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Kuckucksmühle: Membership Definition
What criteria does one have to meet to be considered a member?
- Someone who agrees to our ideals
- Someone who wants to be a member
- Signs up to the members mailing list (pending set up of mailing list)
- Someone who brings value to the project
What is Value?
General definition of “value” - Improving the place somehow - work / financially / resources /…
Are there different kind of members?
Permanent Living Members
Live here: better half of the week-year Members living here permanently can decide which members can be permanent living members
Neighbors
permanently involved, visiting more frequently (<1/month)
Visitor
Adds value but no reliability
What are the rule and expectations from the members?
Agree to the ideals
Contribution and Responsibilities related to the member level
- Contribution definition: Participate in meetings, bring value to the project.
- Contribute in the amount possible and helping.
- Identify and reject individuals that abuse / misuse the benefits over an extended amount of time.
How to become a member
- Do something that brings value
- ask people on the mailing list of members if that is value
- If there are no vetoes s/he can become a member
- If there is at least one veto, members have to have a discussion about it (without applicant) and come to a decision.
- If there is no decision we should have at least 2 maximum of 3 discussions - independently at different times
- 1st meeting between members
- 2nd and 3rd meeting maybe including the applicant depending on subject matter
Membership communication
Mailing lists
| email address | access | use |
|---|---|---|
| KuM_together@ecohackerfarm.org | public by subscription | used for public events, workshops… call for volunteers etc for people interested in what is going on here |
| KuMembers (still to be created) | not public - restricted to approved members | used for membership only business, making decisions on membership etc. |
| Kuckucksmuehleev-members (still to be created) | not public - restricted to Ev members | this is for the association: making financial decisions, tax returns, application for funding, purchase / renting property etc. |