The March Hare: Winter '00
Issue 23

How to get involved in life at Dancing Rabbit

There are many different ways to get involved in our ecovillage life. To make things a little easier to understand, we've created this handy chart to help clarify the possibilities. Note that some of these concepts may certainly change over time and are simply an outline of how things are organized now. Also, there are lots of other ways to be involved with Dancing Rabbit. Perhaps most importantly just tell other people about us and spread the dream of ecologically sustainable living. You might also consider donating services, money or useful tools to help support our efforts. If you have relevant research knowledge you could let us know that as well. Here are the ways people participate directly in life here:

Status	Visitor	Guest	Intern	Resident	Member
Length of Stay	up to 3 months (non-renewable). Usually one week to start.	up to 6 months (renewable)	1 to 3 months	1 month to 2 years for total stay	at least 2 years, though this will be revisited next year
Meeting participation expected	encouraged	encouraged	generally yes for Sunday meetings, encouraged otherwise	generally yes for Sunday meetings, encouraged otherwise	generally yes
Can block consensus	no	no	no	no	yes
Who pays for food?	Eating Associate program	sponsor	Dancing Rabbit, Inc.	self	self
Own a car?	yes	no car on the property for more than 6 months	yes	no car on the property for more than 6 months	no car on the property for more than 6 months
DR Dues owed?	no	no	no	no	2% of income + 50 hours per year
How accepted?	go through visitor program	member, resident or intern (w/permission) can sponsor -- group approval needed if a long stay	go through intern program	consensus of members	consensus of members