You do not need to understand every part of The Solar Guild before participating. Start with one problem, one Objective, one review, one source, or one specific contribution.
Contents (3 sections)
Choose a path
Active work| If you... | Start with... |
|---|---|
| Have one confusing work expectation | Review the expectation-alignment method and choose an appropriate next step |
| Represent an organization with one specific unmet need | Bring a possible Objective with scope, budget, reviewer, and response authority |
| Have relevant experience | Review one kind of specific work within a declared scope |
| Research systems, lived experience, or weak signals | Apply to Emergent Research Group with one bounded question, observation, or synthesis need |
| Build tools, products, workflows, or operations | Apply to Amaborg Mechanized Systems with one defined mechanism, defect, burden, or handoff |
| Connect a verified result with people, partners, or demand | Apply to Community Impact Alliance with one evidence-backed result and an adoption, partnership, or distribution question |
| Want to challenge the project | Name the claim, evidence, risk, or better alternative clearly |
Fair exchange
Active work- Every Objective states whether the exchange is paid, educational, voluntary, or public-interest before commitment.
- Work creating commercial value, replacing paid work, or otherwise likely to be purchased should ordinarily be paid. A noncash Objective must be time-limited, non-displacing, voluntary, and valuable without a speculative future opportunity.
- Volunteer or educational work must be genuinely voluntary, specific, non-displacing, and useful to the contributor.
- Payment, support, status, or connections do not buy review outcomes or control over private worker information.
- Credit, ownership, confidentiality, and the right to keep a safe record should be stated before work begins.
When not to participate
Active work- The scope, payment, data use, ownership, or reviewer is unclear.
- The work appears to replace ordinary paid labor without valid compensation.
- Participation could expose confidential information or increase retaliation risk.
- The project asks for belief, loyalty, identity, or urgency instead of clear terms.
- A mature existing program already serves the need better.
References and limits
This page is published by The Solar Guild. Sources are listed so readers can inspect the basis of the page. A project statement is not independent proof unless the page identifies supporting outside evidence.
- Current participation and compensation boundaries
- SGUILD.com Objective, Opening, Team, and Charter model