That's some hard work, right there. My community didn't survive it. I wish yours the best.

But, there is no way for everyone to be happy, in the end. "Free spirits" will need to constrain their behavior because they will be made aware of how it has hurt others. People that have been hurt will not feel you have done enough, and will claim your spaces are no longer "safe for them" and split off to form a new group or abandon the community entirely.

And, in the end, it will all come down to enforcement. It will still fall to the event producers to enforce any policies put in place, and be the "bad guys" and "bummers" that have "killed what used to be a great event".

And everyone will turn to the Rangers and ask them why they didn't do more to stop these bad behaviors before, and the Rangers will do what they have been trained to do: stand back and observe. And that'll leave nobody happy.

That's the problem with Radical Self-Reliance. People suck at it. People don't protect themselves from the dangers of everyday life, because they think they are in a "safe space" (which doesn't exist, in reality), and then blame the organizers/producers for their injuries.

And all us Jaded Fucks and old DPW crew stand back with our arms crossed, warm beer in hand, and say, "Read the back of your ticket."

I wish you luck.