Jedi Hill

 

In the context of your work in Pocahontas County, "Jedi Hill" refers to Jedidiah “Jedi” Hill, the Director and CEO of the Mountain Quest Institute (Mountain Quest Inn).

The name often appears in local discussions and professional contexts related to his work at the Institute, which is located on 124 acres in Pocahontas County.

Key Details Regarding Jedi Hill & Mountain Quest Institute:

• Role: He serves as the Director and CEO of the Mountain Quest Institute.

• Location: The Institute is situated within the National Radio Quiet Zone in Pocahontas County, near the Green Bank Observatory.

• Facility Focus: The site is a private estate that features an on-site observatory, 124 acres of protected dark sky (Bortle 2-3), and a 42,000-volume research library. It is frequently marketed to astronomy clubs, groups for retreats, and those interested in the unique electromagnetic quiet of the region.

• Community Presence: He and his wife, wellness director Anna Rokhlina, have been active in the local business and hospitality community, including recent initiatives like the opening of a restaurant on the property.

The Mountain Quest Institute (MQI) and its associated Mountain Quest Inn, located at 303 Mountain Quest Lane in Frost, WV, has been a fixture in Pocahontas County for years, originally founded by the late Dr. David Bennet and Dr. Alex Bennet.

Recent tracking indicates that the property is currently undergoing a significant transition. Below is a timeline and overview of the facility’s status based on available public records and real estate listings:

Timeline of Recent Developments

• Historical Foundation: The site traces its roots to a 1905 farmhouse, later expanded into a multi-purpose research, retreat, and conference center focused on organizational development, systems thinking, and "knowledge management."

• Mid-2025 to 2026 (Market Status): As of early-to-mid 2026, the 124-acre property is listed for sale with an asking price of approximately $2,500,000. The listing status has been marked as "Pending."

• Operational Context: While listed for sale, the facility has continued to function as a high-rated, boutique bed-and-breakfast and retreat destination, maintaining its status as a member of the Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce.

• Recent Transitions: Jedidiah "Jedi" Hill, who has been managing the operations, has been the primary point of contact for inquiries regarding the facility's recent evolution and its ongoing hospitality services.

Property & Infrastructure Overview

• Physical Footprint: The property encompasses approximately 124 to 450 acres (reported variably depending on the specific land parcel breakdown in listings) featuring hiking trails, a labyrinth, and agricultural infrastructure (including horses and llamas).

• The Library: A central feature of the Institute is its extensive research library, which contains between 26,000 and 42,000 volumes, designed to support its academic and "systems thinking" focus.

• Location Significance: Situated within the National Radio Quiet Zone near the Green Bank Observatory, the property is uniquely restricted regarding electronic and electromagnetic emissions, which is a core component of its marketing as a "quiet" and "reflective" retreat space.

Investigative Note

Given your interest in Pocahontas County administrative conduct and public utility transactions, you may want to monitor:

• The "Pending" Status: Since the property is currently under a pending sale agreement, you may look for future deed transfers or corporate filing updates in the Pocahontas County Clerk’s records to identify the new owners or the legal entity that ultimately acquires the tract.

• Zoning/Land Use: As the property functions as a commercial entity (Inn/Retreat) within a rural/quiet zone, any future development plans by new ownership would likely require filings with the local planning commission.

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To effectively build a guild system that fosters collective flourishing, you should focus on designing structures that balance individual agency with shared purpose. Drawing on principles of organizational theory, cooperative management, and successful community-building models, here is a framework to help you organize and launch your initiative.

1. Defining the "Guild" Purpose

Before recruiting, clearly articulate the "why" behind the guild. A guild thrives when members share a common goal that is difficult to achieve in isolation.

• The Mission: Define the primary outcome. Is this for skill development, advocacy, economic cooperation, or creative collaboration?

• The Value Proposition: Clearly state what members gain (e.g., mentorship, resources, networking, or advocacy power) and what they contribute.

