Time to Register!!

Using Sociocracy in Community

A Self-Governance &
Decision-Making Method 

to Raise Morale and
Help Your Community Thrive

Weekend Workshop

January 28 & 29, 2012 


9 to 5 each day

New Haven, Connecticut

Featuring


John Buck


Primary teacher of Sociocracy in the US,

Co-author, We the People: 
Consenting to a Deeper Democracy

Jerry Koch-Gonzalez 


Consultant, the Sociocracy Consultant Group
Resident, Pioneer Valley Cohousing



Diana Leafe Christian


International Community Consultant,

Author of Creating a Life Together:
Practical Tools

to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities

$175 for two-day workshop
Discounted tickets available
Includes lunches, Saturday evening wine reception, and all materials

Complimentary all-day childcare and activities
Limited capacity. Reserve early!

First 20 registrants receive a complimentary copy of
We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy, by John Buck and Sharon Villines.
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Diana Leafe Christian to be at Green Haven's Jan 28-29 workshop

We are thrilled that Diana Leafe Christian will be joining John Buck and Jerry Koch Gonzales at Green Haven's Sociocracy workshop, dates now changed to January 28 and 29. It takes more than land and buildings to make a neighborhood, and Diana's book, Creating a Life Together, has been Green Haven's guiding light as we've been forming this community. More info about the workshop below. Watch for details and registration info later this week.

DATE CHANGE: Sat/Sun Jan 28/29 Weekend Workshop on Sociocracy

SAVE THE DATE
Green Haven CoHousing Presents
Sociocracy: The Self-Governing Community
Weekend Workshop
January 28 & 29
9 to 5 each day
with 
Diana Leafe Christian
John Buck and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
At the Grove
71 Orange Street, New Haven

With its roots in Quaker consensus decision-making and the feedback loops of engineering, Sociocracy is a successful model for self-governance among equals.

Sociocracy means government by the socios, or community of people who have a social relationship with each other, as opposed to democracy, government by the demos, or mass of people. Hallmarks include consensus decision-making, rather than majority rule, and a circular governance structure whereby power flows both up and down the hierarchy of interrelated semiautonomous workgroups or circles, each circle with its own domain of responsibility.

Also known as Dynamic Governance, Sociocracy builds feedback loops right into the organization's structure, so that each working circle not only is continuously measuring and evaluating its own work, but providing feedback to those circles with which it interacts. This is the dynamic feedback that allows power with, rather than power over or power under.

Watch for our flyer, and links here to full registration information

No cohousing tour this fall

In the aftermath of the recent storm and power outages, folks did not have much enthusiasm for a trek next weekend. All who initially indicated interest ended up deciding not to go. Sunday's business meeting has also been canceled due to the lack of a quorum.

Cohousing tour November 6

Cohousing.org is again sponsoring a fall tour of cohousing communities in New England. This year, the communities on the tour are all in Vermont.

Please note that

• All of these communities are pretty much a straight shot up I-91.
• If you opt for the morning tour (or all day), your carpool will need to get up to northern Vermont Saturday evening, and you will need to make your own arrangements for accommodations.
• Cobb Hill (afternoon community) is 2.5 hrs south of the northern two.
• If you opt for the afternoon tour (or all day), dinner is not included: appetizers at 5, followed by a slide show ending at 7 pm. Then we'll have dinner on our own, and a three-hour drive home.

Info about the morning tour

Info about the two communities visited that morning
Burlington Cohousing East Village
Champlain Valley Cohousing>

Info about the afternoon tour

Info about the community that afternoon
Cobb Hill Cohousing

If you are interested in joining us and taking advantage of the group discount, let us know by filling out the Doodle poll set up for this.

Great dinner yesterday

We had a great community dinner yesterday, with all members present and a slew of new and returning visitors. It was a very energetic meeting.

One of our newcomers mentioned a recently released survey of U.S. cohousing communities on the cohousing.org site. Be sure to click through to the study itself, which is fascinating.

October 23 community dinner at new, earlier time

This Sunday's community dinner and orientation will be at 4:30 instead of 6:00. We're trying an earlier time to see if it's convenient for more people. All are welcome. If you've not been to one of our dinners before, bring only your questions. If you have attended before, please come back to catch up with folks, and bring a dish to share. RSVP so we have a headcount. Call Char at 203-397-3803.