stroud commons site

via dil (on co ops) green via tweet exchange[https://x.com/monk51295/status/1903566715830796570]:

something we’ve not yet tried

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ― Socrates

dil: Exactly our mode.

me: i hope.. i haven’t seen it yet.. partial is killing us

dil: StroudCommons.org

first page added (a while ago) via michel bauwens tweet: stroud commons

notes/quotes from site:

Commoning is a way to bring things like land, housing, energy and leisure facilities into community ownership.

Those things are managed together as a community to make sure they remain available for future generations.

Once in the commons, it’s owned by the Stroud community forever, and there’s no debt, shareholders or private landlords to pay.

but.. still 10-day-care-center\ness.. so still not the unconditional part of left to own devices ness.. so still part\ial ness.. meaning.. not yet getting to the root of problem

legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do

how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..

ie: imagine if we listened to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & used that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]

there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance.. the unconditional part of left-to-own-devices ness.. for (blank)’s sake.. and we’re missing it

ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition

coding money (any form of measuring/accounting/people telling other people what to do) as the planned obsolescence.. where legit needs are met w/o money.. till people forget about measuring.

just looking under dil – https://www.mutualcredit.services/:

Because our work is multifaceted, we’ve attempted to provide a few ways in:

ways in ness – as conditional/partial – yes seemingly better.. but not yet unconditional ness we need


Economic
Tooling

econ we need: bachelard oikos law

tooling we need: nonjudgmental expo labeling

Tools for non-extractive exchange, investment, and
accounting:

perhaps all are less extractive.. but still extractive.. again.. 10-day-care-center\ness et al.. any form of m\a\p

Credit Commons Protocol:

The Credit Commons Protocol defines a shared ledger through which participants can perform mutual credit accounting for exchange in any agreed unit (such as national fiat currency, hours, or kWh of electricity).

Groups can therefore remain small, trust-based, and self-governing within a larger, decentralised, yet complex economy of similarly autonomous actors that is referred to as the ‘Credit Commons’.

not legit trust (aka: unconditional) if still accounding et al

Multilateral Obligation Set-off:

Sharing trading information to ‘clear’ obligations with as little money as possible has a long history..

yeah.. long history of part\ial ness

Businesses submit their invoices to the service provider and the algorithm detects ‘loops’ – circular patterns of payments due that connect businesses – with each loop an opportunity to clear debt for all participants. The simplest possible loop is Business A owes Business B, and Business B owes Business A, with the amounts exactly the same. In this case it is obvious that the two debts can be ‘set off’ from each other, leaving nothing to pay. As illustrated below, this situation is instantly recognisable from day-to-day life!

the ‘loop’ we need: a sabbatical ish transition.. where legit needs are met unconditionally until people forget about measuring

Mutual Credit:

Mutual credit is a method of *accounting for exchange in a network of peers. A shared ledger tracks the trades (usually denominated in the national currency), **recording everyone’s balances. 

*accountable ness.. marsh exchange law.. et al

**cancerous distractions.. graeber violence/quantification law et al

Use-Credit Obligations:

As well as exchange, economies require savings and investment, and our current money works poorly in these roles. Its dual use for facilitating short-term exchange and long-term saving results in difficult-to-predict fluctuations in spending power that make it hard to rely on – whether as a result of inflation or the ever-present crises around pensions and asset bubbles of all kinds

We hope you find a thread to follow. If you’re interested in starting a project,

need a way where we just listen to ‘follow’ itch-in-the-soul for the dance to dance

Social
Tooling

Methods to apply them in particular contexts, from the bottom up:

  • Co-design
  • Grassroots Trials
  • Social Franchising
  • Commons Governance
  • Common Asset Societies

Network
Platforms

The resultant ‘collaborative finance’ infrastructure templates:

  • Clearing Clubs
  • Trade Credit Clubs
  • High Street Vouchers

Emergent
Outcomes

Systemic change towards a viable civilisation in an abundant biosphere:

  • Community Wealth Building
  • Circular Economy
  • Rebuilding the Commons

findings from on the ground ness:

1\ undisturbed ecosystem (common\ing) can happen

2\ if we create a way to facil the seeming chaos of 8b legit free people

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