GCC Teleconference June 27, 2007, 1600 UT
9:00am LA, 10:00am Denver, 1:00pm Brazil, 6:00pm Paris, 9:30 pm Mumbai
Members: Jim and Jori Manske, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu, Dominic Barter, Kirsten Kristensen (proposed)
Convened by Jim and Jori Manske
PROPOSED AGENDA
UT 1600 OPENING ROUND
UT 1610 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
UT 1620 CONTENT
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UT 1630 Proposal: Kirsten Kristensen to be member of GCC for "English-speaking" western circle. (Jim) 10 min
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Who is the proposer?: Jim
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Ultimate intention of the proposal: To complete the membership of the
"Planning Team" of the GCC with an English-speaking Western member
- What's alive in me - my observations, feelings, and
needs: I feel tremendous relief and gratitude that Kirsten has consented to helping
us get on with the planning process. I enjoy that she has been
focusing her energy on supporting the birth and growth of the
Nordic-Baltic Circle and enhancing her nonviolent governance skills by
participating in sociocracy training in Europe and observing GCC
meetings.
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Actual detail of the proposal: See responsibilities and background below.
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Term: 3 months
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Measurement: Evaluation by other GCC members ongoing and at end of first term.
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Responsibilities: Members commit to an intention to meet monthly via
teleconferennces coordinated by Jim and Jori as well as consulting
between meeting by request. Members of the GCC contribute to
fulfilling the functions of the GCC*; one of the primary tasks of the
current membership is planning the next phase of the GCC-defining
goals, milestones, and foundational priorities and policies for
contributing to the growth and sustenance of the CNVC Network.
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Background: Other members of the GCC identified the following criteria for membership:
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passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
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experience organizing
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time available to contribute to the GCC
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fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic methods
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UT 1640 Proposal to include Local and Regional NVC Teams (Eva) 30 minutes
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The purpose: to find a way for the NVC community to self-organize and
support each other in learning and ways to communicate and do projects
that bring about the vision of a world where everyone's needs matter
through self liberation, and transformation of social structures.
- Action plan: Jim and Jori will send
invitations to all trainers and friends of NVC through various NVC
forums, inviting existing NVC teams with a measurable plan and outcome
to choose an English-speaking representative to participate on a
monthly teleconference. The invitation will include a request to
forward the invitation to any local groups that may not be on these
forum lists in order to ensure as much inclusion as possible.
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The starting purpose of these calls is to:
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include the experience of existing teams to figure out a way for upward linking to the GCC:
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to define how they would like to structure their representation
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to define how they would like to connect with each other
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To identify criteria for NVC teams
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Jori and Jim will support this by offering a facilitator
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Jim and Jori will request that the invitation be included in the CNVC
e-Newsletter for 3 months and periodically as determined by
participants in the future.
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UT 1710 Proposal for Glenda Mattinson and Mitch Henrion to act as consultants to the GCC (Jim) 15 minutes
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Who is the proposer?: Jim
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Ultimate intention of the proposal: To support the GCC in effectively
integrating sociocratic tools, principles and practices that are in
alignment with NVC consciousness for the purpose of helping the GCC
more quickly and effectively contribute to the realization of CNVC's
vision, mission and aims of the GCC.
- What's alive in me - my observations, feelings,
and needs: When I become aware of the enormity of the aim, I feel
excited and overwhelmed with the work ahead and I need support. Glenda
and Mitch bring a wealth of experience and expertise that I feel
confident will contribute to the well-being of the GCC and its
members. Details of Mitch and Glenda experience and information about
NVC and the use of sociocratic tools is appended below the agenda.**
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Actual detail of the proposal:
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Glenda and/or Mitch will intend to attend each GCC meeting to offer coaching to the facilitator and participants.
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To support integration of Glenda's and/or Mitch's organizational
experience, they will be invited to participate in all rounds or open
discussion, except consent rounds (i.e., decisions of the GCC will not
require their consent).
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As requested and time permits, they will support members of the GCC in preparing proposals and agendas.
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Term: 6 months (This decision will be reviewed not later than 6
months from the date of consent. At any point prior to the 6-month
point, if any GCC member's needs are not being met by the arrangement,
an immediate review of the decision will be scheduled.)
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Measurement: Over the term of the support, the effectiveness of this
policy will be assessed by feedback provided in closing round
comments. At the end of the term (or earlier if requested) a verbal
assessment (needs met and unmet) of the arrangement will be provided by
both GCC members and Glenda and/or Mitch.
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1725 Proposal on using a template for making proposals: 5 minutes
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Who is the proposer: Jim
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Ultimate intention of the proposal: To contribute to clarity and effective use of time at meetings.
