>"Im thrilled at how this conversation is going!"

Likewise :)

> "A great need will be had educating, processing, integrating and training new people, cast-offs from a failed society that are not in a position to make a capital or human investment upfront."

Absolutely!! In fact, this is the mission behind The HEART Collaborative (THC). THC is 501c3 U.S. based non-profit that will be operating alongside the first ON. Its mission is to transition people (physically, spiritually, mentally) into a state of being best suited for their personal lives. It does this first by operating in an ON which would provide the environment to facilitate this transformation. Second, it facilitates the transition through various tools and techniques designed to clear us of our previous beliefs and get us back to a clean slate to build from. If this transformation results in a desire to join ON they would have the opportunity to set one up, and THC would be involved in grouping and training (in the organizational and social systems) ON cohorts.  

"What if a homeless person came? Would they be welcome?"

As stated in the 10 forms of capital. Everyone has some form of capital they can offer, even if it is just time. I will actually do an entire post dedicated to how ON can properly eradicate poverty! The heart of any successful ON would be diversity. A diversity of capital in people. A homeless person would be more eager to invest more time into the project to meet their needs and flourish than a millionaire would be, the beauty of ON is how it is able to equitably pair these two through collaborative capital exchange contracts. Maintaining diversity is paramount which is why ON's aren't individually all-inclusive, but as a whole (as more ON's develop) there will be an ON where someone would find it best suited for them. If they don't find an existing match, then they are part of a new one to be created! Though, it is an essential process that THC will have to do to help people unlearn many of our limiting and destructive beliefs, lest we bring them into these new projects. The ON governmental and organizational system also promotes positive attributes and aids the transition. 

>"What are some pre-steps that can get us closer to taking that first step of investing all our worldly goods into a single geographic location?" 

To answer this question effectively, would require a personalized response as there is no broad answer. This would depend on one's knowledge base (to recommend knowledge that would be effective) or spiritual base (to recommend practices that would prepare one for this new society) etc. So, are you asking for yourself? In which case, why would you consider it a big step?

>"Hopefully loaded with all the knowledge of the ages, and lots about permaculture and sustainable building too. I have pdfs to donate!"

Fantastic! Fortunately, there are many projects dedicated to connecting similar transitioning projects! An ON-specific intranet would be created when it is necessary to do so (once there becomes multiple projects)!  Until then we can utilize the wealth of knowledge and resources already available online. I would recommend Numundo and OneCommunityGlobal and IC.org as resources to build off of until we the time comes. Much of the intranet of ON would consist of government/community/organizational matters which is where the real magic of ON exists. Not in the infrastructure aspect that is so amazingly demonstrated by various organizations already :)

>"I'll leave this thought: there is always work to be done in social services. If ON is successful, people will come. They might even try to take, depending on the conditions of outside societies."

The goal of ON is to be able to provide wealth and abundance to its members to free up our time to be able to create, share and give freely! Collaborating with the local population is not only in our best interest (security-wise as you mention) but will also be an exciting opportunity to help share some of our successes with others. If there is an at-risk area where an ON is located its success would encourage others to join. In which case stealing is unnecessary as those who are in need can just group together and do the same; as everything ON does is open source and freely given, so others can readily duplicate.  

>"I have many thoughts! The first of which is that I would like to participate, for now that means we get to keep talking."

It is a collaboration! let's keep talking :)