Economic Transition Cooperative

Community Equity Contract

Written by

Zachariah Nelson

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System Category

  • Necessary System
    • Community
      • Regulation

System Brief

This contract is a governance regulation, legally binding all the signed members under an equity based economic agreement.

Justification

  • Necessary Systems
    • This contract defines the Necessary Systems.
  • Quality of Life
    • This contract defines access to all Necessary Systems.
  • Sustainability
    • This contract defines the minimum obligation that is sustainable.

System Functions

This contract defines four articles:

  1. Membership Conditions
  2. Contract Amendments
  3. Equitable Access to Necessary Systems
  4. Equitable Labor to Necessary Systems

Membership Conditions

  1. Members must be at least eighteen (18) years old to sign an Independent Contract.
    1. People under the age of eighteen (18) are considered Dependent Members, and must be under the responsibility of a parent or Independent Member.
  2. Membership is valid for the lifetime of the person.

Contract Amendments

  1. This contract can only be amended by two thirds of the Community Representatives approving the contract amendment.
  2. Amendments cannot violate or nullify the equitable access towards the Necessary Systems.

Equitable Access to Necessary Systems

  1. Food
    1. You are given equitable access to all community food systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of food systems may be regulated by the Food Committee.
  2. Water
    1. You are given equitable access to all community water systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of water systems may be regulated by the Water Committee.
  3. Shelter
    1. You are given equitable access to all community shelter systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of shelter systems may be regulated by the Shelter Committee.
    2. You are allowed responsibility and exclusive access of one (1) equitable shelter, which will be considered your Residence.
      1. This shelter will be your responsibility for the rest of your life unless voluntarily returned back to the community.
        1. In the event that your shelter becomes damaged and uninhabitable due to community or natural actions the community will repair your shelter to its original habitable state.
          1. During this time, the community will provide you priority towards temporary community sheltering.
        2. If the original shelter has become unavailable to occupy due to community or natural actions the community will replace your shelter with an equitable alternative, and be given priority when selecting a new shelter.
      2. If you fail to maintain this shelter to the safety regulations of the community, your responsibility and exclusive access of that shelter may be revoked by the Shelter Committee.
        1. When selecting a new shelter in this event, your priority may be lowered. Repeated offenses may revoke your privilege of choice.
      3. You are allowed to change shelters within the community. The responsibility of the shelter will be returned back to the community.
        1. Shelter exchanges will be maintained by the Shelter Committee.
      4. Exclusive shelter capacity is directly proportional to the amount of occupants in the shelter.
        1. Any number of consenting members are allowed to share responsibility and exclusive access to one shelter unit. This does not include multi-dwelling structures.
  4. Community
    1. You are given equitable access to all community systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of community systems may be regulated by the Community Committee.
  5. Governance
    1. You are given equitable access to all governance systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of governance systems may be regulated by the Governance Committee.
  6. Logistics
    1. You are given equitable access to all logistics systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of logistics systems may be regulated by the Logistics Committee.
  7. Infrastructure
    1. You are given equitable access to all infrastructure systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of infrastructure systems may be regulated by the Infrastructure Committee.
  8. Healthcare
    1. You are given equitable access to all healthcare systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of healthcare systems may be regulated by the Healthcare Committee.
  9. Education
    1. You are given equitable access to all education systems.
      1. This cannot be amended.
      2. Unsustainable use of education systems may be regulated by the Education Committee.