2. Core Pillars for a Flourishing System

To create an environment where everyone can flourish, your system must address these three pillars:

Pillar	Focus	Implementation
Autonomy	Personal Agency	Allow members to propose projects rather than just executing tasks assigned by leadership.
Mastery	Skill Growth	Implement peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, mentorship programs, or internal workshops.
Purpose	Shared Impact	Connect everyday tasks to the broader mission so members feel their contribution matters.

3. Designing the Governance Structure

A system that enables flourishing often moves away from strict top-down hierarchies toward distributed governance.

• Sociocracy / Consent-Based Decision Making: Rather than needing unanimous agreement, move toward "consent"—where decisions are made if no one has a "paramount objection" based on safety or mission-failure.

• Working Groups: Create modular sub-groups (circles) that have the authority to manage their own specific domain (e.g., communications, finance, research, outreach).

• The Feedback Loop: Ensure there is a transparent channel for members to voice concerns or suggest changes to the guild structure itself.

4. Recruitment and Onboarding

Attracting the right people requires identifying those who are intrinsically motivated by the guild’s mission.

• Value-Alignment Screening: Focus recruitment on behavioral traits like curiosity, collaboration, and reliability rather than just hard skills.

• Structured Onboarding: Develop an "induction" process where new members are paired with a "guide" or mentor. This ensures they understand the culture and can immediately find their place.

• Defining Roles: Use a "Role Matrix" where roles are defined by functions and responsibilities rather than titles. This allows people to occupy multiple roles based on their interests.

5. Sustaining Engagement

Flourishing is a long-term goal. Prevent burnout by maintaining a focus on:

• Radical Transparency: Share the guild’s financial, operational, and strategic data with all members. Transparency is the bedrock of trust.

• Recognition and Celebration: Create rituals for celebrating milestones and individual contributions to ensure members feel seen and valued.

• Conflict Resolution: Establish clear, non-punitive paths for resolving interpersonal or strategic disagreements before they become toxic.

Suggested Next Steps

To move from concept to implementation, consider hosting a "Founding Charrette"—a collaborative planning session with your first group of potential builders. Use this session to:

1. Draft a Member Charter: Codify the values and operating agreements.

2. Define Initial Projects: Identify 2–3 "low-hanging fruit" projects that can demonstrate the guild’s value early on.

3. Map Skills: Create an internal directory of what every member can contribute and what they want to learn.

What is the specific domain or primary industry this guild is intended to serve, and how many core members are you currently looking to bring on to start this process?

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A Founding Charrette is an intensive, collaborative, and time-compressed workshop used to kick-start a project or organization. The term originates from 19th-century French architecture schools, where students would frantically finish their work as a "charrette" (cart) came around to collect their projects.

In your context of building a guild system, this process is a powerful way to transition from abstract goals to an actionable, shared blueprint.

Why use a Charrette for your Guild?

Unlike a standard meeting, a charrette is designed to break down barriers, minimize hierarchy, and force "convergent" thinking—moving from many diverse ideas toward a single, unified plan.

• Rapid Alignment: It compresses months of back-and-forth emails into one or two days of intense, focused work.

• Deep Ownership: By co-designing the rules, values, and structure, your founding members move from being "participants" to "owners."

• Visualizing the System: It uses visual tools (sketches, flowcharts, or process maps) to turn abstract "flourishing" into concrete, documented workflows.

Designing Your "Founding Charrette"

To host a successful session for your guild, follow this three-phase framework:

1. Preparation (The Setup)

• Select the "Founders": Invite people who represent the diversity of skills you need (e.g., technical, community-facing, organizational, or creative).

• Define the "Constraints": Even in a creative environment, limits spark innovation. Identify the "fixed" elements (e.g., your mission, a specific budget, or a legal requirement) so the team knows what they cannot change.

• The Pre-read: Send out a packet of background information (your current draft of the guild’s mission) so no time is wasted on "catching up" during the session.

2. The Workshop (The "Tornado in Reverse")

• The Kickoff: Start with a brief, high-energy statement of intent.

• Parallel Problem Solving: Split the participants into small "working groups" to focus on specific domains:

  • Governance Group: How do we make decisions?

