Systems & Structures

Taxes

• East Wind - IRS Correspondence - 501d Status Granted from East Wind Community (IRS, Tax Info Package, 501d, Income Sharing)
• East Wind - IRS Correspondence - IRS Correspondence re: 501d Status from East Wind Community (IRS, Tax Info Package, 501d)
• Sandhill - Application Letter to IRS for 501d Status from Sandhill Farm (IRS, 501d, Tax Info Package)
• Sandhill - Assets and Liabilities - 1983 from Sandhill Farm (Tax Info Package, Economics, History)
• Sandhill - Attachment B - Community Members - 1983 from Sandhill Farm (Tax Info Package, Membership, History)
• Sandhill - Attachment C - Receipts & Expenses 1983 from Sandhill Farm (Tax Info Package, Economics, Budgets, History)
• Sandhill - Correspondence with IRS Regarding 501d Classification from Sandhill Farm (IRS, 501d, Tax Info Package)
• Sandhill - Income Allocations from Sandhill Farm (History, Tax Info Package)
• Sandhill - IRS Correspondence - Answer IRS questions from Sandhill Farm (IRS, Overview, Tax Info Package)
• Sandhill - IRS Correspondence - "Need more information" from Sandhill Farm (IRS, 501d, Tax Info Package)
• Sandhill - IRS Letter Grants 501d Classification from Sandhill Farm (IRS, 501d, Tax Info Package)
• Sandhill - New Employer Identification Number from Sandhill Farm (IRS, 501d, Tax Info Package)
• Twin Oaks - IRS Correspondence with Twin Oaks from Twin Oaks Community (IRS, 501d, Overview, Tax Info Package)

Articles of Incorporation

• Articles of Incorporation - Acorn from Acorn Community
• Articles of Incorporation - East Wind from East Wind Community
• East Wind - IRS Correspondence - Articles of Incorporation from East Wind Community (Tax Info Package)
• The Mothership LLC operating agreements, DRAFT 03/20/2016 from The Mothership
• Articles of Incorporation - Twin Oaks - 1986 from Twin Oaks Community
• Articles of Incorporation - Skyhouse (Skyhouse)
• LLC legal structure; 501d alternative (FEC Application, Tax Info Package, 501d, Advice, Legal, Taxes, IRS)
• Operating Agreement -- Community Autonomy (Community Autonomy, Membership, Government, Economics, Dissolution)

Mission Statements, Spirituality Statements, etc.

• Communications Covenant - 2012 from Acorn Community (Community Life, Behavioral Expectations, Values)
• Statement of Spirituality - Acorn from Acorn Community (Values)
• Vision, Mission, Goals and Aspirations Statement - Point A DC - 2015 from Compersia (Values)
• East Wind - Statement of Religious Beliefs, Theory and Practice from East Wind Community (Tax Info Package, Values)
• Guiding Principles - EGFS from Emma Goldman Finishing School (Values)
• Vision of Le Manoir from Le Manoir (Values)
• Spirituality - Sandhill from Sandhill Farm (Values)
• Statment of Religious Beliefs - Twin Oaks from Twin Oaks Community (Values)
• Guiding Principles - Community Autonomy (Values, Community Autonomy)
• Statement of Spirituality - Skyhouse (Skyhouse, Values)

Documents Explaining Major Governmental Structures

• Administrative Reorganization - East Wind - 1988 from East Wind Community (Government, Management, Decision-making)

Bylaws

• East Wind - Change in Dissolution Bylaws from East Wind Community (Dissolution)

FEC Documents

• Le Manoir FEC Questionnaire - 2016 from Le Manoir (FEC Application)
• Re-forming Communities Status (FEC Application, Forming Community)
• Response to FEC Membership Questionnaire - Krutsio - 1983 (Krutsio, FEC Application)

Comprehensive Labor Policies

• Twin Oaks Labor System from Twin Oaks Community (Labor)
• Dandelion's Labor Credit System (Dandelion, Labor)

General provisions, work expectations and quotas

• Dandelion's Labor System - 1988 (Dandelion, Values, Labor)
• Work Quota at Appletree - 1988 (Appletree, Labor)

Comprehensive Membership Policies

• Membership Policy - East Wind - 2004 from East Wind Community (Membership, Visits and Visitors, Democracy, Gender and Sexuality, Wait List, Housing, Families)
• Membership Policy - Twin Oaks - 2009 from Twin Oaks Community (Membership, Visits and Visitors, Gender and Sexuality, Wait List, Process, Guests, Expulsion)

Joining Process

• How Our Wait List Works - 2012 from Acorn Community (Wait List, Visits and Visitors, Housing)
• Waiting List Guidelines, Temporary PM Housing - East Wind from East Wind Community (Wait List, Housing)
• Membership Process Overview - EGFS from Emma Goldman Finishing School
• The "get to know me" questionnaire - EGFS from Emma Goldman Finishing School (Visits and Visitors, Interviews)
• Visitor Stays - EGFS - 1999 from Emma Goldman Finishing School (Visits and Visitors, Behavioral Expectations)
• Membership Process from Le Manoir (Membership, Visits and Visitors, Process)
• Becoming A Provisional Member - Twin Oaks - 2009 from Twin Oaks Community (Visits and Visitors, Membership)
• Entrance Structure - Community Autonomy - 2010 (Visits and Visitors, Membership, Community Autonomy)
• Membership Process Overview - EGFS (Membership, Visits and Visitors)
• Remote Membership Process Overview - EGFS

