The curator’s charter · in the Charter’s dress
For curators and the organizations that keep Pools.
Planned · shown with invented examples
How will people come in?
Pick the consent model your manifest will name (§3.2, §5.4). Nothing is stored, and coming back to this page starts from nothing chosen.
From K.4’s table
| Model | What it adds before the handshake | When it fits | What it can never remove |
|---|---|---|---|
universal-opt-in | Nothing; literally the default value in the schema | Open Pools where anyone with a page may be asked | The owner’s yes, and the right to leave |
The floor never moves. Stricter Pools “MAY add pre-handshake steps but MUST NOT remove the owner’s ability to decline or withdraw.” (§5.4) K.4 sets out the rules you enforce, each with its section.
Read, in this order
- K.4 Curation as a CraftWritten for this edition
- K.3 Money Beside the IntroductionWritten for this edition
- K-4.3 Contracts Around a PoolRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.3 · the original
- K-4.8 Risk for a Curator, a Host and a BuilderRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.8 · the original
- K-4.7 The Personal Data a Pool HoldsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.7 · the original
From K.4’s table
| Model | What it adds before the handshake | When it fits | What it can never remove |
|---|---|---|---|
vouching-required | A vouch from someone the curator trusts | Pools where trust is the point, such as the invented Drip Line’s belay check | The owner’s yes, and the right to leave |
The floor never moves. Stricter Pools “MAY add pre-handshake steps but MUST NOT remove the owner’s ability to decline or withdraw.” (§5.4) K.4 sets out the rules you enforce, each with its section.
Read, in this order
- K.4 Curation as a CraftWritten for this edition
- K.3 Money Beside the IntroductionWritten for this edition
- K-4.3 Contracts Around a PoolRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.3 · the original
- K-4.8 Risk for a Curator, a Host and a BuilderRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.8 · the original
- K-4.7 The Personal Data a Pool HoldsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.7 · the original
From K.4’s table
| Model | What it adds before the handshake | When it fits | What it can never remove |
|---|---|---|---|
curator-only-adds | Only the curator may submit | Small, invitation-shaped Pools; the project’s own Founding Curators Pool uses it | The owner’s yes, and the right to leave |
The floor never moves. Stricter Pools “MAY add pre-handshake steps but MUST NOT remove the owner’s ability to decline or withdraw.” (§5.4) K.4 sets out the rules you enforce, each with its section.
Read, in this order
- K.4 Curation as a CraftWritten for this edition
- K.3 Money Beside the IntroductionWritten for this edition
- K-4.3 Contracts Around a PoolRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.3 · the original
- K-4.8 Risk for a Curator, a Host and a BuilderRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.8 · the original
- K-4.7 The Personal Data a Pool HoldsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.7 · the original
From K.4’s table
| Model | What it adds before the handshake | When it fits | What it can never remove |
|---|---|---|---|
universal-opt-in | Nothing; literally the default value in the schema | Open Pools where anyone with a page may be asked | The owner’s yes, and the right to leave |
vouching-required | A vouch from someone the curator trusts | Pools where trust is the point, such as the invented Drip Line’s belay check | The owner’s yes, and the right to leave |
curator-only-adds | Only the curator may submit | Small, invitation-shaped Pools; the project’s own Founding Curators Pool uses it | The owner’s yes, and the right to leave |
K.4 asks six questions of a charter, and the fourth is “How do people come in? Name the consent model in words.” Write the charter first and the model usually follows.
The floor never moves. Stricter Pools “MAY add pre-handshake steps but MUST NOT remove the owner’s ability to decline or withdraw.” (§5.4) K.4 sets out the rules you enforce, each with its section.
Read, in this order
- K.4 Curation as a CraftWritten for this edition
- K.3 Money Beside the IntroductionWritten for this edition
- K-4.3 Contracts Around a PoolRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.3 · the original
- K-4.8 Risk for a Curator, a Host and a BuilderRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.8 · the original
- K-4.7 The Personal Data a Pool HoldsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.7 · the original
The articles
Everything in this edition is open. Ten of the Field Manual chapters these lean on are rewritten in this edition for a Kindling reader, each keeping its source number with a K- prefix. The originals, and every other Field Manual chapter, live on solo.joshwolf.net, the Library edition: Volume 1 and Chapter 10.9 are open there; the rest open free with an email.
Art. I
Curation as a craft
§3.2, §5.1 to §5.5, §7.3 and §9, read as what a curator does.
- K.4 Curation as a CraftWritten for this edition
- K-4.3 Contracts Around a PoolRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.3 · the original
- K-4.8 Risk for a Curator, a Host and a BuilderRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.8 · the original
- K-4.7 The Personal Data a Pool HoldsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 4.7 · the original
Art. II
Money beside the introduction
§1.3 and Article VIII of the How page.
- K.3 Money Beside the IntroductionWritten for this edition
- K-3.6 Pricing the Thing Beside the IntroductionRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 3.6 · the original
- K-3.7 Usage Pricing for a Host's Own CostsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 3.7 · the original
- K-5.3 Invoicing Memberships, Tickets and HostingRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 5.3 · the original
- K-6.3 Grants for Nonprofit and Public PoolsRewritten for this edition from Field Manual Ch 6.3 · the original
Art. III
Licensing and governance
Who decides today, and how a section changes.
- K.2 Licensing and GovernanceWritten for this edition
Art. IV
Try it as Hollis
The confirmation step of §5.2 that every Pool builds to.
- Try it as HollisTool · works in your browser, stores nothing
Art. V
The Money lines
What pays and what never does, from the library’s invented organizations.
- The Money linesTool · works in your browser, stores nothing
Art. VI
The Pool manifest walkthrough
The 9 required fields of §3.2, one at a time.
- The Pool manifest walkthroughTool · works in your browser, stores nothing
Art. VII
Before you go further
Volume 10 of the Field Manual, on solo.joshwolf.net, with Chapter 10.4 first.
- 10.4 Loneliness and IdentityFrom the Field Manual, on solo.joshwolf.net
For a Kindling reader Read it as it stands. This edition adds nothing to it.
- 10.9 Crisis and Support DirectoryFrom the Field Manual, on solo.joshwolf.net
For a Kindling reader The crisis and support directory, open to everyone without a link.