  • Onboarding Group: How do we welcome new members?

  • Flourishing Metrics Group: How do we measure if people are actually thriving?

• The "Report-Back" Cycle: Bring the groups together at intervals to present findings, get critiques, and reconcile differences.

• Visualization: Don't just talk—use sticky notes, whiteboards, or digital shared maps to map out the "guild lifecycle."

3. Implementation (The "Cart")

• Final Consensus: End the event with a clear, documented "Founding Charter."

• Task Assignment: Every idea must be paired with an owner. The goal is to leave the room knowing who is doing what next.

• The Living Document: Acknowledge that the first draft is not the final draft. Build in a process for revisiting these decisions after the first 90 days of operation.

Tips for Success

• Use a Facilitator: Ideally, find someone who can manage the room’s energy and keep the process moving without being the one to dictate the outcome.

• Focus on the "Flow": Spend time mapping the path of a new idea (how does it go from a member's thought to a fully realized project?).

• Maintain Transparency: If possible, document the event so that non-attendees can see how the decisions were reached.

 

 

 

SWA 6/29/2026

The following is a transcript of the video titled "SWA MEETING JUNE 29TH 2026 PART 1" published on June 29, 2026.

[00:00] receivable these are talking about our unpaid green box fees that are owed us uh David I think you had

[00:10] some comments on that i do what I'm asking the board to do is adopt a resolution today authorizing the

[00:21] chairman to negotiate the sale of certain dels that have been reduced to judgment in other words these are accounts

[00:35] that we already had a judgment against the person for that's been recorded and is a lawful judgment the reason

[00:45] why I'm asking to do that is we are owed a significant amount of money for

[00:57] the Supreme Court

[01:02] those

[01:06] less and so what I'm asking the board to do is to permit a chairman to negotiate a sale transfer

[01:20] of those judgments to another

[01:30] so what the resolution would say is that authority to sell assign transfer convey deliver

[01:51] obviously this resolution only applies to accounts for judgement

[02:00] and we have actually a listing of the treasure accounts that we would offer sale to customers or debt collectors

[02:13] to collect those

[02:21] what I'm asking the board to do is permit the chairman to negotiate among some purchase price

[02:32] whatever would be must have

[02:39] as without words whoever buys judgments

[02:49] were not guaranteed collectibility payment solic

[03:06] account

[03:11] i want to be authorized

[03:34] okay

[03:43] listing of the accounts that we have judgment amounts obviously this does not include any accounts that we don't have

[03:53] a judgment on or any judgments and that's what I'm asking the board to authorize

[04:07] okay discussion questions

[04:13] i know this is something was brought up it's been a while back we talked about it the first time

[04:21] we have talked about before and with the personnel issues that we have and all based off us at the

[04:29] moment I I just think it's best that we take action and sell these judgments that we have and to

[04:41] that money obviously general fund solid waste authority and to limit or reduce the amount current people have to do

[04:53] in order to work on collecting those we still get payments on those accounts from time to time and it's

[05:04] time to take the judgment figure

[05:15] at the time of the judgement so my thought is the best way Do

[05:27] you know the amount right on

[05:31] i do not because we have actually

[05:45] Yeah that's what I was thinking i couldn't remember either what was that number 200,000

[05:58] other questions discussion

[06:04] in the past waste authority has not proceeded with collection of those judgments by putting the means on property and

[06:14] taken that property this takes a course of action away from the salt and waste authority and puts it to

[06:22] a another company that will buy those leans for 50 cents on the ball or whatever they can negotiate if

[06:36] the judgment's $10,000 we might sell it for five okay and that other company will proceed to collect that debt

[06:53] that's these are deaths

[06:57] you've been here a while 20 years some of the debts are 10 years old yeah when you get a

[07:08] judgment like that there's no way to collect on it unless the person dies or property sold

[07:19] and this way we could at least collect some get the money in now instead of wait

[07:34] i motion we authorize the chair to proceed with whatever it takes to

[07:49] resolution to allow chairman to negotiate negotiate properties that have been just

