The principles of @One, Inc.are not a dictate of how people should be and act, but a reflection of the community’s culture. [1][2] The One, Inc. @Co-operative is an autonomous association of persons and organizations united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.

“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” ~ @Epictetus

Values

Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others.

@Nick Barone: It's not clear how the lists in "Values" map to the expanded items in "Principles". (maybe they're not supposed to?)
- @Brian Swichkow: Agreed. This was appropriated, but not yet adapted. Let's.

Principles

The cooperative principles are guidelines by which cooperatives put their values into practice. Voluntary and Open Membership — Cooperatives are voluntary organizations; open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political, or religious discrimination. Democratic Member Control — Cooperatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions. Member Economic Participation — Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. Our community values creative cooperation, collaboration, and contribution. Community members who organize events and play should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

@Nick Barone: "should assume responsibility for public welfare" -> It sounds like "set the boundaries of play to include the well-being of the locality; leave no trace; join a community rather than invade it, etc.
- @Brian Swichkow: Is this an endorsement or suggested modification? Autonomy, Independence, and Self-Reliance — Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. One, Inc. encourages each individual and organization to discover, exercise, and rely on his, her, or its inner resources.
@Nick Barone: "their members. One encourages" - it is not clear that this "One" is "One, Inc", at first it seemed to me to the pronoun.
- @Brian Swichkow: Agreed. Changes made. Education, Training, and Information — Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees, and they inform the general public about the nature and benefits of cooperation. Participation, Cooperation, and Communal Effort — Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional, and international structures. Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart and mind. Concern for Community — While focusing on members' needs, cooperatives work for the @sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members.
@Nick Barone: I think there's a lot of mileage to get out expanding "sustainable". I feel trite stating it, but, sustainable means "you can keep doing this." Leave No Trace — Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them. Gifting — We are devoted to acts of giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value. We strive to produce, promote, and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication to support such interaction in the world outside of the cooperative.
@Nick Barone: Sometimes you find yourself with energy that is actually other people's, like how sometimes you're in a store and see something that's someone else's they just don't have it yet. Greif is love you could not give; procrastination is something like that as well. There is a better word than outlet, but gifting can be an outlet that in the giving returns to you growth. Giving what I have that is for others brings me growth in ways related to what I have given; like plants and animals and breath.

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