Walden Two and Founding Documents

I picked up Walden Two by B.F. Skinner again the other day. When I started reading it, I only got a little past the introduction, but I have more appreciation for it right now. The existing community which I most admire, Twin Oaks, used this book as inspiration when it got started, and I am curious to see what I think. So far I don’t have any major objections to the material although I’m not sure how much of it I would personally prioritize in a community.
Over the course of this past week, I have also been working on developing some founding documents for the Sunflower Village Initiative. Some of it is derived from posts here and from some other writings. I am working on a piece to explain the essence of what this Initiative is, and I am also working on some By-laws. I have also been thinking about what a really effective board will be like.

Recommitted to Blogger, The Board

I've been posting at http://sunflowervillager.wordpress.com/, but I'm realizing that its also important to maintain my blog here for those who aren't interested in using wordpress or having to look at yet another site. In this post, I'm going to begin copying over what I wrote at wordpress that didn't make it to this site. Thanks for reading!

December 14, 2010:
I just wanted to report that the Sunflower Village Initiative isn’t dead. It’s more alive than ever! This fall, five people joined me to form a board of directors: Arianna, Jasmina, Katie, Malcolm, and Daniel. We’ve had three meetings, and we’re currently working on polishing our Mission statement, and our goal is to become an official non-profit sometime in 2011!
As a non-profit, the Sunflower Village Initiative will be aimed at developing intentional communities to become subsidiarity, sustainable, and solidarity based, and helping individuals gain access to these communities. This itself won’t directly become the organization that makes a village with me – but it will probably be the parent organization.