Difference between revisions of "Island"

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An "island" at Ephemerisle is a collection of one or more anchored boats, platforms, and/or whatever else floats that's the home of at least one person during the gathering.  Generally they have a theme.
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Ephemerisle is not an event.  It's a distinct collection of independent groups who show up during the same week.   
  
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Islands are largely independent and autonomous, though they may be interconnected to varying degrees (by walkways, shared art projects, etc).  
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An "island" at Ephemerisle is an independent and autonomous collection of one or more anchored boats, platforms, and/or whatever else floats that's the home of at least one person during the gathering.  Generally they have a theme.  In the past, Islands have been encouraged to experiment with their own governance systems.
  
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Islands are encouraged to experiment with their own governance systems (though currently benevolent dictatorships seem to be winning out.)
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Every island is strongly encouraged to treat it's neighbors with respect and not doing anything (including anchoring too closely) which might put their neighbors in danger.
  
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Every island is strongly encouraged to treat it's neighbors with respect and not doing anything (including anchoring too closely) which might put their neighbors in danger.
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An "Archipelago" is an extension of the idea of an Island where different groups of boats join together into a larger collective.  Like Islands an Archipelago can have any form of government they chose from a strict hierarchical dictatorship, to a very loose confederation.
  
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A collection of islands connected by one or more footbridges is an archipelago.  The boundary between an island and archipelago is a fuzzy one, but generally speaking, islands which are part of an archipelago are largely independent of eachother, in terms of governance, social cohesion, and purpose, but collaborate together to create and maintain the archipelago infrastructure (anchors, lighting, footpath, and lines).
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"Archipelago Islands" are a subset of boats within an Archipelago, and they differ from independent Islands as they are not fully independent or autonomous.

Revision as of 12:30, 13 July 2015

Ephemerisle is not an event. It's a distinct collection of independent groups who show up during the same week.

An "island" at Ephemerisle is an independent and autonomous collection of one or more anchored boats, platforms, and/or whatever else floats that's the home of at least one person during the gathering. Generally they have a theme. In the past, Islands have been encouraged to experiment with their own governance systems.

Every island is strongly encouraged to treat it's neighbors with respect and not doing anything (including anchoring too closely) which might put their neighbors in danger.

An "Archipelago" is an extension of the idea of an Island where different groups of boats join together into a larger collective. Like Islands an Archipelago can have any form of government they chose from a strict hierarchical dictatorship, to a very loose confederation.

"Archipelago Islands" are a subset of boats within an Archipelago, and they differ from independent Islands as they are not fully independent or autonomous.

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