The main StarCommunityHouses are currently RyanHouse and SkyHouse, which are about a mile apart, straddling the southern border of the city of Seattle. They are both owned by community members.
Other Seattle group houses started by StarCommunityMembers but not currently considered StarCommunityHouses include:
Most houses have a "mayor," of sorts, who handles essential burdens of collecting and paying moneys for the house. The exact distribution of labors has different from house to house and time to time. The FinancialStructure? of Star is neither entirely communal nor entirely capitalistic, but is a hybrid that is evolving with our comfort level.
Houses may or may not have regular meetings, in addition to WeeklyForum?.
One thing about Star Community Houses is that we tend to have not many, if any, rules. We are a HighContext? community, and vastly prefer ContextOverRules?. This is surprising to many newcomers coming in from the mainstream, from activism, or from workshop culture, who are more accustomed to a more legalistic way of doing things. See also: ConflictNavigation, which is different than ConflictResolution?.
Phase 0:
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 3:
Phase 4:
Note this phase is a mix of response to contractions caused by Covid, to a desire to consolidate to the solid core of the community in a tighter geographical area, and finally to do this without the increased financial risk of buying or renting another house.
Phase 99 (envisioned):
All houses except RyanHouse and SkyHouse were rentals.
(Note: This recollection, recorded 2020-12-28, may be wrong. Please correct as we get more solid information from records.)
Define external redirect: FinancialStructure CrossRoads HighContext PeacerayLeonard ShefaHouse WeeklyForum ContextOverRules StoneHouse ConflictResolution BridgeHouse BeaconHouse