# club (social)

a group of people who share a purpose and meet regularly to carry out events

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: general

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [purpose](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-purpose.goal), [event](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-event.occurrence), [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency), [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution), [meeting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-meeting.social)

**Through:** people gather regularly to pursue a shared purpose through recurring events

**Novel properties:**
- scheduled recurring gatherings
- collective event planning
- purpose-driven membership

## Examples
- The Sierra Club organized weekly trail cleanups in Yosemite National Park for five consecutive summers. *(institutions)*
- The Python Software Foundation hosts monthly developer meetups in Berlin with over 200 attendees. *(computing)*
- Rotary Club of Osaka meets every Thursday at 7 AM to plan community health drives. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-club.social*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-club.social.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*