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CB is this framework’s reference code; its numeric local locators give CB.1–16. The § column gives publication position. Part order helps retrieval and does not prescribe use order. Dependencies name contributions needed under the conditions stated in the bodies.

Unit	Reader use
Community Building Readme	Select a practical first entry.
Preface	Understand and combine the methods.

Part A - Choose the contribution and make entry possible

§	ID & Title	Status	Keywords & Search Queries	Dependencies
1	CB.1 - Choose a Useful Cultural or Community Contribution	Stable	Who needs what? Community, resource, learning or service?	STR.5; C.36; learning provision when selected
2	CB.2 - Arrange the First Useful Exchanges	Stable	Joined, but no useful exchange; unanswered request	CB.1 when the offer remains uncertain
3	CB.3 - Make Entry and Changes of Participation Workable	Stable	First action; newcomer entry; return, reduce or leave	The actual participation opportunity and its support

Part B - Make shared participation useful

§	ID & Title	Status	Keywords & Search Queries	Dependencies
4	CB.4 - Design a Space and Shared Activity for Its Purpose	Stable	Meeting, platform or shared space; activity and next use	The intended contribution; professional inputs when needed
5	CB.5 - Obtain and Return Useful Contributions from Participants	Stable	Case clinic, demonstration, joint work, project review	Prepared work and capable contributors; domain methods
6	CB.6 - Recognise a Contribution and Choose a Meaningful Response	Stable	Thanks, recognition, unwanted award; meaningful response	A contribution and what is known of its use
7	CB.7 - Prepare and Sustain Distributed Organising	Stable	Founder overload; prepare hosts; shared attention; absence and backup	Willing performers, access and preparation
8	CB.8 - Make Participation Rules Usable and Resolve Incidents	Stable	Rules, incident, reporting, correction and appeal	Actual authority; CB.13 when mandate is missing

Part C - Provide, sustain and govern the arrangement

§	ID & Title	Status	Keywords & Search Queries	Dependencies
9	CB.9 - Provide for Community Work and Agree Its Terms	Stable	Who does the work? Time, money, access and voluntary terms	OPS/MA for capacity or cost; the chosen promise
10	CB.10 - Understand the Value of Participation and Cultural Work	Stable	What value occurred? Stories, observations, failure and burden	Particular uses; C.28/RMP for stronger causal inquiry
11	CB.11 - Continue, Change, Transfer or End a Community Arrangement	Stable	Continue, reduce, transfer, split, pause or end	Receiving work, provision and a valid decision
12	CB.12 - Support a Useful Repeated Action of Participation	Stable	Useful repeat action; occasion, friction and return	A wanted action; HCD when capability is missing
13	CB.13 - Establish a Workable Mandate for Shared Decisions	Stable	Who may decide? Common mandate, delegation and challenge	The affected people, common subject and permissions

Part D - Develop practice and connect its contributions

§	ID & Title	Status	Keywords & Search Queries	Dependencies
14	CB.14 - Develop and Maintain a Shared Repertoire of Practice	Stable	Shared repertoire; documentation, benchmarking and renewal	ME/RMP for actual method-development contributions
15	CB.15 - Connect Practices through a Useful Joint Contribution	Stable	Cross-community work; visits, translation and received use	Relevant practitioners, access and receiving conditions
16	CB.16 - Form and Carry a Collective Voice into a Decision	Stable	Joint response; collective voice, dissent and representation	CB.13 for mandate; the receiving decision

Reference units

Unit	Reader use
Applications	Follow professional, voluntary, independent and customer uses.
Sources, relations and renewal	Recover source limits, external contributions and changed-use returns.
Edition and use	Identify and cite this edition; find licensing terms.