Reprinted from the Winter Solstace Will and Word 1990 EV

The Second Land Coop Subcommittee Semiannual Report December 1990
e.v.
 We have just become aware of how many questions we have to answer
for ourselves.
1.Q: What will the legal structure as it must exist within the
overculture of our Coop be? Corporation? Land Trust? Nation?
A: The most practical beginning is probably a Corporation. There
are many options available: for profit, not for profit, non profit.
A land trust is another structure available. Perhaps a township
eventually. 
2Q: What will be the written laws we make for ourselves?
 A: Let these begin with the Orgone Committee Charter. More
research is needed! Of course we will have to pay at least
effective lip service to the laws of the overculture in the area
we settle in. As far as decision making mechanisms I belive that
consensus governance, which is the most widely applied among the
intentional communities in the the Intentional Communities
Directory, is the best form available. Another option is Consensus
minus one, and wether or not to give weight to, say, long standing
members over new members in the voting process. The coordinator for
the meetings should be chosen on a rotating basis rather than
elected in my opinion. A good rule of the thumb is to keep written
laws to a minimum!
3. Q: What will be the unwritten laws we make for ourselves?
 A: These will grow organically as the Coop becomes realized, but
clearly, we need more theories and research.
4.Q: How will economic exchanges amongst ourselves be carried out?
Will we want our own currency? What kind of buy-in fees will be
needed for membership in the Land Coop? 
 A: A combination of money and barter. As far as a buy-in fee for
membership in the Coop goes I feel that there should be one. One
way of doing it would be to calculate the current value of all
properties held in common, and charge a share of the total value.
An additional charge could be for any new improvements needed for
the new member/household such as more road, or power generating
facilities. If someone did not have a lot of cash, they could
provide labor over a period of time for their membership. I do not
favor any system that requires members to hold all theri assets in
common, and surrendur them to the Coop as a part of membership.
More research needed!
5.Q: How will we recruit the people, especially the highly educated
and trained kind of person we want?  Technical people are the
problem here as artists are famous for their willingness for
starting such ventures.
A: This is the second most crucial question in my opinion. The
people we have now are not enough to answer all these questions
themselves. Ideas are as follows:
1. Distribute the Will and Word, 
2. Improve the Bluebook - pictures etc.
 3. Begin national networking via electronic mail, letter writing,
etc.
4. Take out ads in college newspapers for the Will and Word, and
send respondents Bluebooks as well.
5. Sponsor events such as a Beltaine Festival or Summer Solstice
Party
 6. Perform a series of powerful ritual magick workings to send an
Astral Call to others. 
6. Q: What will our screening procedures for the people who show
up to this place once we have it?
 A: We have begun figuring this out with the Charter. The rest will
have to wait for when we're there. For example, I belive that a
person should have to live and work with us for a year before they
are admitted as a full member. Only time will tell what a person
is really like. At present, membership in the founding committee
requires unanimous agreement, and this, in my opinion, should be
continued at the Land Coop.
7. Q: How do we find out where we want to locate ourselves?
A: Network with alternate communities already in existence. Send
them questionnaires. Travel to places we hear good things about.
Presently there are four states that none of the Land Coop
Subcommittee members have any objections to: Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Idaho.
8. Q: How do we handle the distribution of power between
established members and new members?
 A: The Charter has begun this. The legal structure will have to
delineate it where it does not conflict with the laws of whatever
country we are in. In a consesus decison making structure, I favor
equal voting weight for all members, once they have made it through
our arduous screening process. More research is needed.
9. Q: How will we educate our children?
 A: We decide on the educational theories we will to, and find the
people to implement them. In general I favor a strong grounding in
the three r's, along with teaching children HOW TO THINK through
training memory, deductive and inductive logic, dreamwork, and
recognition of "psychic" mental abilities that are inherent in the
human psyche. Many of these things could be presented to children
in the form of games, so as not to make them any more miserable
than they have to be while they improve themselves!
10.Q: What will be the philosophical or, if you will, political or
religious thread that holds this community together?
A: The Orgone Committee is where it begins. This will be the
conceptual framework for the Coop with the Charter. Perhaps getting
into space as a long long range goal will promote community
solidarity. As far as politics goes, we should be paying central
attention to ecological issues, and human rights issues. Absolutely
necessary to the whole scene is that I am strongly opposed to any
situation that promotes some kind of religious leader(s) like a
pope, guru, abbot, poobah, etc.
11. Q: How will we get the money together to start it all?
 A: We each need to decide on and attain personal financial goals.
At present I do not belive that it is necessary to make some form
of group effort in this area aside from helping each other hone our
skills.
Each of us must find other questions that need answering.
Each of us needs to determine which of these matters he or she
wills to start tackling and do it right away.
Top Priorities:
1. RESEARCH OF CURRENT AND PAST ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITIES.
2. BEGIN RECRUITING DRIVE.
3. INTENSIFY OUR OWN MAGICKAL TRAINING PROGRAMS SO WE BECOME MORE
CAPABLE TO ACTUALIZE THIS COOP AS OUR WILLS.
4. GET MONEY. DECIDE ON OUR GOALS NOW AND BEGIN WORKING ON THEM
NOW. BE RUTHLESS BUT NOT IMMORAL! 
William S. Hunter

                          SEX IS PEACE
                      TRUE WILL NOT SLAVERY
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