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Each community should have a set of both long-term and short-term goals explicitly stated.
Assumptions
Each community should have its set of assumptions explicitly stated. These are statements of "what's so" for the community, about the context in which they operate and the process they will follow in operation.
Roles
There are three roles that are key to developing a community in this approach. They should be thought of as functions that need to be covered by the community. Each role should definitely be covered by a motivated individual in the beginning, but should be seen as something that might be distributed among a group of interested community members as things develop.
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