New England NVC Circle Minutes for Tuesday October 14 at 1PM
Present: Present: Jerry Koch-Gonzalez (facilitator and minute taker), Pan Vera, Joe Brummer, Bonnie Mioduchoski Absent: Judy Nommik
1. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
1.1. Consented to Jerry Koch-Gonzalez being the facilitator & notetaker for today.
1.2. approved minutes of Sept 16, 2008 meeting
1.3. Next meetings: November 10 from 11:00AM-12:30PM and December 16 from 11:00AM-12:30PM
1.4. Consented to the agenda for today
CONTENT OF THE MEETING (60 minutes)
2. Generate and/or support circle development in our 6 identified regions
Report: Google groups have been set up for CT, Eastern MA& RI; NH and Berkshires (sub-circle of Western MA) Next steps identified and discussed:
2.1. Identify people who want to be active in promoting NVC, invite them to join their area’s Google group and also generate info on what is going on that can be fed into NENVC website
2.2. Set up calls with key person in each of those areas and also Peggy in Maine
2.3. Fundraising letter will include request for response re interest in promo of NVC
2.4. Call meeting of the core group
3. Policy research and development in support of well-functioning of NENVC (financial, database access, representation on website, etc.)
3.1. Decision: Approved Money Policy (see it on the website)
3.2. Report: Jerry has scheduled conversation Oct 24 with Miki Kashtan to talk about competition and cooperation among trainers. We noted sad reality that there is competition and scarcity fears among trainers and a tension between organizing NVC as social change and as consulting work.
4. Support development of website: see the website www.newnenglandnvc.org! We gathered some feedback and welcome more!
5. Administrative support for NENVC: log keep, note taking (as needed), bookkeeping. Report: Minutes will be maintained on the website. Bookkeeping system is in place; current net asset $300, Jerry will review systems with financial expert on Oct 16.
6. Support information sharing across NE Circles and with other NVC entities: Report: not active yet. Begin with the website.
7. Represent NENVC in relation to other NVC entities (Americas Circle, GCC, etc) Jerry reported on ESAC & GCC meetings and upcoming CNVC strategic planning. Up issues in the network: How the organizational share of Certified Trainer fees will be used (distribution between CNVC and more local NVC entities). Evolution of structure and decision making throughout the CNVC.
8. Fundraising plan
8.1. Jerry and Pan intend to bring PayPal capacity to the website tomorrow
8.2. We discussed and agreed in principle (no specific proposal) that that 100% of circle members would donate funds to NENVC.
8.3. Appeal letter to NE NVCers: Fundraising letter waiting for website, but going before Thanksgiving
8.4. Appeals at workshops: no action yet
8.5. Keep part of the % share of training fees.
8.5.1. We discussed and liked the idea that 10% of certified and not certified trainers fees would go to NENVC and then NENVC would make a contribution to CNVC. We liked that because it had a sense of partnership. No decision was made.
8.5.2. NENVC would keep some % from workshop registration process
9. NENVC-based Certification of trainers: we identified this as a topic to talk about further in future meetings.
10. CLOSING ROUND
Bonnie: faded in and out. Excited with progress on website. Hope top met soon. Like idea of seeing people in action and vouching for their skills from that perspective.
Joe: good call. Covered a lot of territory. Making more things happen.
Pan: we are doing it! Feels rich and happy.
Jerry: pleased with growing sense of maturity of organization and connection with group. Want to better prep agenda next time to support ability to focus.
Supporting Information
DECISION REVIEW TABLE 2009 January Effectiveness of website January NE NVC Circle Membership July NE NVC as organization ? Mission and Aim Privacy policy March Jerry as coordinator Money Policy
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.
Decision: organization of New England NVC. Term 1 year. Measure: progress on aim:
1. We define the initial composition of New England NVC as 2 people selected from each of 6 regions: Maine, NH, VT, Western MA (Worcester, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Berkshire Counties), Eastern MA & RI, CT
2. These two people will be that region’s functional leader and a delegate. (if there is no functional leader, the region will send 2 delegates)
3. In any region, these two people will be chosen by the existing organized NVC Circles in that region. If there is more than one organized circle in a region, those circles will create a regional circle that will select the 2 people.
4. For any region without a functional NVC circle the NENVC may appoint people to help generate groups in that region.
5. A functional NVC Circle is defined as a group that has filled out the Americas Circle survey.
6. Once at least 4 people from at least 3 different regions have been elected, the New England Circle shall exist and the New England Implementation Committee will be dissolved.
Decision: initial membership of New England NVC Circle. Term 6 months. Measure: contribution to aim realization, quality of connection with others
1. Maine: not organized as a sociocratic circle, invite Peggy and/or Gina to join NENVC Circle
2. NH: not organized as a sociocratic circle, appoint no one at this time
3. VT: Judy and Pan (elected by Vermont NVC)
4. Eastern MA & RI: not organized as a sociocratic circle, Bonnie Mioduchosky appointed
5. Western MA: Jerry (elected by Pioneer Valley NVC)
6. CT: not organized as a sociocratic circle, Joe Brummer appointed