New England NCV Circle -  Minutes March 19, 2009

Present: NE Circle members Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, Pan Vera, Bonnie Mioduchoski, Joe Brummer, Peggy Smith and Invited Participants: Gina Cenciose, Gail Carroll, Karen Andrews

Absent: Judy Nommik

1. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

1.1. Next meeting: April 22 4:30-6:00 phone conference

1.2. May meeting: to be determined

1.3. June meeting: June 16-17 face to face at Judy Nommik’s house in Northern Vermont

1.4. Action Step: Pan volunteered to set a Google document for posting agenda items for the face to face meeting. [Note that Google doc has been created – find it at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pUgYRCsJGL1FCqH9OY8eFWg&inv=jerry@communicatingwithcompassion.org&t=7284229229039731673&guest

2. Meeting summary

2.1. Our main focus was on scheduling the face to face meeting.  We agreed that ½ day will focus on NE NVC business and 1 ½ days on learning the Restorative Circles process which Gina will share with us. The hope and intent is that we will be able to use the Restorative Circles process to deal with our own New England Circle conflicts and issues that may arise.

2.2. We shared brief reports of NVC activity in our local areas.

3. Closing Round

3.1. I did not take notes on the closing round. My memory is that we were pleased to have plan to meet face to face and grateful to Gina for offering to share the restorative Circle process with us.

Supporting Information: New England NVC Aims
1. Provide a means of information exchange among NVC groups and with CNVC leadership
2. Support cooperation and collaboration among those
contributing to the spread of NVC
3. Increase participation in, and quality, number and
variety of opportunities to learn NVC.
4. Provide ways for all those interested to contribute time, skills
and money to the growth of the NVC community.
5. Improve access for all to information about NVC and
opportunities
to learn NVC.
6. Create and sustain a structure for decision making that models partnership.