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What's alive in me - my observations, feelings, and needs: I have
noticed that when some proposals have been presented, I have felt
confused or muddled, and concerned that we have spent more time than I
enjoy creating clarity. I feel hopeful that more preparation will make
our decsion-making process smoother, more effective and more fun.
- Actual detail of the proposal: GCC members and
others wishing to present a proposal for consent by the GCC will
utilize the following template in drafting a proposal:
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Who is the proposer?:
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Ultimate intention of the proposal:
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What's alive in me - my observations, feelings, and needs:
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Actual detail of the proposal:
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Term
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Measurement
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Term: 6 months, although any member can call for evaluation at any time
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Measurement: Ongoing evaluation by all members of clarity and effectiveness needs
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1730
Discussion about role of members in next Phase of GCC (Please review
the results of our picture forming from previous meetings)*** (15
minutes)
UT 1745 CLOSING ROUND
UT 1800 END OF MEETING
ADDENDUM TO AGENDA
*Functions of the Global Coordinating Council (GCC) (Work in progress!):
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection
throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing teams and helping to
cultivate new teams. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these
teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.
The GCC, like all the teams, is both an autonomous and interdependent
entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to
fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It is
linked to the CNVC Leadership Team (LT) through membership of its
functional leader(s) and representative(s), with communication and
"power-with" decision-making.
The functional leader(s) of the GCC as members of the LT share
responsibility for the overall functioning of the CNVC's day-to-day
business. There is an intention in the LT to include an elected
representative from the GCC when the functioning of these bodies is
more fully developed.
**About Mitch and Glenda
Mitch and Glenda have both taken all of the training in sociocracy
available in English in North America. For three years combined they
have worked with John Buck, the first native-English-speaking, North
American, certified sociocratic consultant. They are also founding
members in GovernanceAlive LLC, a five-person consulting firm created
to operate sociocratically while fulfilling its mission of supporting
organizations in implementing sociocracy.
Mitch Henrion first studied sociocracy in 2003 and has held a
passionate commitment to NVC since early in 2004. She catalyzed and
supported the first sociocratic training of CNVC's Board which took
place in April 2005 in Belgium. She supported John Buck in his work
with CNVC and the NVC Network both prior to that time and since then.
In the fall of 2005, she initiated the creation of GovernanceAlive LLC,
which was incorporated in 2006. Mitch has assisted with and co-led
multiple sociocratic trainings since April 2005.
Glenda Mattinson is a Certified NVC Trainer with a Masters in
Organizational Psychology who worked for 15 years as a project manager
in the computer field. She has served as Training Director of
GovernanceAlive since July 2006, developing virtually all of the
training designs and materials used both within the NVC Network and
beyond from that time onward, and leading and co-leading multiple
trainings including teleclasses and in-person trainings. She has also
supported GovernanceAlive by introducing multiple innovations to
support effective implementation of sociocracy both internally and with
client organizations.
About NVC and sociocratic tools:
There are two elements to learning any skill, including skills such as those found in NVC and sociocracy:
1) Intellectual understanding of the tools ( e.g., OFNR, empathy, honesty, consent, selection process, etc.).
2) Skill-building in effectively using that intellectual understanding
in "real-time." Development of the sense of how and when to use each
of the tools to create connection and to support needs being met.
Our impression is that many of the GCC members have a reasonable
intellectual understanding of one set of sociocracy's tools – effective
group decision-making. We believe that we can support the GCC in
achieving even greater effectiveness in meeting everyone's needs by
offering GCC members refinements in how and when to use those and other
tools of sociocracy.
Supporting the GCC in this way would be meaningful to us because our
passion for effective group functioning is fueled by our core desire to
support the rapid and effective spread of NVC.
-Prepared by Glenda Mattinson and Mitch Henrion
June, 2007
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discussion about role of members in next Phase of GCC (Please review
the results of our picture-forming from previous meetings)
January 2007
Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
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desire for a map of all existing circles.
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difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do
we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
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idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
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concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
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fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present
with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
- convene around multi-day
sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form
structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions
Nov 2006
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Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the
systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori
shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:
- What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that
links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building
circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at
both the LT and the network level.
- We suggest starting with a planning team,
initially seeking those in the network who have built successful
projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in
support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.
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Main issues identified by the group to consider:
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How to bring the GCC to concrete form
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Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
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Different ways of passing information through the network
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The size of the GCC "body"
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How many levels/layers could be required
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How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
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Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
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How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
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Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
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How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation
from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
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Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
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Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
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The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences
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At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing
for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
- These languages are spoken in
virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary
language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united
by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese
and French.
- Each of the four languages
would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected
representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people,
including Jori and Jim.
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(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])
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Reactions:
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Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
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Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
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Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning
time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
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Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
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Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
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Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
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Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal
with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
- Some concern for
maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation
for the simplicity of language groups
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Concern for maintaining global awareness
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Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
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Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network
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