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We agree that whenever we do things together, we will:

Respect each person and group’s rights and responsibility to:

Work together as a whole to:

  • Be who they are, and make up their own mind about things.

  • Protect what's important to them.

  • Work with whom and how they want.

  • Form official new subgroups, as long as they follow all existing and future agreements.

  • Be responsible for themselves.

  • Try to draw out the best in people; don't force them to do anything.

  • Try to meet people where they are.

  • Resolve conflict without violence or threat.

  • Freely and fully share information, while respecting confidentiality.

  • Keep our promises, and don't make promises we can't keep.

  • Make decisions among those it affects, and without anyone dominating.

  • Entrust only as much authority to decision-making bodies as is necessary.

  • Remain open and welcoming to new people and ideas.

  • Work to ensure diversity of all kinds.

  • Don't play favorites.

  • Keep decision-making, and everything else, as local as possible.

  • Nurture the growth and development of people and the whole system.

  • Make sure everything hangs together as a whole.