| The initial members of the community and the leadership essential to effective initiation and evolution of the purpose, principles and structure. |
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- For the community: The breadth of participation and who will have power to create the system.
- For the individual: A way to ease identification with a potential set of peers and partners.
- Who are "all relevant and affected parties?"
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- Strong participants set...
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- Complete and inclusive.
- Provides a recognizable "doorway" for potential participants to enter.
- Made up of individuals and institutions who would see the Purpose and Principles as their own.
- A relatively short list.
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- Too abstract.
- Doesn't provide a sense of balance.
- A laundry list, without a meaningful organizing principle.
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- Identify the individuals, institutions and interest groups already involved in the organization, industry or field.
- Expand the vision of potential Participants by identifying those who may contribute to, be served by or benefit from the new organization in some way.
- Imagine different ways of conceiving and describing all relevant and affected parties.
- Determine what interests need to be balanced to develop an organization trusted by all.
- Who are "all relevant and affected parties"?
- What is the "elemental unit"?
- What are the different ways to describe groupings of participants?
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- Often is helpful to have more than one taxonomy.
- OK to have "the devil in your midst."
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