<aside> 💡 These were based on the eight design principles for common-pool resources by Nobel prize winner Elinor Ostrom. While they’re numbered, there is no order of priority.
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<aside> 📍 Predicting, much less including, every single scenario is impossible, so we ask for good faith, common sense and, most of all, trust—as we learn to govern ourselves, together.
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<aside> 🌳 We hope this document feels accessible to all. While we have references and want to educate, we never intend to intimidate (you don’t need to know our references to get to know us!). Please notify us if we can do better in clarifying!
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<aside> 🚧 This document is still in development with the intend of both expanding it, but also redesigning it as to make the information more digestible. Follow for updates.
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<aside> 📎 In addition to these principles, Post Office Coöperatie U.A. acknowledges the following codes:
OUR PRINCIPLES:
We might not be a common-pool resource in the traditional sense but we do aspire to function as one, which is why we’ve looked for guidance to Elinor Ostrom’s seminal book, “Governing the Commons” in which she lays out eight design principles for common-pool resources.