As I understand it, when we plan, design and build our homes in the Self Reliance communities, we will work with groups of 10 (families). Each group of 10 with be grouped with 4 other groups (5 groups of 10). Then there will be 5 groups of 50 to comprise the whole community.
I was pondering what we call the groups within this structure.
A Family is the smallest unit – essentially a household or in our case one share holder.
A group of 10 shareholders could be considered a CLAN – which is a group within a Tribe (this has some Book of Mormon connotations).
A group of 5 clans would be considered a TRIBE.
A group of tribes would be considered a PEOPLE.
Other terminolgy could be
Family – Hamlet – Village – Town
or
Family – District – Shire – Town/City
What do you think?
That is a really good question. My personal preference is District within the community. Shire originated with a 1,000 families. A ward is already in use. So, I stand by my preference “District.”