If the evaluation is positive, the Global Congress or the Community Council calls upon the individual to be a team member and places him or her randomly with a project leader. If the evaluation is negative, the obituary process is repeated. The training programme entails weekly seminars on how to understand and plan for alternative futures. The Council of Elders are a group of people who work together with various project leaders and team members to finalise projects. Elders are randomly chosen by their community members based on the obituary process and their faithfulness in paying back their debts.
Elders also have a special role in the governance system.
They are usually over 60 years old, and are called upon for their wisdom, insight and foresight. As elders in a community, they are well experienced and knowledgeable about which issues and projects yield long-term sustainable results. When elders enter the governance system, they must also go through the six-month Futures Training Programme. A project started by a project leader and their team members is only finished when it passes a written and oral evaluation with the Council of Elders. This paper has argued for a system of 'indebtedness', with an accompanying structure of project leader, team members, and Council of Elders.