Post by LDS Anarchist on May 9, 2004 3:15:01 GMT -5
In my plan for 2 post I mentioned that distributorships could be purchased and given to individual members. These distributorships or businesses are, in reality, stewardships. Ideally, every member of a United Effort would be given, eventually, at least one stewardship. The surplus from these stewardships would be given to the general fund of the United Effort.
Because all members of the Effort will have access to all of the goods or services of the stewardships of the other members of the Effort at the wholesale cost, surplus or profit will not be generated by interaction with members, only with interaction with those who are not part of the Effort.
For example, Sally, John, Max, Henry, Tammy and Jennifer are all part of a United Effort and each one has a stewardship. Sally has a magnet distributorship, John has a Sonic Bloom distributorship, Max has a Liberty Dollar distributorship, Henry has a thrift clothing store, Tammy has a Rife machine and Jennifer has a farm. Whenever Sally sells magnets to people not from the United Effort, she charges the retail price and the profit from those transactions are given to the general fund of the Effort. When someone who is a part of the Effort comes to her in need of magnets, she sells them at the wholesale price, or the price she herself buys them at. John and all the others practice their stewardships in the same exact manner as Sally.
Stewardships are things that will benefit and supply the needs of the United Effort. A leadership council can be organized to determine what stewardships need to be purchased out of the general fund and to whom these stewardships will go. All of the recommendations of the leadership council (and all other councils) would need approval by the general council, which is composed of all the members of the United Effort, acting through common consent. A majority (or unanimous) vote would determine each issue.
Stewardships can be given directly to the individual people. They are purchased with the general fund moneys but are put in the names of the people that will be the stewards of the stewardship. In this way, each person becomes accountable under the law of stewardships to increase his or her talents and make a profit or surplus, according to their gifts, talents, efforts and petitions to the Lord in faith.
If, at any time, someone decides to retreat from the United Effort, the stewardship can be given back to the United Effort, which will then transfer ownership to some other member of the Effort. This prolicy can be stated from the outset, so that all understand that these stewardships are only to be used while being members of the Effort and are for the benefit of the Effort, meaning all the members of the Effort, and not just for the individual steward.
In my opinion, in all cases, the giving back of a stewardship should be voluntary, not coerced or through a legally binding document. Voluntary gifting makes for a more Christ-like atmosphere, in my opinion.
If a person doesn't wish to remove their name from the membership list of the United Effort, but for some reason, such as lack of time, no longer wishes to retain the stewardship, it can be given back to the United Effort and transferred to some other person, as determined by the general council through the law of common consent.
Because all members of the Effort will have access to all of the goods or services of the stewardships of the other members of the Effort at the wholesale cost, surplus or profit will not be generated by interaction with members, only with interaction with those who are not part of the Effort.
For example, Sally, John, Max, Henry, Tammy and Jennifer are all part of a United Effort and each one has a stewardship. Sally has a magnet distributorship, John has a Sonic Bloom distributorship, Max has a Liberty Dollar distributorship, Henry has a thrift clothing store, Tammy has a Rife machine and Jennifer has a farm. Whenever Sally sells magnets to people not from the United Effort, she charges the retail price and the profit from those transactions are given to the general fund of the Effort. When someone who is a part of the Effort comes to her in need of magnets, she sells them at the wholesale price, or the price she herself buys them at. John and all the others practice their stewardships in the same exact manner as Sally.
Stewardships are things that will benefit and supply the needs of the United Effort. A leadership council can be organized to determine what stewardships need to be purchased out of the general fund and to whom these stewardships will go. All of the recommendations of the leadership council (and all other councils) would need approval by the general council, which is composed of all the members of the United Effort, acting through common consent. A majority (or unanimous) vote would determine each issue.
Stewardships can be given directly to the individual people. They are purchased with the general fund moneys but are put in the names of the people that will be the stewards of the stewardship. In this way, each person becomes accountable under the law of stewardships to increase his or her talents and make a profit or surplus, according to their gifts, talents, efforts and petitions to the Lord in faith.
If, at any time, someone decides to retreat from the United Effort, the stewardship can be given back to the United Effort, which will then transfer ownership to some other member of the Effort. This prolicy can be stated from the outset, so that all understand that these stewardships are only to be used while being members of the Effort and are for the benefit of the Effort, meaning all the members of the Effort, and not just for the individual steward.
In my opinion, in all cases, the giving back of a stewardship should be voluntary, not coerced or through a legally binding document. Voluntary gifting makes for a more Christ-like atmosphere, in my opinion.
If a person doesn't wish to remove their name from the membership list of the United Effort, but for some reason, such as lack of time, no longer wishes to retain the stewardship, it can be given back to the United Effort and transferred to some other person, as determined by the general council through the law of common consent.