Organizational Structure
How can communities function more effectively, with much less bureaucratic inefficiency and political manipulation?
In the modern era, humanity has made much progress in decreasing discriminatory hierarchical abuses and bringing about greater freedoms and equality for women, racial minorities, the disabled, singles, LGBTQ+ people, adherents of any religion or spiritual practice, and the impoverished.
Much progress remains to be made, but progress is limited by the inefficiencies, inequities, and manipulations of today’s systems, including economic, governmental, industrial, agricultural, and community infrastructural systems.
Replacing these systems with the correctly scaled, calibrated, and transparent NewVistas system will enable humanity to make even greater social progress and raise the quality of living for all who choose to participate.
Community Groupings
A NewVistas community can begin to take shape before the physical campus, as follows:
Limited partner—The core unit of a NewVistas community is a limited partner. Each limited partner, with an investment in the community of at least $20,000, also runs a successful business, and, in the built-up physical campus, lives in the community.
Unit— Limited partners live in apartments. An apartment building has 4 apartment floors, each with a maximum capacity of 32 people, though the usual number is 25 participants. around 10 of them are limited partners, while the rest are dependents. The participants occupying one floor form a unit. A unit is served by a captain, who recruits and helps participants access community services.
Division – It is composed of participants from diverse demographic divisions: married males (A), married females (B), single females (C), and single males(D).
Branch— Four units, residing in the same apartment building, form a branch. The branch, consisting of around 100 participants, is served by four captains, each from one of the four demographic divisions – A, B, C, or D. the four captains form a branch presidency.
Group – Based on the division they belong to (A, B, C, or D), participants form a group. there are four groups. Group 1 consists of married males and married females (AB). Group 2 consists of single males and single females (CD). Group 3 consists of married males and single males (AD), while group 4 consists of married females and single females (BC).
Class – Within groups, there are classes, which are defined by age.
Village—Ten branches comprise a village. Villages organize activities for specific groups, such as youth, elderly, or singles. A village is served by three presidencies, each with four individuals, and these presidencies form a village board. A full-sized NewVistas campus contains 96 villages, each occupying half a block.
District—Four villages comprise a district. Districts organize activities, sports, and service projects that need many individuals to be successful. A district is served by three presidencies, each with four individuals, and these presidencies form a district board. A full-sized NewVistas campus contains 24 districts, with each district responsible for one of the community’s 24 central multipurpose buildings.
Community—Full communities of approximately 100,000 people can coordinate large-scale activities such as arts festivals, sports tournaments, drama, and large service projects.
Branch, village, and district presidencies coordinate to ensure that there is diversity throughout the community. This is reflected in captains’ recruitment, where they are guided by community bylaws, village presidencies, and data analysis by the Human Relations Agency’s automated system to establish an optimal mix.
Community Organizational Structure
The core organizational unit in NewVistas is a presidency composed of four individual presidents, each representing one of the four divisions – A, B, C, or D. All are equal in status. While they serve autonomously, they make relevant decisions together. Every time a presidency meets, the presiding and clerking responsibilities rotate among the four presidents.
The NewVistas system is a matrix rather than a hierarchy. It breaks down most community functions into strictly defined duties that most unpaid public servants can accomplish in about four hours a week. Some positions – agency, regulatory, and trustee presidencies are full-time, due to the demanding nature of the roles. All others are part-time, with presidents serving for 45 minutes from Monday to Thursday each week, from 8AM.
In a NewVistas community of up to 100,000 people, the organizational structure comprises 5,760 individuals, or about 6% of the community’s total population. Serving in precisely defined and voluntary roles, these presidents work together in 1,440 four-person presidencies.
At a community-wide level, 480 of these presidencies (1,920 individuals) formally meet each quarter to coordinate. In addition, some of the 480 presidencies work together in 132 boards, with each board comprised of three presidencies.
- 12 trustee presidencies form four demographic boards
- 24 agency presidencies form eight bureau boards
- 72 district presidencies form 24 district boards
- 288 village presidencies form 96 village boards
In addition to the 480 presidencies listed above, 960 presidencies of four presidents serve local branches of 100 people, for a total of 3,840 branch servants.
With the exception of the 12 trustee presidencies and 960 branch presidencies, all other community presidencies function within two departments: the Human and Financial Capital Department and the Process and Property Department. Each department contains four bureaus and 12 agencies. A community’s 24 agencies also function within three verticals, each with eight agencies.
In a NewVistas community, public servants have term and tenure limits, so no long-term public careers are possible. The focus stays on each defined position rather than on the individual serving in that position, so every community participant always knows exactly which position to consult for a particular need, even when the individual serving in that position has changed.
Worldwide NewVistas
NewVistas is a worldwide pattern and system for up to 12 billion people1 living in as many as 120,000 communities grouped into 2,400 NewVista councils of 50.
At the worldwide NewVistas level, 12 area presidencies (48 individuals) form four demographic boards and can appoint up to 490 assistant area presidencies (1,960 individuals). The assistant area presidents visit communities remotely two by two (single man, single woman, married man, married woman) to appoint community trustee presidencies and help maintain overall system integrity.
- The United Nations predicts that the world population will reach 11.2 billion in 2100 and stabilize soon thereafter. See World Population Prospects.[↩]