Provisional asset · built from session photos · conditions, barriers and dimensions per the group's own placement · pending David's transcription for the final version
Conditions & Barriers Hub Asset · TNN Retreat

Rhythm & Recurrence

One of the seven neighborhood components · Activity 3 (what makes it viable) and Activity 4 (what undermines it)

This board mapped what has to be present for rhythm and recurrence to hold, the conditions under which a neighborhood gathers again and again rather than once. The group also named the barriers that undermine those conditions, working from the five Activity 2 dimensions carried in below. Read from the session photos and provisional until David's transcription.

Carried in from Activity 2

The dimensions these attach to

★RegularsCreated together, not imposedEquitable accessShared meeting spacesConsistent events and celebrations
Enabling conditions

What has to be present

01Rotation of leadership
02Institutions' role as support
03Affinity spaces
04Proactive reflection: who's here, who's not?
05Financially viable
06Willing to do the work of putting it together
07Impactful
08Relevant
09Maintenance
10Beauty
11Respecting social neighborhood norms or culture
12Accessible gathering space, and maintaining it
13Shared self-interest
Barriers

What undermines it

B1No connectors or bridges to do the work
B2Looking for ways to justify existence, a “culture of expertise”
B3Attempting to be all things to all people
B4Identifying who is in power, who grants access
B5Money, safety, lack of engagement
B6Lack of experience“just go to one event and see”
B7Lack of trust and understanding
B8Money, safety, mutual agreement
The board at a glance

Around the component

Rhythm and recurrence at the center, the enabling conditions around it, and the barriers set apart in rose. The five Activity 2 dimensions, Regulars voted, are the anchors these attach to.

barriers RHYTHM &RECURRENCE
Open, and worth carrying forward

Threads

T1

The dimensions carry forward

Regulars drew the vote. The conditions and barriers attach to the five dimensions, and the mapping can be tightened in revision.

T2

Two money-and-safety notes

One pairs with lack of engagement, one with mutual agreement. Confirm whether these are distinct barriers or one idea captured twice.

T3

Overlapping pink notes

Several barrier notes sat between this board and Common Stakes, so a few attributions were a judgment call. David's transcription settles which belong here.

T4

No drivers separated here

Unlike Mutual Obligation, this board did not place a distinct driver layer. If the group meant any of these as drivers, mark them in revision.