How should new members be found? The community should encourage new membership broadly through its website, through associations at universities and word of mouth. Affiliations to existing institutions and the creation of educational material software should help...
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What technologies should be used? Initially due to budget constraints, space, health and safety issues, the initial community should focus purely on computer and IT technologies. These provide the most utility for the lowest costs. As for software a primarily open...
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What (if any) are the methods of initiation? Initiation, despite some overtones it has picked up does not imply that the community is a cult. Established communities and organisations use initiation ceremonies all the time, from university graduation days, to...
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What contracts should exist between the community and the individual? Contracts between a community and an individual seems initially repellent, as an idea. Although in such a complex environment with a society that pays individuals has ideas of ownership of goods and...
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What are the minimum and maximum ages one should be allowed to enter? This will no doubt change over time as the organisation grows and lifespan increases. The upper limit on age will be only guesswork. Certainly the panels created to deliberate entrance should take...
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What amount of vacation is acceptable? The number mandated by countries of paid vacation days varies a lot. The best would be around 30 days of paid leave + national / public holidays. These should allow members to travel home for important festivals and family...
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What methods will exist for changing current or future mandates, regulations and amending or rewriting the constitution? As described earlier (e76) there should be regular committees who rewrite the rules and regulations to reflect the changes of thinking of the time,...
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What methods of teaching will be employed? There are various themes in pedagogy that cater to different types of learner so classes should do their best to reflect these types in the classroom. There should be a division between lectures and seminars/lab work, or...
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What system of dialogue will be implemented? The concern of a dialogue is not to win an argument but to forge a greater understanding of the matter being discussed. Aristotle described and classified 4 types of arguments didactic, dialectical, examination arguments...
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What methods will be used to monitor and decide the continuation of projects or research? Some channels of research can take a long time to prove, disprove or found to be impossible or pointless. If time is the only issue this should not be considered an issue....
