# [Kanthaus](https://kanthaus.online/) #### [Doug](https://dougwebb.site/), 2021-03-20 <img src="img/newLogo.png" style="height: 12rem;" > ##### (reading online? press 'p' for slide notes) ??? - This is my perspective - Obviously can't explain everything - Will go quickly, q's after ---  **Kanthaus:** Common house by/for techno-hippie-activist collective ??? - a pair of buildings & community of people - buildings owned and governed by community - for purposeful project work/ers - costs paid without rent - 'functional living' - ... --- # History _How did we get here?_ Kanthaus ← yunity ← **foodsharing** ---  > **Issue:** food (~1/3) is wasted ---  **Response:** [foodsharing](https://foodsharing.de/) - app-facilitated gifting of 'excess' food, 2012+ ---  **Outcome:** [46,000+ Tonnes of food](https://foodsharing.de/statistik) saved so far --- # History _How did we get here?_ Kanthaus ← **yunity** ← foodsharing ---  **Issue:** Foodsharing app only in German, has security issues, etc. ---  **Response:** Team (try) to recode platform, without money, 2015-2017 ??? very idealistic, very fun ---  **Outcome:** Social/infrastructure instability halt development --- # History _How did we get here?_ **Kanthaus** ← yunity ← foodsharing ---  **Issue:** It's hard to do anything useful without money _or_ infrastructure ??? - previous mill complex in Heichelheim - house in Darmstadt - previous care home in Rotterdam - previous kids clinic in Harzgerode - previous train station in Bad Dürrenberg - project house in Saasen ---  **Response:** Community buy house to run as for-purpose infrastructure --- # Location [Kantstraße 20 & 22, Wurzen 04808](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.36707&mlon=12.74076#map=19/51.36707/12.74076) (~30 km east of Leipzig) ---  **Kantstraße:** It's the two on the extreme left (no pun intended). ---  **Garden.** Buildings built 1880s, abandoned for ~10 years before us. ---  **Wurzen:** from high up, you don't smell the dog 💩 --- class: top, left ## Beginning steps - 2017: We plan the details at another community - 2017: We internally crowd-fund €50k from 7 members - 2017: HWR tell us about Kantstraße buildings - 2017: €45k paid to WGW for both houses - 2017-07-12: We get the keys - 2017-08-05: Constitution adopted, 4 initial members ---  --- class: top, left ## Beginning state - no - water - electricity - internet - gas - furniture - roof - leaking - community - small - unsure 🙃 ---  **Leaky roof:** Matthias patching it ---  **Indoor camping:** with salvaged festival stuff --- ## Now It has improved somewhat: https://kanthaus.gitlab.io/expfloorer/ --- class: top, left ## Functional living - 'normal' - each person gets one room - remaining rooms communal - 'functional' - community puts rooms to functions - [Blog article from Janina about functional living](https://kanthaus.online/en/blog/2020-03-24_functional-living) ---  **Communal sleeping room:** and occasional cinema ---  **Electro-workshop:** for working on sparky-things ---  **Related:** _default_-FKK bathroom (can be made private!) --- # People ---  **Population:** net number since the beginning ---  **The family:** A whole new generation --- ## Projects List on the [website](https://kanthaus.online/en) --- class: top, left # System - schedule - CoMe - documents - constitution - collective agreements - positions - visitor - volunteer - member - evaluation - decisions ---  **Week schedule:** CoMe, Power Hour(s) — weekly. --- ## CoMe > _"The **Co**ordination **Me**eting is the only weekly meeting everyone is recommended to join. This makes it the main 'real-life' event we have for sharing information and ideas. ..."_ — from [CoMe facilitation advice](https://gitlab.com/kanthaus/kanthaus-governance/-/blob/master/documents/coordinationMeeting/coMeFacilitationAdvice.md) --- class: top, left ## [Constitution](https://kanthaus.online/en/governance/constitution) - describes kanthaus _system_ - purposes - decision-making - conflict resolution... - difficult to change, only members can vote ---  **'[Governing the Commons](https://www.actu-environnement.com/media/pdf/ostrom_1990.pdf)':** Influential in writing documents. --- class: top, left ## [Collective agreements](https://kanthaus.online/en/governance/collectiveagreements) - collects _rules_ - i.e. things there would be consequences for if someone did them - animals - smoking... - easier to change, members and volunteers can vote --- class: top, left # Positions - Visitor - 'newbies' - check-in round after first week - evaluation after 3 weeks - Volunteer - can vote on collective agreements - evaluation after 2 months - Member - 'core contributors' - can vote on constitution - evaluation after 6 months --- class: top, left # Evaluation - periodic 'appraisal' for all Kanthäusler - like a 'sharing circle' focussed on one person - ask deeper questions & bring up pain-points - person then leaves - 'mock vote' - discussion - final vote --- # Other ---  **Gleaning/Nachernten:** fun food-saving with edible reward ---  **The Vortex:** Items progressively leaving the house, inspired by hacklabs ---  **Schleckregal:** Is it clean enough for you to use without washing? ---  **Watery toilets:** cleaner, faster... ---  **Drying clothes:** no toilet-paper required (90 C washing) ---  **Wash kitchen:** to make clothes and food clean --- class: top, left ## Unanswered questions - Kids? - Purpose? - Entrenched hierarchies? - Population limit? - Effectiveness? - Security with age? - De-marketization security? - Functional living vs. preferences?