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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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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.
02
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.
03
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.
04
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.
05
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.
The resident cohort isn't open for applications yet. When it opens, the founding list is who we write to 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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