Village Manager Support

Monday, November 26, 2007

What questions should we answer or topics should we discuss on this blog?

Creating, maintaining, and understanding a village is a task that many people around the world are responsible for. We thought some of the following questions may provoke discussion about village management:
  • So, what is a village?
  • Are villages urban, rural, suburban?
  • So, why should you create a village?
  • What should I know about properties?
  • What should I know about businesses?
  • What should I know about people?
  • So, why did we start VillageManager.net?
  • What's important to successfully running a village? Organization? Creativity?
  • Does a village have to be a geographically-defined area?
  • Okay, I've entered the information, what do I do now?
We'll add to this list. Provide your own questions. Let's start a dialogue.

Chris

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

How To Create a Village

A village is made of people, property, and businesses --- and the relationships between them. There can be many relationships. One person can own one or more properties and/or own one or more businesses. So, enter your property info first, then your business info, and finally the people info. Be sure to enter the name of a person only once. Then associate your village's properties and businesses with their owners.