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Form K-1 · Parts III–VII

The Accounting

How the framework turns relationship into a ledger without turning it into money — the core variables, the Kuleana Quotient, the ahupuaʻa flow, and the balance sheet that closes the filing.

Part III

Core accounting variables

R
Reciprocity Ratio — value returned relative to value received. The heart of the account: balance, or extraction?
M
Muliwai Output — what flowed beyond the primary beneficiary, the way an estuary feeds the sea.
Kc
Keiki Contribution — investment in the young.
Ku
Kūpuna Care — care given to the elders.
L
Land Tending — active care of ʻāina, weighed against resources taken.
V
Visitor Impact — load placed by those who arrive and depend without belonging.
T
Time Investment — hours given to community and relationship.

Part IV adds two weights that keep the account honest: the Self-Benefit Weight (SBW) and the Visitor Dependency Weight (VDW) — so that those who take more, or depend more, are accounted accordingly.

Part V

The Kuleana Quotient

The variables resolve into a single experimental figure — the Kuleana Quotient:

        R × M × (Kc + Ku + L)
  KQ = ─────────────────────────
              SBW + VDW

  reciprocity × downstream flow × care
  ──────────────────────────────────────
  self-benefit  +  visitor-dependency

This is not a score to win. A high number is not virtue and a low number is not condemnation. The quotient is a mirror — for reflection, repair, and re-balancing, never for ranking.

Part VI

The Ahupuaʻa Flow Account

Value is traced the way water moves through an ahupuaʻa — mountain to sea, and back again as rain:

   UA ──▶ ʻAUWAI ──▶ LOʻI ──▶ KALO ──▶ MULIWAI ──▶ OCEAN
   what      through      what        what        what          what
   arrived   channels     capacity    was         flowed        entered
             it moved     cultivated  produced    beyond you    the whole
     ▲                                                             │
     └──────────────────  RETURN FLOW  ◀───────────────────────┘
   the account only balances if the water returns

Part VII

The Kuleana Balance Sheet

The filing closes by setting assets received against responsibilities tended — not to settle accounts and walk away, but to make the coming season’s reciprocity more conscious. A balance sheet you re-file, not a verdict you receive.

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