New England NVC Circle Minutes December 16, 2008
The New England NVC Circle now has a defined membership who make decisions. Observers welcome.
Present: Jerry Koch-Gonzalez (WestMA; facilitator and minute taker) , Joe Brummer (CT), Bonnie Mioduchoski (EastMA&RI); Pan Vera (VT). Absent: Judy Nommik (VT)
1. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
1.1. Consented to Jerry Koch-Gonzalez being the facilitator & notetaker for today.
1.2. Approved minutes of November 2008 meeting
1.3. Next meeting: January 21, 2009 11am-12:30pm Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 339-4300. Participant Access Code: 480428#
1.4. Consented to the agenda for today
CONTENT OF THE MEETING
2. Coordinator’s report
2.1. The focus this month has been on a) getting the newengalndnvc.org website ready and b) on producing the fundraising appeal letter. Both are still in progress. The website has the capacity for posting training announcements and online sign-ups and payments, and has the capacity for people signing up to join the newsletter/mailing list. We are still working on the capacity to post practice groups and to populate the database with our already existing lists of interested people.
Action Step: Jerry will pool and sort the mailing lists from CNVC, his own, Joe’s and Pan’s. Then pass them to Pan who will work with Madhu to enter then into the database.
2.2. Except for some organizing that Karen Andrews is doing the Berkshires not a lot has happened around organizing our regions. We joined Joe in celebrating that all supervisors at the Connecticut Valley Hospital will receive training in NVC conflict resolution.
Action Steps: Jerry will coordinate with Shivani and Bonnie to set up a meeting of people interested in organizing NVC in Eastern Mass/Rode Island for sometime in January. Joe will continue to network in CT. Vermont NVC will be meeting soon. Jerry will reach out to Peggy in Maine. We will follow up local organizing a face to face meeting early in 2009 (February?).
3. Discussion of GCC Trainers Fee/Regional Center Proposals
3.1. Jerry shared context for these proposals. Hoping for input in time for December 23 GCC call.
3.2. Action Step: Bonnie and Joe will review the proposals and write to all or call Jerry with feedback.
4. CLOSING ROUND
4.1. Pan: (left after item 2) appreciating all the work Jerry has done for New England NVC and other levels of NVC
4.2. Bonnie: excites, happy to be on call. Sense of opportunity and fun. Needs for community and inspiration met.
4.3. Joe: happy to be connect to people. Overwhelmed re responding to proposal; looking forward to meeting in person
4.4. Jerry: glad for the connection; wishing newenglandnvc could mature at a faster rate.; looking forward to meting in person
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.
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 Mioduchoski appointed
5. Western MA: Jerry (elected by Pioneer Valley NVC)
6. CT: not organized as a sociocratic circle, Joe Brummer appointed