Hi @phoebe and welcome to this corner of ours of the internet 
I’ve been part of edgeryders from the beginning as a community manager and co-founder, and what has been constant throughout is the continuous learning and making things as we go, then having some reflection moments when posts like these (many written by @Alberto) find their way and get debated or some principles get validated or acknowledged… We don’t do counts and there is not really a decision making process for these principles to come into the world, rather they are formulated on the basis of common practice and leadership and insights from their author. They have an overarching vision behind it - and that is as simple as freedom in my books
Many times, it could be that depending on who you ask in Edgeryders company or community you might get different answers and we kind of decided a while back that it is ok, in fact it is desirable that it is like that.
Not sure if what @hugi told you and how this post reflects his message (I’m actually curious!), but the closer you are and working on daily operations in edgeryders, chances are these get instilled easier… so I think Hugi sees it in a pretty compatible way.
The good thing is that while these are the lived reality in our company (much more than a manifesto or rulebook), they dont need to be formalised for the entire community. After all, we are 4500 + people from all over with very different levels of engagement in edgeryders. All we can do, those of us who are more involved, is try to grow the culture and that means it will evolve continuously.
To give you an example - in 2013 we were more along these principles for community -company, a little more loose and free as I re-read them and think with hindsight. Now we are more in an organisational transition and scaling, so you will have more preoccupation with formalizing things in the growing company and hoping they will stick in all our dealings in between…
This is my rant, I’m sure others can add their own makes sense?