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Core Member
full equity · governance · 12–24 month path
Full economic and governance share. Votes on every settlement-level decision. Lives on site, contributes capital, commits for the long term.
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Founding cohort28 HH committed
Five ways in.
No one becomes a resident overnight. Membership is layered — from a day visit to a trial residency to full equity. You choose your depth; we hold the door open.
§ 01 · Tiers
Layered inclusion, not gated exclusion.
Membership is concentric, not binary. Visitors become volunteers become researchers become associates become core members — not on a schedule, but when both sides are ready.
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Resident
fixed-term housing · advisory vote
Lives in the settlement under a renewable fixed-term agreement. Full facility and cultural access. Advisory vote in assembly. Surplus distribution at 50–75% of Core. A typical path to Core runs 6 months to 2 years, though Resident status may be held indefinitely.
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Researcher
3–12 month residency · no equity
Scholars, architects, agronomists, journalists, writers. Lives on site for a defined window, contributes work, publishes findings back to the commons.
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Volunteer
2–12 weeks · farm, kitchen, build
Short-stay working residency. WWOOF-adjacent in spirit — food and lodging in exchange for honest labor on the farm, in the kitchen, on the build.
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Guest
1–7 nights · open-doors cap
Visitors. Open-doors weekends, guest rooms in each common house. First point of contact with the settlement for many future members.
§ 02 · Express interest
Tell us who you are.
No cohort is open yet. When one is, the founding list is who we write first. The form below is a waiting room, not a commitment — come as a Guest, leave as a Core Member, or change your mind.
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