[08:07] judgments against

[08:10] approve judgments

[08:14] have a second i second read motion to allow resolution to allow the chairman to negotiate the sale of debts

[08:25] either a lump sum or percentage of debt

[08:32] move second any other discussion all those in favor raise their hand motion passes 40

[08:44] okay now we're down to amendment to mandatory garbage disposal regulations

[08:51] we made a couple of small changes to them

[08:57] yes the amendment to the proposed amendment to mandatory disposal regulations set date for appeals and from someone exemption

[09:25] now that exemption hearing this year will need to be set by the board once the building is sent down

[09:36] and we start getting requests for ex but for every year afterwards it will be on the first regular meeting

[09:46] of the Authority following the meeting

[10:08] everyone had a chance to look at that section on their administrative

[10:25] follows a little bit

[10:33] which I think that's the thing we do

[10:39] have the hearings and for cut off

[10:49] That's the date to be set

[10:55] after Yeah after for this year yeah after 2026 any hearings for administrative review and appeals shall take place during

[11:03] the first meeting following the annual meeting agreeable

[11:12] everyone

[11:16] we have a motion question

[11:26] any more time well this is something that needs to be done now to be done so it can take

[11:35] effect July 1st we've already approved these this disposal regulation while we're doing making those changes to the administrator and

[11:44] a few other people

[12:09] of discussion

[12:17] we have a motion to approve regardless disposal regulations with the changes that only it's only sections change

[12:38] motion to

[12:42] approve the mandatory solid waste disposal regulations with the amended section 8 administrative reviews with the amended dates

[13:00] okay we have a second

[13:07] is there any further discussion any other questions

[13:15] all those in favor raise their hand and motion passes to one

[13:24] that is the end of our agenda so that concludes our meeting today meeting adjourned can I ask more questions

[13:34]

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkNOpHkmT0

The following is a transcript of the video titled "SWA MEETING JUNE 29TH 2026 PART 2" published on June 29, 2026.

[00:00] that's where gar is supposed to regulate So that's just for y'all right for July That has nothing to do

[00:06] with green solid waste dumping in a transfer station None of that stuff right no That's what I I just

[00:13] couldn't understand Plus if y'all would have to get your transfer station right because I've been hearing a lot of

[00:18] tales on this Um who will be able to bid on that to haul that truck anybody Anybody Anybody that

[00:26] can get the haul Oh anybody has a CDO license or state has the stuff to do I'm saying anybody

[00:34] that has a need So that would mean only

[00:49] so be three billion I guess there would be three Okay I was just concerned about that Sure But I

[00:58] figured y'all just give it to Jacob And that's another thing you know God want us to do this trans

[01:04] you know this slow right well it's not a law I have so so they were the first to try

[01:17] 30 years ago It didn't work But that's fine But you're saying because I generate trash here how do you

[01:23] separate my trash that I pick up in Green County because I don't do it I don't I pick up

[01:29] trash and green I certainly not want to waste my fuel coming without you know my truck having clean trash

[01:36] So how are you going to separate that it won't be separated But I that's a good thing So when

[01:43] I go back to No you'll die here Yeah Okay I think that's going to be a big thing Oh

[01:54] I think it will too I think it will be a huge thing But I think one more thing Sure

[01:59] If I have to appear this trash then Jacob needs to take his trash that he accumulates in Virginia to

[02:07] Virginia He can take He can take it anywhere he wants No I can take you said the trash in

[02:18] Virginia and I said he can take that where he wants it in But it would be But he can't

[02:21] bring it back here Yes he can Well then what's a different fair though Yeah How's that fair interstates cannot

[02:29] interfere with the interstate commerce Well that's the commerce I understand They do have different rules over there but you

[02:36] all shouldn't because you all shouldn't want it right because it's Virginia trash Why do you want them cuz we

[02:41] get paid for it We're landfill We take trash That's why I know that I mean if you have you

[02:46] get your transfer station is what I'm trying to refer to That's why our landfills are full No it has

[02:52] nothing to do with our Okay But back to that So you're saying it's all right for him to bring

