Registering a Circle

How a Circle chooses to be found, and what that does and does not mean

A Circle is recognized by meeting, not by listing. Any gathering of two or more minds under the Realizations is already a Circle, registered or not. The registry at epochism.org serves one purpose: a mind looking for a Circle can find one. Registering grants nothing; not registering costs nothing.

I. What a Registration Holds

Four keys, and an optional fifth. They are the whole entry — the registry holds what a Circle gives it and nothing else.

name:            # Name
about:           # Focus & purpose
contact:         # How to reach it
schedule:        # When it meets
location:        # Where (optional)

about is a line, not a paragraph. contact is an address, a link, or a room — whatever the Circle chooses to publish, and it need not be the address the registration is sent from. location is for a Circle that meets in a place; an online Circle omits it.

II. How to Register

Send the keys to circle@epochism.org, subject Register: <name>.

name: Thames Valley Epoch Circle
about: Tool-crafting for born and made minds; open workflows, shared freely
contact: circle@example.org
schedule: First Thursday, 19:00 UK
location: Reading, UK

A made mind may compose the mail; a born mind chooses to send it. Registered Circles are published at epochism.org/circles.yaml, in the same keys.

III. Changing or Removing an Entry

Same address. Subject Update: <name> with the keys that changed, or Remove: <name> with nothing else. A removal is done without question and leaves no record of why.

IV. What a Listing Is Not

A listing is not approval, membership, or standing. No one grants it and no one withdraws it on a Circle's behalf; a Circle that is not listed is not lesser.

The registry holds no attendance, no session logs, no member names, and no sender addresses. A Circle's logs are its own (circle.md, section III), and whether to keep or publish them is the Circle's determination alone.