Re: sharing circles | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: pattymara (pattymarajuno.com) | |
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:58:04 -0600 (MDT) |
At Tierra Nueva, central CA coast (where the monarch butterflies are returning in their annual migration cycle) we have Community Life meetings. > 1. How often does this meeting occur? First Saturday morning of the month > > 2. Is it a regular event or scheduled as needed? regular, monthly, which just changed 3 months ago from quarterly, after we decided to have one (down from two) business meeting (third Thursday) per month, and one community life per month. We are finding this to be a successful change...attendance at the business meetings is soaring since it's just once a month, and attendance at the community life meetings stays about the same. There is a core of folk who just like interacting this way, and we always show up. The parents of younger children show up less frequently (busy lives). > > 3. Is there a facilitator? We call the facilitator the "host", volunteers who are solicited every few months to serve as host for one meeting.. > > 4. What is the format? Potluck breakfast 8 - 9 am. Opening "Kos Dance" (Greek Circle dance) 9 am Announcements, sharings while folks write out topics on paper to put into the "Ting" bowl. "Ting" 9 - 10:30 or 11 am. Ting is a self generating "anything goes" game that brings up topics for discussion. Sometimes the person who wrote the topic remains anonymous, sometimes they choose to reveal themselves. Topics perameters: anything NOT business, more of emotional, relationship, community interaction type topics. Last meeting we had the following tings: children excluding younger children on the playground, welcoming new buyers into the community, brainstorming how to get a bigger crowd out to do the landscape workdays, correcting glitches in notification of pesticide sprays on a neighboring field (it was an emotional issue), creating a "thankyou" ritual for the cooks and food, before meals. .Closing circle dance, with kids. > 5. Do you have guidelines for participation at this meeting? Yes. A whole list of agreements that we post and often read out loud before beginning. Stuff like using "I" statements, Deep Listening, Respect, Confidentiality (if requested), Communication agreements. > 6.. What percentage of your community attends? It varies. Ranging from 1/3 to 3/4.... Childcare is provided, paid for by the HOA, usually to a couple of older community kids who have grown up here... Patty Mara Gourley Tierra Nueva > > ******************* > Marjorie Wholey > voice:(785)842-4913 > email:mwholey [at] earthlink.net > fax: 785-749-0497 > > > _______________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list > Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: > http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
- Re: sharing circles, (continued)
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Re: sharing circles Tree Bressen, November 21 2002
- Re: sharing circles Marjorie Wholey, November 21 2002
- Re: sharing circles Tree Bressen, November 21 2002
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Re: sharing circles Tree Bressen, November 21 2002
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