Equitable Labor to Necessary Systems

  1. Lifetime Labor Obligation
    1. You agree to labor towards the maintenance of the Necessary Systems to fulfill your needs, and the needs of all community members.
    2. You agree to fulfill an equitable amount of time equal to half of your life expectancy, this is your Lifetime Labor Obligation (LLO)
      1. Life expectancy will be calculated by the Healthcare Committee at the time of signing this contract.
      2. LLO is measured in years, beginning at the birthday of the person.
    3. Upon fulfillment of your LLO, you will no longer be required to fulfill your community’s Cycle Labor Obligation (CLO).
      1. Any additional labor while retired is given voluntarily.
    4. In the event that you can no longer fulfill you labor obligation due to a medical disability or condition, your LLO may be amended or nullified.
      1. This must be approved jointly by the Logistics and Healthcare Committees.
  2. Cycle Labor Obligation
    1. For every cycle your LLO is active, you agree to fulfill an equitable amount of labor time per cycle.
    2. The Cycle Labor Obligation (CLO) will be calculated jointly by the Logistics and Infrastructure Committees.
    3. You are only required to fulfill the CLO, any additional time labored will not grant you any benefits towards accessing the Necessary Systems.
    4. Additional time labored beyond the CLO during that cycle will be saved and available to use towards any future labor obligation.
      1. Additional labor must be approved by your cooperative’s Logistics Representative.
      2. You must inform your Logistics Representative when using saved labor hours.
      3. Saved labor hours will be held for the member’s lifetime. No amendment can remove these hours. You are allowed to use saved time to shorten you LLO, and achieve an “early retirement”.
    5. CLO is not required for people under the age of eighteen (18).
      1. People under the age are allowed to labor towards Necessary Systems.
      2. All hours labored under the age is saved, the same as additional labor hours.
      3. Labor from dependent members, born or medical, will be under strict Logistics supervision to ensure the safety of the person.
      4. Labor from dependents must be approved by their responsible independent member.
    6. CLO may be paused for educational pursuits.
      1. This must be approved jointly by your cooperative’s Logistics and Education Representatives.
    7. The community is allowed to issue a Labor Scalar.
      1. The Labor Scalar is designed to create equity between labor that is considered inequitable by the community. The Labor Scalar is a variable to change the CLO for a specific job.
        • ex. A job with a labor scalar of 1.2 will count all labored hours as 1.2 hours per hour.
      2. The Scalar is not issued on a personal basis, only by labor position. All persons of the same position will receive the same scalar.
      3. The Scalar is set to 1 by default.
      4. The Healthcare Committee can increase the scalar if the labor is considered hazardous or presents extreme risks.
      5. The Logistics Committee can increase the scalar for labor that has immediate demand to fulfill.
      6. The Governing and Logistics Committees can temporarily decrease the scalar for members who are in “poor standing” towards their CLO.
  3. Necessary Labor
    1. Only labor towards maintaining the Necessary Systems will qualify towards LLO and CLO.
    2. All Necessary Systems are fulfilled through a Cooperative
      1. All positions for any cooperative must offer enough labor to fulfill the CLO.
    3. Labor towards an Unnecessary System will not qualify towards LLO and CLO.
    4. The Community Committee is allowed to approve Unnecessary Systems as a Community Necessary Subsystem, allowing the community to equitably allocate labor and resources towards community systems.
      1. Labor towards adopted Community Systems is a privilege offered by the Community, not a right of this contract.
      2. Adopted Community System labor may be revoked at anytime by the Logistics Committee.
        1. Affected members will be given priority towards selecting a qualifying necessary cooperative.
    5. If a position requires additional education or training, the Cooperative can submit a temporary Education Exemption Status until completion of the course.
      1. Failure to complete the education or training in an equitable timeline may revoke this exemption status, acceptance for the desired position, or acceptance into the cooperative.
    6. Cooperatives may elect Committee Representatives to act on behalf of the cooperative and it’s members.
      1. Representatives are still considered members of the cooperative and any time spent in Committees as a Representative will count towards LLO and CLO.
      2. The amount of Representatives a Cooperative can send to a Committee is directly proportional to the amount of members in the cooperative.
        1. This ratio will be calculated jointly by the Governance and Logistics Committees.

System Output

Upon signing this contract, you will be allowed responsibility of one residential structure and assigned a labor position with a cooperative, unless a residence or position has already been procured. You will also have free equitable access to all Necessary Systems.

System Requirements

This contract will require the following economic resources to maintain the regulation:

  • Information
  • Resources
    • Information Technology Hardware
      • Paper Contract
      • Scribe
  • Locations
    • # Committee Forum
      • Temp Access for Contract Signing Ceremonies
  • Labor
    • Production
      • # Contract Printing Position
    • Maintenance
      • ## Regulation Enforcement Positions
      • # Membership Ledger Positions
    • Service
      • # Governance Representative
      • # Labor Representative
      • # Healthcare Representative

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