# council (governance)

a group of people in a meeting to act for a community

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: council

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [meeting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-meeting.social), [act](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-act.deed), [community](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-community.social), [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection)

**Through:** people come together in a meeting and act as a group

**Novel properties:**
- collective decision-making
- representation of community interests
- organized group action

## Examples
- The Iroquois Confederacy's Grand Council met for centuries to govern through consensus among six nations. *(institutions)*
- In 2023, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority convened a council to coordinate monsoon relief across districts. *(governance)*
- The Internet Engineering Task Force holds biannual meetings where a council of volunteers ratifies new protocol standards. *(computing)*

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