This is how the group exercises control over people in positions of authority. This prevents monopoly of power and requires those in positions of authority to consult with many others in the process of exercising their authority. Such decentralization also gives many people the opportunity to have responsibility for specific tasks and thereby to learn different skills. Responsibilities that are held too long by one person, formally or informally, come to be seen as that person's property, and are not easily relinquished or controlled by the group. Conversely, if tasks are rotated too frequently the individual does not have time to learn the job and acquire satisfaction for doing it well.
Information is power.
Access to information enhances one's power. Skills and information are resources as much as physical equipment, space, or dollars. Skills can be made available equitably only when members are willing to teach what they know to others. Organization structures developed according to these principles can be controlled by the community as a whole. These principles encourage flexibility, openness, and modest terms of office for those in positions of authority.