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I have often heard that a collective needs to remain small (under 40 people) to maintain its collective identity in practice. Has this been documented anywhere? What is the size limit for a collective (as opposed to a co-op) and how did that number get arrived at? #collectivesize #coop
@johnnymac I would have guessed it is pop-derived from Dunbar's small group size https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number of 30-40, but only because I was recently reminded of it.
@johnnymac Our forestry services #coop in the 1970s-80s was made up of a dozen or so "crews" each of which was semi-independent of "central" and effectively a #collective. The crews had anywhere from 15-30 people and sent reps to a weekly council at central to decide co-op-wide matters. Anything requiring a vote of all was referred by Council to the annual meeting. Papers are at University of Oregon Libraries. http://www.hoedadsonline.com/