Establishing Community Values and Priorities

Brainstorm for this page

 * Establishing a realistic understanding of what the community is capable of.
 * Process for creating this understanding
 * We can't assume that others are always willing or able to contribute the same things we are
 * Not expecting everything all at once
 * Balance of what we are going for and what is realistic right now.
 * What are the priorities for the community? What is the vision? What is most important to us? What do we want to undertake?
 * What level of cleanliness is expected?
 * How important is expanding the size of the community?
 * What's worthy of intervention, and what can be allowed to slide?
 * To what level is police or government interaction acceptable? Under what circumstances?
 * What practices are consistent with shared values? When is is okay or necessary to compromise these values?
 * Is it important to buy fair trade/local/organic, etc. even though this costs more money? What is the balance between ethical consumption and frugality?
 * Is it important to drive less? How will that be accomplished?
 * What level of behaviorism or (benevolent) coercion is possible?
 * Pull apart the buzz words in discussion of community values: what is meant by "egalitarianism," "sustainability," "socially just," ecologically sound'" etc.?