projects.
~ Wabbit : reach an agreeable opinion from 10, 20 - 30+ members , is a point in hand.
As U said, "we all have our own personal Venus Projects " ... what remains is the planning.
Once a hyperlink to topics are created, I will include links to raised threads on RENTED LAND.
Until then , I try to include in next post. A mention was made of land ideally to be residential.
Yes, specifics are important, what about hard-to-escape council compliance ? Someone wants a low cost Yert and council says No ! First thing is to agree on the range of acceptable housing within any group.
My personal "Zero Visible Addiction" Articles of Association no doubt trim the audience, however there is enough in-house "work" to build a very successful company producing low-cost housing, and other products, only possible in a corporate structure. So it comes down to how many shares one buys in the land-holding, with an international mix of applicants, say a 50% takeup of 11 , I agree 2 publish the Articles, in WiKi.
Several reasons why buildings may not act co-operatively in routing / power water :
1. Solar and water collection areas between buildings would vary according to design/cost/preferences.
2. Very unlikely to standardise community housing ( there is a plan in the pipeline; COMM-unity).
3. Large power / water demands (intensive garden) cause standoff to sharing - who does what issue.
The contaminated water issue can arise when roof collecting material is less than desireable, eg: canvas
Naturally D.L.U's (decentralised living) are our focus. On a sizable property a dam is the backup source of water. Its pumped up to the rain tank, for each house within PVC plumbing distance. You only need 1 pump / dam , 3-way valves per house in feedforward series connection minimising hose + tank/dam 2 any tank.
Property A on Sunshine Coast, town water is lowest-cost, 4 Mullumbimby each cluster of 5 needs a dam/bore.
Property A has 1 advantage , its FREE ( relative to buy ) so folk will come and go in a natural selection.
I mention HABIT FREE living , not found in community living, which tends a free spirit living/ indulging.
There are serious people around ,they may smoke but don't habitually stay up all night... and achieve goals.
A community I personally am interested to support is all about reaching goals.
Reality bites, in any partnership the honeymoon is soon over. Compromise is healthier than conflict.
Therefor the plan may be exercised like a computer program, with conditional branch instructions :
IF $ ZEN > estimate & resources available , loop ZEN ..... IF $ ZEN < estimate , GOTO Plan B
Contingency planning is not something most folk are good at, especially for accidents, bad timing, or impulses. I get paid Thursday , see U Friday morning (then I went out with the boys and did my pay ... it won't happen again. Yes it will, history has a way of repeating itself. Community plan must factor it in.
a big step for developing a community would be to have a fairly accurate proposal with achievable step by step development stages, estimated timeframe and budget estimates for community and individual needs, not much unlike a major construction project which essentially is what it is.
Main problem there is Budget Overruns, ( B.O.) brought on by change in taste /design / layout / facility.
So like a construction project ,once deposited, is allowed to finish unimpeded, unless $ from heaven.
Whilst the above hopes to address the good work in Wabbits post, as Dowell points out action is the real-life experience in this practical world we live in. Its just so easy to forget the ruling forces, which like nothing more than conflict, and conflict is guaranteed in any community that replaces future for self.
WE are told each day we live in an uncertain future. That is because it has been replaced by "SELF"
