Cohousing-L Mailing List: Sociocracy Q and A: How do we get young parents to meetings?

[Dem Steve (dem.steve]

Each month, Sociocracyforall.org hosts an intentional communities
“Advocates” gathering
<https://forums.sociocracyforall.org/c/communities-of-practice/intentional-community/14>
where members from dozens of sociocratically run communities can share
their questions and solutions with each other about building, running and
supporting intentional communities.
Here is a question and some of the responses offered at the June Advocates
gathering. Interested to hear your thoughts about this topic.



Q.How can we engage the time-pressed young parents in our community who are
reluctant to attend our meetings?

A. It's important to make it easy for young families to participate. Can
the community help with childcare during meeting times? Can the meetings be
scheduled at  better times for them?

Help  these families connect socially with the community first. That can
increase interest and engagement. Make it fun for the kids, and use Zoom
for playing, not just meetings.

Sociocracy training can help a lot. Our community members train in
sociocracy first, then they start attending meetings. Knowing the basics
and the community values our meetings are founded on can help people
engage, and knowing the values - the reasons we do what we do - can be
motivating.