“There are no rules as to how you should proceed. Cacophony grows organically, nurtured by example. The various lodges are different but bear a family resemblance to one another. Like families, they may squabble, envy, backstab, and inspire. If you’re getting out of line, your family will let you know. If you don’t like it, you can always run away with the name. The only contentious areas have generally been implicit political agendas (generally frowned upon whether anarchist, libertarian, or worse) and “commercial” events (a vague concept — get reimbursed for services, materials, and rentals necessary to some events.) If you get different information from all of us, it’s to be expected. It is Cacophony, after all. Every branch has its own legitimate way of running things. The fact that they’ve survived for a few years is the only justification we have for our approach.”
