**Pattern Name:** Constitution
**Introduction:** Groups of people need to create records of agreements about how they will get along.
**Illustration:**
**CONTEXT:**
Groups must be clearly defined--who is in, who is out?
**Initial Situation:**
New groups from. People associated with old groups loose connection with members.
**PROBLEM:** Without clear definitions and rules for a group they will fall apart and be unfit for managing changes in their environment.
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**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):** Create clear definitions and rules for all the roles necessary for viability of the group. Be sure that these rules support the larger encompassing groups as well as the smaller encompassed groups.
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**Notes:**
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
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