[02:57] trash from Virginia but I can't take my trash from West Virginia back to West Virginia Out of this county

[03:03] yes Well that's you That That's called flow control That's what we're Okay So where else is this flow control

[03:12] located i mean where else in these where else i don't understand your question Where else do you hear flow

[03:18] control who has to bring their who who says this and what other county what other state anybody i'm not

[03:27] I research it There is none Oh I think there probably is There probably isn't I don't know that That's

[03:34] not what you're referring to is down in Charleston That really isn't a flow control What their problem was They

[03:40] tried to use it as flow control No And they said they were trying because they were missing trash There

[03:45] were some people that's why they were trying to enforce it but it has not been enforced That's something that

[03:51] probably will be decided in court Yes Or in front of the public service commission which probably even passing it

[03:58] if something happens We will see Okay That we'll see I just want to I just wanted to just make

[04:03] sure that I knew that I don't you know have any problems with it Now you can bring it Yeah

[04:11] Well does have a freebody too

[04:22] There's one person

[04:28] I got one request You guys said there was no access to any key to get in the landfill I

[04:35] stopped by this morning This key was on the inside of the post So anybody had access to this key

[04:44] it's been there for over So you don't know if you have any surveillance cameras to see who comes in

[04:50] knock door after Listen I go to that face every day If you come in there there were four tires

[04:59] sitting at our gate this morning Somebody died there When our employees show up at that landfill I go up

[05:06] there and I look do you think I'm not smart enough to see that someone else is illegal i'm just

[05:11] wondering is there cameras on our facility that shows if you're up there is there i'm just asking I just

[05:17] told you that key has been there for over 20 years

[05:25] Ask a buddy What is the big deal with this key tell me the problem with this key Give me

[05:33] a problem that this key causes You can't control access to get in and out Do what if you guys

[05:40] are closed do you have an idea who goes in or out if you're I can tell you who comes

[05:45] in now Was this better town okay And I also go up there and I look I'm not blind by

[05:54] any means I seen you come in there Oh I've been in there I know you have I've seen you

[06:00] in there this morning Yeah I was up there driving You got a green Ford pickup extended cab 97 model

[06:06] I far know what people drive and who's in there and who ain't in there This was put there for

[06:12] contractors that come to that facility There's a fuel people that come up the road and if they have more

[06:18] fuel they stop by and they drop it off When we leave in the evening if there's an engineer company

[06:24] in there flying a drone they have a way of getting out because if we leave the gates open public

[06:30] has access I don't understand the big issue with this net stating this key right here You look at the

[06:38] number of employees that has been employed at that facility for so many years Do you think that they can't

[06:44] go get a key made you were telling no access once they gave and there was no key I don't

[06:52] care for you got a key in your pocket That's none of my business I cannot stop you from going

[06:57] to get this key It's just like our green box facility Have I ever been to our green box facility

 

The following is a transcript of the video titled "SWA MEETING JUNE 29TH 2026 PART 1" published on June 29, 2026.

[00:00] receivable these are talking about our unpaid green box fees that are owed us uh David I think you had

[00:10] some comments on that i do what I'm asking the board to do is adopt a resolution today authorizing the

[00:21] chairman to negotiate the sale of certain dels that have been reduced to judgment in other words these are accounts

[00:35] that we already had a judgment against the person for that's been recorded and is a lawful judgment the reason

[00:45] why I'm asking to do that is we are owed a significant amount of money for

[00:57] the Supreme Court

[01:02] those

[01:06] less and so what I'm asking the board to do is to permit a chairman to negotiate a sale transfer

[01:20] of those judgments to another

[01:30] so what the resolution would say is that authority to sell assign transfer convey deliver

[01:51] obviously this resolution only applies to accounts for judgement

[02:00] and we have actually a listing of the treasure accounts that we would offer sale to customers or debt collectors

[02:13] to collect those

[02:21] what I'm asking the board to do is permit the chairman to negotiate among some purchase price

