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I think your objective is worthwhile and I like that you have clearly described your top down approach. I do wonder about how you will avoid common failure modes of community-based projects and would love to see evidence that you have researched this and considered common problems as part of your pitch. in my experience both as group members and as observers of groups, this kind of group with unclear power structures end up becoming attractors for: 1) bad actors/manipulators/"cult leaders" who consciously or unconsciously act to gain power over the group rather than for the goals of the group 2) highly pedantic or ideological people who fracture the group by causing other members to invest more time and effort than they want into petty matters and minor points of disagreement and 3) narcissistic people who thrive on attention and drama. Traditional church communities (and even hobby groups, group houses etc) are often full of these, and as soon as one of these attractors take hold then "sane normal people" begin to leave. I would love to hear about how you intend for your groups to be robust and antifragile to destructive social dynamics such as these, such that your overall organisation could have longevity