Structures & Toolset
MCA works through simple, community-led structures built on shared responsibility and collaboration. Each arrangement begins with people coming together to share resources, form a circle, and create agreements that guide how they live and work together. Here’s a clear look at how it all fits together.
Start an Arrangement
Someone shares space, resources, skills, or an opportunity for others to participate.
Form a Circle
People involved come together as a circle, creating a shared space for collaboration and participation.
Create Agreements
The circle defines how they will share responsibilities, resources, and expectations through clear agreements.
Make Decisions Together
Decisions are made collaboratively using a consent-based approach, without hierarchy or top-down control.
A Trust-Based Community Model
This model illustrates how MCA communities balance shared resources, responsibilities, governance, and participation through collaborative structure and mutual trust.
Core Principles of MCA
- A means to connect autonomous, equitable, collaborative and shareable arrangements of any style and in any location.
- A legal operating structure within which equitable, collaborative and shareable arrangements can be rooted.
- A network of individuals who endeavor to build trust through shared experiences regardless of physical or financial constraints.
- A toolset that facilitates ongoing collaborative decision-making.
- A means of resolving the significant issues facing our society/humanity.
- A set of ground rules; a structure for our chaotic selves.
- Real people connecting with other people based on the principle of respect.
- Connections, Company, Congeniality, Comfort, Collaboration, Inclusion
What MCA Is Not
- A market solution; we are a societal solution.
- A pyramid scheme; our structure is non-hierarchical.
- A service; participation comes with association.
- Pretentious; individuality is encouraged.
- Exclusive; the door to trust-building is open.
- Rushed; good decisions take time.
- Pressured; Associates and Circles are free to engage or disengage at will.
MCA's Core Community Structures
MCA communities use collaborative circles and shared agreements to support communication, participation, and mutual trust.
Collaborative Circles
MCA communities operate through collaborative circles rather than traditional hierarchies. Circles help participants organize communication, responsibilities, agreements, and shared decision-making through community participation and mutual trust.
Shared Agreements
Agreements help define how responsibilities, resources, participation, and expectations are shared within a community. These agreements are created collaboratively and evolve as communities grow and adapt.
MCA's Collaborative Governance Tools
These collaborative tools help communities organize communication, shared responsibilities, meetings, and participation in ways that support trust-based and community-led living.
Members Dashboard
An informative dashboard area that offers easy access for users to utilize all the tools in the toolset.
Private Shareables
A central exchange for shareable details, removing monied interests from information exchange.
Interactive Meeting Tool
An online meeting tool for agendas, discussions, decision tracking, and archived records.
Collaborative Consent Tool
A collaborative tool for discussing proposals and recording group consent online.
Begin Your Community Journey
Connect with MCA to learn more about joining, participating in, or creating a collaborative living arrangement.
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