we have to chat some of this out ,, maybe this is one point that we see things differently,, im not 100% if i am reading it right.,. are you saying that anyone making money does not share any of it with ecoVillage?
Instead they just ' do their own thing; in terms of financing their ideas?

What i like about sharing some of the percentage back is:

1. The whole community can support other peoples projects by sharing some profits with members of ecoVIllage
2. People are motivated to do projects that may not make much money.. but are important since they will have additional income from the ecoVIllage.
3. It's easy for people to fill in gaps to help with any community project since we are all a part of the abundance. People will not really be counting, and will happily just fill in and do other things to help when its needed..
4. People should have the ability to not work at all, they may be artists, or community spirited high energy motivators, or whatever.. so they should have some income from the overall abundance.
5. we can all really share with more joy in each others successes! If one person does REALLY well, we will feel more happy for them as its such a gift to us all!

Theres more actually, but that gives you an idea of my thinking.
Also worth mentioning that the process of spreading this out can be done quite easily if its though through well. First off is anyone making money would give a portion of profits direct to ecoVillage rather than to individuals (unless they are paying people for their time (staff).. THat makes that step very easy. Then ecoVillage will distribute that to the community as appropriate (this part needs some careful thought)..

Maybe something along the lines of:
1 40% of the money received is distributed equally among all members

1. 20% is distributed to community projects that have most support (can be done online with upvotes rather than voting or meetings) ..
2. 40% can be used for expansion, ecoVillage coin buybacks (if we do it), or other things..

Thats just a rough idea.. but you get the idea.
this might be one to chat verbally on as its gets a tad complicated