Practice before product

Stewarding is bigger than anything anyone could sell you for it.

Stewarding Matters is published by RegiSteward. RegiSteward makes things: RegiFolios, Recipes, a Kit, and software for people who want a digital side to their practice. So it's fair to ask what we mean when we say that none of it is required.

We mean it literally.

The practice comes first

People have always looked after what matters, with whatever was at hand. Stewarding is that practice, given a name and a few good words. It works with a folder and a pen, with a notebook, with a spreadsheet, with our software or with someone else's.

If a way of stewarding only works when you buy the right product, it isn't a practice. It's a product with a philosophy attached.

What we make, and why

We make things that help. A RegiFolio is one sheet that gives a matter a place. A Recipe gathers what people have learned about one kind of matter. RegiSteward's Stewarding Kit gathers the pieces in one place, for people who'd rather begin with everything ready.

But you can build your own Kit from what you already have, and RegiStewarding explains how. The Kit supports the practice. If you lose it, you haven't lost stewarding.

A bundle is assembled for buying. A kit is assembled for doing.

The company isn't the hero

The hero of this story is the person looking after what matters, and the things they're looking after. RegiSteward's job is support for stewarding: good materials, clear words, and help from trained people when someone wants it.

Commercial beside, never inside

We hold one more line, and we hold it hardest where it would be easiest to cross.

Commercial interests can appear beside stewarding knowledge. They don't get to become stewarding knowledge merely by paying.

A business can sponsor a gathering, appear as a Resource, or make an Offer that's clearly marked as one. It can't pay to change what a Recipe asks, remove a useful question, or turn an advertisement into advice.

The practice doesn't need us

Anyone can gather a few people to steward together, with no software and nothing to buy. The Stewarding Society is built on exactly that. We think that's how it should be.

If the things we make are useful to you, we're glad. If they aren't, keep stewarding anyway.

Care for what matters.