[02:32] whatever would be must have

[02:39] as without words whoever buys judgments

[02:49] were not guaranteed collectibility payment solic

[03:06] account

[03:11] i want to be authorized

[03:34] okay

[03:43] listing of the accounts that we have judgment amounts obviously this does not include any accounts that we don't have

[03:53] a judgment on or any judgments and that's what I'm asking the board to authorize

[04:07] okay discussion questions

[04:13] i know this is something was brought up it's been a while back we talked about it the first time

[04:21] we have talked about before and with the personnel issues that we have and all based off us at the

[04:29] moment I I just think it's best that we take action and sell these judgments that we have and to

[04:41] that money obviously general fund solid waste authority and to limit or reduce the amount current people have to do

[04:53] in order to work on collecting those we still get payments on those accounts from time to time and it's

[05:04] time to take the judgment figure

[05:15] at the time of the judgement so my thought is the best way Do

[05:27] you know the amount right on

[05:31] i do not because we have actually

[05:45] Yeah that's what I was thinking i couldn't remember either what was that number 200,000

[05:58] other questions discussion

[06:04] in the past waste authority has not proceeded with collection of those judgments by putting the means on property and

[06:14] taken that property this takes a course of action away from the salt and waste authority and puts it to

[06:22] a another company that will buy those leans for 50 cents on the ball or whatever they can negotiate if

[06:36] the judgment's $10,000 we might sell it for five okay and that other company will proceed to collect that debt

[06:53] that's these are deaths

[06:57] you've been here a while 20 years some of the debts are 10 years old yeah when you get a

[07:08] judgment like that there's no way to collect on it unless the person dies or property sold

[07:19] and this way we could at least collect some get the money in now instead of wait

[07:34] i motion we authorize the chair to proceed with whatever it takes to

[07:49] resolution to allow chairman to negotiate negotiate properties that have been just

[08:07] judgments against

[08:10] approve judgments

[08:14] have a second i second read motion to allow resolution to allow the chairman to negotiate the sale of debts

[08:25] either a lump sum or percentage of debt

[08:32] move second any other discussion all those in favor raise their hand motion passes 40

[08:44] okay now we're down to amendment to mandatory garbage disposal regulations

[08:51] we made a couple of small changes to them

[08:57] yes the amendment to the proposed amendment to mandatory disposal regulations set date for appeals and from someone exemption

[09:25] now that exemption hearing this year will need to be set by the board once the building is sent down

[09:36] and we start getting requests for ex but for every year afterwards it will be on the first regular meeting

[09:46] of the Authority following the meeting

[10:08] everyone had a chance to look at that section on their administrative

[10:25] follows a little bit

[10:33] which I think that's the thing we do

[10:39] have the hearings and for cut off

[10:49] That's the date to be set

[10:55] after Yeah after for this year yeah after 2026 any hearings for administrative review and appeals shall take place during

[11:03] the first meeting following the annual meeting agreeable

[11:12] everyone

[11:16] we have a motion question

[11:26] any more time well this is something that needs to be done now to be done so it can take

[11:35] effect July 1st we've already approved these this disposal regulation while we're doing making those changes to the administrator and

[11:44] a few other people

[12:09] of discussion

[12:17] we have a motion to approve regardless disposal regulations with the changes that only it's only sections change

[12:38] motion to

[12:42] approve the mandatory solid waste disposal regulations with the amended section 8 administrative reviews with the amended dates

[13:00] okay we have a second

[13:07] is there any further discussion any other questions

[13:15] all those in favor raise their hand and motion passes to one

[13:24] that is the end of our agenda so that concludes our meeting today meeting adjourned can I ask more questions

[13:34]

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkNOpHkmT0

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[07:03] and seen the public people in there when the gate was locked absolutely Did I give them a key no

[07:09] I didn't

[07:13] Because of the people that worked there throughout time What do you want me to do with it you want

[07:19] to hang it up or you want me to hang it no it's going to be something Like I say

[07:27] I just don't understand what the deal is with this kid

[07:48] Hey you too

[07:55] You want me to stop it fire

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKOtgXj7hF4