FEB 20, 2023
Camazotz Cohaven Update — Land Ahoy!
In today’s update I include organizational purpose, practical realities, and links to recent content.
Purposeful Adjustments
The impact sought by Camazotz Cohaven is wider than Yucatan Mexico where our first property is located...
…Hence launching a separate project, Camazotz Collective, as a way to build a network of collaborators with shared vision.
However...
We pivoted no sooner than our pivot… to a unified concept with the new brand name: Camazotz Cohaven.
With that, we can focus on the broader concept of multiple 'cohavens' as a partner network, while also focusing on the physical location(s) that we have, starting of course with the Yucatan property.
The new combo site is at www.camazotzcohaven.com. Lots of new and edited content. Clearer descriptions. Better written.
We also made good use of Hypha's 'strategy' and 'purpose' templates as an exercise in clarifying our message and approach.
Here's the gist:
Our Ultimate Reason Why (Purpose): To collaborate with a growing network of regenerative safehavens so a super-civilization can arise via the combined creative genius in us all.
Our Practical Reason for Being (Mission): Maximize Human Vitality Through Holistic Regeneration
The Significant Meaning of our work: Demonstrate to the world that vitality-focused regenerative culture is the best way to approach our future.
Measures of Progress: (a) Volume of total human days lived at Camazotz Cohaven, and b) Online mentions of Camazotz Cohaven (how to measure yet to be decided).
Now on with the show...
Practical Realities
People Management
We realized that trying to mix the volunteer program simultaneously with the co-living idea created too much confusion with visitors, leading to unmet expectations and resentments.
Getting the balance of governance correct is crucial to our long-term vision of a cooperative. But we realize that giving volunteers open autonomy to choose what they work on, while attempting to coach them through the concepts of sociocratic governance, is overwhelming.
Hence, the volunteer program will be treated as such. Volunteers who are here for a short period of time in order to contribute their efforts to specific projects that we need done.
The co-living program is thus separate and now detailed on our new webpage at www.camazotzcohaven.com/joinus(where we have a growing FAQ including pictures, pricing calculator, and so on) — all still in germination idea stage.
Infrastructure Developments
Our old gas generator acquired along with the property broke down (again) and this time we are replacing it with a shiny new Hyundai. With 8,500 continuous running watts, it matches the slightly higher than normal capacity as recommended by the previous owner to effectively pump water from our 45 foot well, up to the 2,500 water container on the roof of the shower building.
We are in process of obtaining a topography map and watershed delineation map as a key step towards landscape architecture for future building and garden planning as suits the flow of water around the property during the rainy season.
We have a drip irrigation system on delivery…
…and new visitors helping us learn syntropic agroforestry to step up our game leading up to rainy season in June.
We need a wood mill to begin making small building planks from the abundance of trees on the property along with a wood chipper to create a continuous supply of mulch to help retain moisture in the soil.
See our Instagram account at instagram.com/camazotzcohaven for garden and infrastructure updates.
Content & Communications
Garden Tour — 5 minutes walk around our current food gardens and what we're doing to prepare for the rainy season and build new healthy soil — recorded Jan 23 which is already a month old so we’ll do a new one soon as a lot has already changed!
Interview on Eden Town Hall — impromptu invitation by Eden community members to share an introduction to Camazotz Cohaven. Totally unscripted. Looking forward to other blockchain communities wanting to interview Camazotz Crew as our project grows with interoperability.
The Camazotz Calling — we have started holding meetup group calls as a way to focus on topics of interest for a diverse group.
Google Earth Tour — we are gradually adding landmarks and pictures on the property to Google Earth which you can see here:
https://earth.google.com/earth/d/15keKWnhoV6IvcGCPYawL9aoo0YcYEPT2
Instagram Upgrade
We're working towards a branded content style, rather than just sharing the odd picture or two. This will help to grow our partner network and consumer audience. Follow our instagram account www.instagram.com/camazotzcohaven
Towards a Cooperative Economic Model
We published our current take on a simple economic model that distributes the majority of micro-business profits to the operator of the business:
In Summary — Land Ahoy!
We are beginning to understand the market landscape, and clarifying our perspective on what it will take to develop product and community streams of Camazotz Cohaven towards success.
We haven't even began to share our ideas about tokenomics and the metaverse yet.
Camazotz Cohaven will become one of the most well known success stories in the crypto industry. Looking at the competition, and with our finger on the pulse of both web3 and 'back to nature' trends, we don't actually think it's a hugely difficult challenge. But it will take time and money. Stay tuned.
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