In order to function as a community, we think we will have to form a government. Anarchy has not been completely ruled out. That is, a system in which there are no external rules, and people’s innate sense of self discipline, fairness and compassion are the system. No one is advocating for the popular meaning of anarchy.

We have defined -archy- which means rule and comes from the Greek word for  beginning or first place. It refers to who makes the rules in a system. -Cracy also means rule and comes from the Greek word for power. So government is about who sets the rules and who has the power to enforce them.
The third thing we looked up was -ism- which means state of being or belief system. What you believe about people or money is not your government system, but it will influence it.
We defined our values as a community    

 when we worked on our mission:

We want our government to support us in developing a community which functions according to our values, which we wrote down as we worked on our mission.

Another important thing to think about in constructing a government is what the government is thinking about as it constructs rules and enforcing them- the enrichment of those in government, or the best interests of the governed? And who checks to see that this stays constant?

We have been looking at several different forms of government, and we will have some sort of blend, as do most current governments. We decided to take some thinking time and not rush to a decision, so the final decision is upcoming.

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