Principle 24: Institutional Independence
The library and the practice belong to no one. They are designed to outlast EPI as an institution.
Commentary
Names the long-game intent: the Coming Home library and the practice itself outlast any organizational vessel. EPI is treated as one current container for the work, not its owner. Cross-references the Coming Home library — the System Map flags the library as institutionally independent of EPI.
Status notes
v3, ready for team review.
Per source Open Questions: “Statement 22 (institutional independence) is unusual among peer-led traditions and distinctively EPI. Worth checking whether this is genuinely a foundational commitment or a current preference.” Source pointer “22” is numbering drift — refers to this statement labeled 24.
This is the statement most worth confirming as truly foundational vs. current-preference. Other peer-led traditions (AA, NA) tie practice to the fellowship’s permanence; EPI is choosing the opposite framing.