Is Cabin a business or a government?

[jon]

Thanks for sharing these thoughts & ideas @Dahveed!

@Dahveed

1. Multiple community membership tiers. I.e., in addition to the Citizen one, maybe a lower priced Resident one for those who want to try out our community for a relatively short time and a Visitor one for those who want to get access to our outposts and exclusive events.

Yes, I think the idea of a lower cost membership tier makes sense & is in line with what @camlindsay has been thinking about and proposing here: Cabin Citizenship 2.0

@Dahveed

There is a word in Yiddish: Fargin. It means wholeheartedly celebrating the success of others. In practice, it has meant purchasing anything you need first and foremost within your own community to support your fellow community members, even going as far as to helping them improve their product/service so it’s the best available.

love this idea. I have been thinking more about this as well — it seems like this type of reciprocal support network could be a core part of Cabin. Part of what we do is celebrate each other’s wins & signal boost others in the community doing cool, aligned work.

@Dahveed

Sidenote: CABIN, the token. As far as I understand, it has no monetary value, only governance utility, right? With that in mind, I’d love to explore create local governance tokens for each neighborhood. It’s also worth exploring local currency (both within each neighborhood and for our entire Networked City.

yes, this is correct — it’s a governance token for our DAO. I am also interested in experimenting with tokens for local neighborhoods. One example I’ve followed is OAK, a “community currency for the city of Oakland”. Community treasuries with shared governance also seem like a cool idea, but unclear how it works in practice. I think @Matai has been thinking about this and is incorporating it into his new proposal. As with all things, we just need to run small experiments and see what works.