``` ``` the pre-development phase focuses on building the community's operating system through digital collaboration and periodic in-person meetings. this creates the intangible infrastructure needed for successful community development - from governance processes to technical documentation - while naturally identifying committed members and developing necessary skills, all before any financial investment. #### Community Capability Building Phase members naturally start developing skills, mindsets, and habits aligned with community living just by engaging deeply with the planning. someone thinking about communal systems might start: - do more home repairs where they would otherwise pay someone - develop sops from their expertise - consider resources systemically - practice consensus-building - get comfortable with public discussion and voting #### Cultivate Membership - shows of commitment like: vote participation, regular meeting attendance, active community wiki contributions - demonstrate stewardship and facilitation of projects/processes - is passionate about a particular community problem - ideates and innovates on solutions - builds concensus - maintains project momentum - guides discussions toward concrete outcomes - holds no special authority or final decision power #### Goals Prior To Development - working governance processes [[voting example - governance - village living|example]] - documented systems and standards [[standard operating procedures (sops) - village living|SOPs]] - expertise verification methods [[skill - village living|skills]] - proven collaboration patterns and natural working relationships - clear shared understanding of goals - created [[task system - village living|task system]] #### Core Systems for initial setup: - discord for early discussion and community building - wiki platform (mediawiki) for documentation - build custom voting platform as community forms - develop task system once initial membership solidifies ##### Wiki (What And How) - member profiles with expertise/qualifications - shows expertise levels and training progress - task documentation, sops, and training materials - constitutional documents - community standards and procedures - resource requirements - vote history and rationale documentation - can include project timelines/updates in structured format - proposal documentation - failure documentation and lessons learned - edit history provides accountability ##### [[consensus process - governance - village living|Consensus Process]] (Should We) - real-time public participation tracking - links to wiki for proposal documentation - allows vote changes during voting window ##### [[task system - village living|Task System]] (Who And When) - manages scheduling and coordination - matches qualified people to tasks - tracks community workload - records task completion and quality - links wiki for task documentation