Next installment in the Club Case Studies series on mountain clubs 

Since moving near the Appalachian Trail, I've gone deep on the history of mountain clubs, being curious how these organizations comprised of local chapters coordinated across cultural, political, and bioregional fractures.  

In the US, they built, maintained, and stewarded most public access trails until the 1970s when many responsibilities passed to the federal government. Today, groups like the Appalachian Mountain Club still have local chapters that maintain basic infrastructure like huts for hikers.

Read it here:

Next installment in the Club Case Studies series on mountain clubs 

Since moving near the Appalachian Trail, I've gone deep on the history of mountain clubs, being curious how these organizations comprised of local chapters coordinated across cultural, political, and bioregional fractures.  

In the US, they built, maintained, and stewarded most public access trails until the 1970s when many responsibilities passed to the federal government. Today, groups like the Appalachian Mountain Club still have local chapters that maintain basic infrastructure like huts for hikers.

Read it here: https://syndicate.io/blog/research-piece-mountain-clubs

Writing about how cultural narratives of technology shape what worlds we can build https://keikreutler.net 🗝️

"...by tying sequencer privileges to infrastructure contributions. New sequencers can still join at the entry level, but greater influence requires demonstrated commitment to the network’s health."   This is what we are modeling with musicto - on a very small but distributed level - and it's working.  While we don't have a "hut" for use - we have a positive social feedback loop that seems to be enough to encourage the contributions - still early but feeling good about growth this year.