THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm by Jo Freeman aka Joreen Audio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ttKaxy3OgE
The informal groups' vested interests will be sustained by the informal structures which exist, and the movement will have no way of determining who shall exercise power within it. If the movement continues deliberately to not select who shall exercise power, it does not thereby abolish power. All it does is abdicate the right to demand that those who do exercise power and influence be responsible for it. If the movement continues to keep power as diffuse as possible because it knows it cannot demand responsibility from those who have it, it does prevent any group or person from totally dominating. But it simultaneously insures that the movement is as ineffective as possible. Some middle ground between domination and ineffectiveness can and must be found.
(The movement) now needs I to establish its priorities, articulate its goals, and pursue its objectives in a coordinated fashion. To do this it must get organized -- locally, regionally, and nationally.
some principles .. essential to democratic structuring
1) Delegation of specific authority to specific individuals for specific tasks by democratic procedures.
2) Requiring all those to whom authority has been delegated to be responsible to those who selected them.
3) Distribution of authority among as many people as is reasonably possible.
4) Rotation of tasks among individuals.
5) Allocation of tasks along rational criteria. Ability, interest, and responsibility have got to be the major concerns in such selection.
6) Diffusion of information to everyone as frequently as possible.
7) Equal access to resources needed by the group.
Olive Jones about the Renaissance intentional community in New Zealand
I- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CyHKVc95oo
II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y_2zuEKAaM
III - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-F2i-2ssxU
IV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKOmNWKSZNs