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The Egregore Charter
An egregore is a group construct: a shared presence made by attention, a name and a purpose. It needs a charter before it needs a mythology. Write the purpose, the tone, the feeding (the recurring practice that keeps it alive), the review, the close, the boundaries and the way out.
The closing clause is the important one. Name who can close the group and how.
What a charter needs
Purpose
One sentence, one project or one practice. A group with two purposes is two groups.
Tone
The aspect sets the tone; the tone sets what is easy and what is not.
Feeding
A recurring meeting, post or ritual. Put it on a calendar.
Review and close
A date, a steward, a closing clause and a way for a member to leave.
Build your own
The charter is a template and a sigil. Add the boundaries your group actually needs, and make the review real: a date, a person, a decision. The full entry is The Egregore Charter; the protocol is Build an egregore.