Provisional Membership

• Provisional Agreement - Dandelion (Membership, Process)
• Provisional Membership - 2010 - Community Autonomy (Community Autonomy, Membership, Process)

Provisional to Full Membership Process

• Provisional to Full Membership - 2006 from East Wind Community (Membership, Process, Communication and Feedback)
• Becoming a Full Member - Twin Oaks - 2009 from Twin Oaks Community
• Full Membership Process - Community Autonomy - 2010

Alternate Membership or Residency Structures

• Internship - 2008 from Acorn Community (Visits and Visitors, Process)
• Special Friend Policy from Acorn Community (Associate)
• Associate Membership - 1995 from East Wind Community (Associates)
• Policy on Dual Membership - 1998 from East Wind Community (Dual Membership, Membership, Intercommunity Activity)
• Dual Member Policy - 2003 from Twin Oaks Community (Policies, Dual Membership, Housing, Intercommunity Activity)
• Residents and Student Interns - Twin Oaks from Twin Oaks Community (Housing, Visits and Visitors)

Guest Policy

• Guest Policy - 2015 from Acorn Community (Guests, Visits and Visitors)
• Omnibus Guest Policy - 1993 from East Wind Community (Policies, Guests, Visits and Visitors, Behavioral Expectations)
• Guest Policy - 2004 from Twin Oaks Community (Policies, Behavioral Expectations, Guests, Labor)

Demographic Policies (Population, Age, Gender, etc.)

• Housing and Membership Limit - 1993 from East Wind Community (Housing, Gender and Sexuality, Wait List, Membership, Restrictions)
• Age Limit Policy, Consolidated and Revised - 2006 from Twin Oaks Community (Policies, Membership, Restrictions)
• Child/Adult Ratio Policy - 1994 from Twin Oaks Community (Policies, Children, Pregnancy, Families)

Personal Leave, Sabbaticals, and Other Extended Leaves

• Leave of Absence - 2014 from Acorn Community (Extended Leave)
• Personal Affairs Leave - 2006 from East Wind Community (Extended Leave, Newcomers)
• Personal Affairs Leave - 2009 from Twin Oaks Community (Extended Leave, Housing, Community Life)
• Leave of Absence - 1999 - Emma Goldman's Finishing School (Extended Leave, Vacation)

Membership Contracts

• Membership Agreement - Twin Oaks from Twin Oaks Community (Policies, Membership, Economics, Income Sharing, Behavioral Expectations, Newcomers)
• Membership Agreement - 2010 - Community Autotomy (Policies, Community Autonomy, Membership)
• Provisional Membership Agreement - Community Autonomy - 2010 (Policies, Membership, Newcomers, Community Autonomy)

Member Handbooks

• Visitor Information Packet - 1997 from East Wind Community (Visits and Visitors, Newcomers, Community Life, Behavioral Expectations, Labor, Recreation, Gender and Sexuality)
• Member Handbook - 1998 from Twin Oaks Community (Newcomers, Community Life, Behavioral Expectations, Health)
• New Member Orientation Check-List - Dandelion (Membership, Newcomers, Management, Dandelion)

Families

• Child Program - 1997 from East Wind Community (Children, Families, Overview, Community Life)
• Values about Children from East Wind Community (Children, Policies, Values, Community Life, Behavioral Expectations)
• Child Program Info - 1994 from Twin Oaks Community (Children, Community Life, Pregnancy, Families, Overview, Behavioral Expectations, Visits and Visitors)
• Sexual Activity Proposal - Twin Oaks - 1989 from Twin Oaks Community (Children, Families, Behavioral Expectations, Gender and Sexuality)
• Children at Dandelion - 1988 (Children, Overview, Families, Community Life, Values, Dandelion)
• Joyous Childraising - Mettanokit Community
• Our Homeschooler Goes to School - Mettanokit - 1987 (Mettanokit Community, Personal Experience, Children)

Conflict Resolution

• Clearness Process from Acorn Community (Behavioral Expectations, Conflict Resolution, Process)
• Peace and Love Accords - 2013 from Acorn Community (Expulsion, Conflict Resolution, Decision-making, Consensus)
• East Wind Community Policy On Sexual Harassment - 1989 from East Wind Community (Policies, Conflict Resolution, Process, Gender and Sexuality, Behavioral Expectations)
• Conflict Resolution - 1991 from Twin Oaks Community (Process, Committees, Conflict Resolution, Manager-Planner System, Expulsion)
• Self-Examination Response - Twin Oaks - 1991 from Twin Oaks Community (Conflict Resolution, Process, Support, Communication and Feedback)