The idea started with Serge.  We had no leader, but Serge would have been the one who came closest to one- something about his personality draws humans to follow like flies to a 'Dead show.  Owning land in Northern Wisconsin passed on to him from a dead relative, and knowledgable in the building of Great Things (having worked for some time in various departments at Menards, the Hardware Store Legacy of the Midwest), it was only a matter of time until the idea of building something on that land dawned on him.
It came to pass that, while our Prophet was on break at Menards, wandering around in a haze as most Menards employees do on their limited freedom, he came to an epiphany, a most incredible idea, whilst looking at the "Instant-Garages" in the side-lot.  Knowledgeable was he in the ways of Insulation, that he realized that for about 300 dollars a 20 foot by 20 foot by 40 foot garage could be insulated enough to keep out even the Hellchill of the North.  Plans unfolded into plans, as Serge paced the inside of the garage- Here, a chair.  Here, a bed in a loft.  Here, a stove.  Over there, a splendid and quite functional toilet (for the Prophet also knew the secrets of Plumbing, and could grasp such ideas).  A house, as small and furnished as the kind that many people in Habitat for Humanity assemble.  A house of his own.
But wait... his own?  Why stop with himself?  Why not offer his land up to the Clan of Kinship, so that others might make houses of their own?  A community could emerge, a return to what we had before- what others who have had similar communal experiences in college could only dream of doing.  No vague future plans of "someday being together again"- no losing of the self in thenostalgia of lost things- Serge made his Plan known, and others wanted part.

As it is now, we are all planning on, sometime inthe next five years, somehow, somewhere, building a like community.  Serge, being a reader of the books of many failed communities (mostly of groups of intellectuals of the past who loved to think but hated to take out the garbage), understood that a theme adds strength to community.  He needn't have mentioned the theme that he was thinking- we all had similar Zen beliefs in some form or other, and knew that that would be a good theme to start with.  Building a "Zen" community, a temple of living philosophy, in the wastes of Wisconsin.

Right now we're all sitting on the idea, savoring the sweetness of a return to the communalism that wehad, wondering if there is another way to do the same thing but easier.  We're open to suggestions-