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Thus, we ran iorin small groups iii one lo rhree
people who are responsible ior managemeni oi a
apecilir area oi amyuy ll isa tail—sale smlegy rd ariaeh
oeeasionai uiideisnidies ro lhis small group. or lo slaiid
ready ro dupireale ihe innelion ii ii nol being
adininisieied. «here is nu inoie urnewasling pioeess
rhan ihal ni bdkvlng people will an, and lheir rirrding
rhai rirey will riol l

This vrroilra~ approach lies people per innerionl
ensures rlial rneerings in any one area are iew; news can
eonie nuiasrepurls, ayailable lo anybody. ll also rrieans
ihai no one person or group has "riyrh oi decismn”
aver orlier iunclieiris or groups Unionunaiely, despile
aux niosi deyoui wishes, lheie areyery iew people whri
ran siari up and inarnlalri a hineliorn we are lucky If we
ran rind s or 7 oi rliese in any group oi 30—40 people
Thus, ior all inneiiore needing enuepienrnrrai skill, we
need key people.

However. lheie are many lurieiinns iiruin mils and
aris lo gardening and building) rhai do nor need
erirrepreneurial skills, bnl whielr iollnw ii lhese
resuurres are avail-bk. Thus, many people ear. be
inyolved in prirnary piuduelron. proeessirig, and
building ii only a iew can manage lhe esseniial
eooidrnaiiori and innding.

in sueh a we» oi lnrierion. any one person can be in
lwo nr lhree learns, ihns aehieylng a ~porlialio iii
oeriiparions~. Alsn. eaeh group depends on eaeh ollier
being in hineiion, and rhis is irnporranl ior group |Im|y:
we presume a shared elliir and yaiues, whieh are
dearly spell um, bui dri noi assume loye rrusl.eir any
parueular inrrn iii personal dier our: behayiriur exccpl
in line wilh elhies iwe are Mvm perieel, lusi rnoning
iowaids improvemenil

1 Only in lhe inirial planning do people need lu
assign or choose iunriroris. onee chosen. no gmup
nieerings ior business are necessary

7, blah group or sub—group is small enough lo reach
iasl agreernenis and knew ui each urhers- mm'emenls
and work

a. No ronsensus beyond rhal oi an irurial eihieal and
value reinsensns is neeessaryi eyeryday dzdslons are
made by small groups

 

terrain behayidnrs mun ar yariuns group sizes, here
aie spine appruiriniale size and hiiieiion groups,

- is people, Eireeuliye dmsliun. leasl rneeiing lime,
grealer pressure lo ael. iasr changes possible, iasi
replaeerneni or lrey people.

e b—é people Good volnnieer or epoperaune group
work or walk group iur sprflil single pioieers; good
sire ion walk exchange sysienis

- 7-20 people’ Funchon well only in sueial
minimalism" lieo manna! group or rearn, bul ai 7
orso. a riuirprrsan is needed and deeisioris are slow and
irusiraiing, uflul ere-ring dissenl,

- 30-441 peopl ~Iielrririwledged asrhe niuiirrial grrinp
oi people in wh' h mos| human lulldlons ean be
eoneied, and who iii well dim) (In W wiih alnipsl
any rype oi pieiblern.

 

- inexnu people. Rudy ionnd as a swap or
seiilenieni, ouia good sine lura regional orgarusarnin

- zon-znu peopll‘ 'ilie busie number iur geueiir
variablllly; such a group can, by rareiul breeding.
rnainlarn lheir numbers as a lribe and allow ior some
lwei io disease l’mbably lhe uirnrrnal hurnan yiilage
size (called a hamlell

. son—boa people Abuui rlie liinil ai whieh people
knew every orher person by rianie, lhus,abuui rhe lurin
oi ~ideniily~ This is lire laigesi salisiarlory sue iur
ednoauorial or learning syslerns ii personal alien-ion is
valued lielrnowledged in be ihe upper lrrnii inr
sneeessiul cooperriiver lor real parrieipanori

- l.nnnes.nuu people Usual upper lrrnii iii
iederalions a! u-ibes; a good sire inr a oiiiregienal group
or sub-region. Also, a yillage size limii cliques, iheii
and ehealing eorrinion and possible, hierarrhies are
needed.

- 7,00%in people Towns, large bioreg ns.
Chinese communes slur abpui here, This number is iioi
sausiaeiory unless broken inio srrrall eooperariyes and
Villages. meds and very large audieriees ean rearh
rhis sine, and ran be diiheuli in mnlml ii aroused ii is
aboui ihe upper limir ior any real eorilrol by srriel
hieraiehreai svsliems

. ls,uno-lu.am.nnn people Cures. rriaiirly
disorgarnsed on every level Elieeriye anarchy und
mine. and Sana] isolaiirin in rriany nieas

A5 even very snull irurnburs oi people mil ran in»
very eliedlve, ii is lieller (u sei up independeni bui
irrendly aliianres iii small groups lhan iu cualcsm inio
groups iii 600 or man: Any allianer iii em pillagis
il2,nune5n,nun peoplel can, ii,- agreernrni, run a
sophlsurikd uadeand rrayel organisaiiun

Mosi groups srarl wllh l-s people, and ieeruii sklwly.
slow or organic growlh is easily eoped wilh, while
sudden iruluxes can be disrupriye. As groups pass ail or
so in rue. rl may be possible in eoriieinplaie seleeriiu
reeruiluwril ro nialre up deiiieionries in skllls, sex rauu,
age diiiererieus, or spedalries needed

where a Very large number oi people is needed ior a
lob, a ealeridar is sex and eonreriers ler everybody know
when arid where rho persunpower is needed Thus,
evtry larger group needs lo delegaio iesplinsibiliiy irir
walk in smaller summons groups, who are rrusied lo
do ihe ph, and only replaced ii ihey penislenlly iail in
do so in rhis way, eyery person who wrnis in work
runiiois lheir work, and noiieiiiyolyed people haye no
say nus elinuriales eonliol by inarhre people in hsks
lhey are rioi iarniliar wiih, and nulhhes powelseukeis

As '01 dissenlers, mm nerer is any impedimeai lo
rhelrselring up lheir own ideal sysiein, and liyirig in il,
or selling up a parallel work group lo show how ii
should be done. Above all, rheie is us nne ioay lo do
anylhirig “One sulmlnn" syslenrs eyolre iroin rhe
eorirenlrariun oi power in one or oiher iorin iii
dierarorshrp lbuslriess, pummel“. or inililaryl

in ihrs way, all group nieelirigs ran lheir-lore bespoai
and eunyiniai, arid lm inrorrnaiioii ereliange As rliese

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