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

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

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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.

• Inform their choices well.

• 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.