Not having a person in charge, while in line with their mission of being a completely community-organized experience, has undoubtedly created unique challenges—take internal communication, for example, because even reporting to the Board becomes a communal thing where the head of each of the four teams—brewery, front of house, kitchen and business—reports to the Board. That coherence in communication is something the entire membership and Board at Black Star are continuously working on to improve, but Mark thankfully relies on role models like the People’s Co-op to guide the way.