So, I've been making a bit of progress on the Desert Temple quasi-Commune I'm building, got some more solar and structure up, will be adding more water capacity next month.
Black Bear Ranch seems to have successful stayed up for several years, in a harsher environment than I'm in.
http://blackbearranch.org/
On their page, they have some "Traditional Guidelines", but if I'm reading their phrasing correctly, essentially if you don't follow them, you can't stay (or maybe can't become a resident, not sure where the line is drawn).
They are:
Do – Be welcoming, peaceful, kind and friendly to everyone, animals
and land.
Don’t – Be cruel, abusive or violent to anyone, animals or land
Don’t – Endanger or harm any fruit trees, structures or land.
Don’t – leave trash, we have a strict policy on “bring it in
bring it out”, This includes vehicles!
Don’t – touch the systems, electrical, water etc. without a
resident’s assistance
Do – Learn about fire safety (see fire safety guide)
Don’t – Make fires without resident permission.
Do – Get permission from the community, beneficiaries and a trustee,
before adding or destroying structures.
Don’t – add or destroy any structures without going through a
process which includes residents, beneficiaries and trustees
Don’t – take away or bring animals onto the land without going
through an acceptance process from the residents, beneficiaries and
trustees.
Don’t – grow or distribute any form of illegal drugs; marijuana,
opiates, meth etc.
Don’t– have disruptive addictive habits; alcoholism, drug
addictions etc.
Don’t – Bring your gun.
Do – Live communally.
Do- Must maintain restaurant like hygiene in all food, shower and
outhouse areas.
Don’t- Hunt on property.
Don’t – be prejudice of race, color, creed, age , or sexual
preference.
A few of them require resident permission to start a fire, or touch their infrastructure systems. I can understand that, those systems are important and vulnerable to mishandling.
I also note they don't allow disruptive addictive habits (alcohol, etc). It would seem the residents decide what is considered "disruptive".
They also don't permit marijuana, that would be something I would want to run differently. I would have the rule "don't sell marijuana", but you could give it to someone who needs it or share.
They also have rules about having a gun, which also seem understandable, although I wouldn't be comfortable taking someone else's weapon into possession while they were at the Temple, I would just ask them to not have it if I did not feel comfortable with them having the weapon.
Black Bear also requires a $3 monetary contribution to stay there. I think I would only require that if the person has the means (some form of passive income, retirement, disability, etc).
What do you all think?
Black Bear Ranch seems to have successful stayed up for several years, in a harsher environment than I'm in.
http://blackbearranch.org/
On their page, they have some "Traditional Guidelines", but if I'm reading their phrasing correctly, essentially if you don't follow them, you can't stay (or maybe can't become a resident, not sure where the line is drawn).
They are:
Do – Be welcoming, peaceful, kind and friendly to everyone, animals
and land.
Don’t – Be cruel, abusive or violent to anyone, animals or land
Don’t – Endanger or harm any fruit trees, structures or land.
Don’t – leave trash, we have a strict policy on “bring it in
bring it out”, This includes vehicles!
Don’t – touch the systems, electrical, water etc. without a
resident’s assistance
Do – Learn about fire safety (see fire safety guide)
Don’t – Make fires without resident permission.
Do – Get permission from the community, beneficiaries and a trustee,
before adding or destroying structures.
Don’t – add or destroy any structures without going through a
process which includes residents, beneficiaries and trustees
Don’t – take away or bring animals onto the land without going
through an acceptance process from the residents, beneficiaries and
trustees.
Don’t – grow or distribute any form of illegal drugs; marijuana,
opiates, meth etc.
Don’t– have disruptive addictive habits; alcoholism, drug
addictions etc.
Don’t – Bring your gun.
Do – Live communally.
Do- Must maintain restaurant like hygiene in all food, shower and
outhouse areas.
Don’t- Hunt on property.
Don’t – be prejudice of race, color, creed, age , or sexual
preference.
A few of them require resident permission to start a fire, or touch their infrastructure systems. I can understand that, those systems are important and vulnerable to mishandling.
I also note they don't allow disruptive addictive habits (alcohol, etc). It would seem the residents decide what is considered "disruptive".
They also don't permit marijuana, that would be something I would want to run differently. I would have the rule "don't sell marijuana", but you could give it to someone who needs it or share.
They also have rules about having a gun, which also seem understandable, although I wouldn't be comfortable taking someone else's weapon into possession while they were at the Temple, I would just ask them to not have it if I did not feel comfortable with them having the weapon.
Black Bear also requires a $3 monetary contribution to stay there. I think I would only require that if the person has the means (some form of passive income, retirement, disability, etc).
What do you all think?
